favourite paintings

[Phil]

26 minutes ago, Tongs ya bas said:

Man, that's a desperately sad story. 

Yeah it is 

[Tongs ya bas]

1 hour ago, Padge said:

 

I think that is what I love  about it, its an unusual pose for the time and is more like a modern photographic pose. Plus the subject is enigmatic. 

Exactly

[BryanC]

3 hours ago, Phil said:

My mate Paul’s dad Raymond Furness was a very talented artist but he unfortunately had a massive problem with the booze. Towards the end of his life he was a wino on the streets of Bradford.

He fell in with two conmen who supplied him with drink as long as he churned out paintings in various styles to order, which were then sold as originals.

They got caught of course and the two conmen were sent down. Raymond was let off as by that time he was in the terminal stages of cirrhosis of the liver. He died a couple of months later.

Many of the paintings were recovered but not all and Paul says he’d like to think that at some home counties wine evening the hosts say “Do you like our Grimshaw?” Or whoever when in reality it’s a Raymond Furness ?

Gobsmacked. Quite difficult to know how to respond, to be honest.  Kind of laughing at the gullible southerners, but shedding a tear for Ray Furness and his family.

Still grim up north, obviously. This would be hilarious  if it wasn't so sad.

[Phil]

17 minutes ago, BryanC said:

Gobsmacked. Quite difficult to know how to respond, to be honest.  Kind of laughing at the gullible southerners, but shedding a tear for Ray Furness and his family.

Still grim up north, obviously. This would be hilarious  if it wasn't so sad.

Yeah it’s sad but it does have a sort of wry humour too.

Paul always speaks very fondly of his dad. 

[gingerjon]

Following on from the story of passing off work above, I was inspired to find out what Shaun Greenhalgh has been up to recently ... http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/bolton/15653142.Four__Lowry__paintings_by_Bolton_s_infamous_forger_to_go_under_the_hammer/

[gingerjon]

Recently had a wonderful Quentin Blake exhibition in Hastings. Here's a little video about it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCnimEq8crY

[gingerjon]

Some people are very snooty about Jack Vettriano.

Some people are very wrong.

[Robin Evans]

6 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

Some people are very snooty about Jack Vettriano.

Some people are very wrong.

Oh agreed. My mate in Scotland has an original...given to his now deceased 2nd wife. Very evocative. I like a lot of his stuff.

[Shadow]

On 11/11/2017 at 9:05 AM, Shadow said:

We have a limited edition print of this in our living room, signed by the artist.
 

Shame it's by Rolf Harris

[Tongs ya bas]

45 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

Some people are very snooty about Jack Vettriano.

Some people are very wrong.

I'm snooty about him.

Really not my cup of tea.

Nobody is right and nobody is wrong.

[Trojan]

We have a copy of Monet's Japanese Bridge, and several Beryl Cook prints.  As a bridge player this is obviously my favourite.  But I like all of them.  They do tend to be a little on the cheeky side, verging on the Donald McGill.

[gingerjon]

Christina's World by Andrew Wyleth

Like a fool I thought it was by Edward Hopper

[Futtocks]

Another Tweet from Tanita Tikaram. She has an eye for a good picture!

Ruskin Spear (1911–1990)  'Scene in an Underground Train: Workers returning from Night Shift' 1943

[Tongs ya bas]

12 hours ago, Futtocks said:

Another Tweet from Tanita Tikaram. She has an eye for a good picture!

Ruskin Spear (1911–1990)  'Scene in an Underground Train: Workers returning from Night Shift' 1943

Lovely composition. Roger Ruskin Spear was a member of the bonzo dog band

[gingerjon]

Glyndebourne had a nice exhibition by Heather Betts of work inspired by their new opera version of Hamlet.

Here's Readiness is all

[Ex-Kirkholt]

On 7/17/2017 at 1:25 PM, Tongs ya bas said:

https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/asset/-/6AEKkO_F-9wicw?hl=en-GB&ms={"x"%3A0.5%2C"y"%3A0.5%2C"z"%3A9.419626465441%2C"size"%3A{"width"%3A1.2677380169867063%2C"height"%3A1.2375}}

 

I love the way he uses angles and light to create a sense of alienation and loneliness. The street is empty, its late and these people have nowhere to go and no apparent connection with each other, apart from their loneliness. You could read words from a Raymond Chandler over whilst looking at it, and it would fir perfectly. This is probably Hoppers most famous painting, but his other work is well worth a look.

 

If you go to Swanage, you can see this mural near the pier. It even has the original on the wall ""

[Futtocks]

In the anarchic cartoon series 'The Tick', the main characters often went for a coffee at a familiar-looking Ben's Diner.

[Ullman]

My railway nut mate who works at Hull Uni is very excited about this turning up at his workplace.

Painting Power: The Art of Terence Cuneo

[Tongs ya bas]

12 minutes ago, Ullman said:

My railway nut mate who works at Hull Uni is very excited about this turning up at his workplace.

Painting Power: The Art of Terence Cuneo

If I remember rightly the painting at the head of the article is called 'giants at rest'. My son had a print of it on his bedroom wall when he was a nipper. 

[Ullman]

17 minutes ago, Tongs ya bas said:

If I remember rightly the painting at the head of the article is called 'giants at rest'. My son had a print of it on his bedroom wall when he was a nipper. 

That definitely rings a bell. I'm sure we'll be having a look at the exhibition in the next couple of days. I'll look out for it.

[tim2]

I like the paintings of Gilbert Daykin (The Miner Artist). He painted underground scenes from the mines of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire in the 20s and 30s. He couldn't earn enough to escape his job and was eventually killed in a roof fall in 1939.

His best paintings are in the Science Museum collection.

https://collection.sciencemuseum.org.uk/people/cp23742/gilbert-daykin

 

[Ullman]

On 16/12/2017 at 5:59 PM, Tongs ya bas said:

If I remember rightly the painting at the head of the article is called 'giants at rest'. My son had a print of it on his bedroom wall when he was a nipper. 

You weren't far off. It's called "Giants Refreshed".  For sentimental reasons "Clear Road Ahead" is my favourite. Probably because I'm old enough to remember my dad working on steam and going to work in the clobber the driver and fireman are wearing. I hated the "designer" uniforms that BR introduced in the 60s (although the trench coat my dad gave me made a cracking winter top coat, real quality schmutter).

There were a couple of surprises. I really liked "The Assassination of Heydrich" and "The Departure of HM Queen Elizabeth II and HRH the Duke of Edinburgh from the Corporation Pier, Kingston upon Hull, for the state visit to Denmark 1957" has got to be one of the longest titles I've seen.

[Tongs ya bas]

9 minutes ago, Ullman said:

You weren't far off. It's called "Giants Refreshed".  For sentimental reasons "Clear Road Ahead" is my favourite. Probably because I'm old enough to remember my dad working on steam and going to work in the clobber the driver and fireman are wearing. I hated the "designer" uniforms that BR introduced in the 60s (although the trench coat my dad gave me made a cracking winter top coat, real quality schmutter).

There were a couple of surprises. I really liked "The Assassination of Heydrich" and "The Departure of HM Queen Elizabeth II and HRH the Duke of Edinburgh from the Corporation Pier, Kingston upon Hull, for the state visit to Denmark 1957" has got to be one of the longest titles I've seen.

Excellent.

There is a street in Goole called Lidice Road. 

Cuneo is under rated painter.

[Bleep1673]

On ‎13‎/‎11‎/‎2017 at 2:23 PM, gingerjon said:

Christina's World by Andrew Wyleth

Like a fool I thought it was by Edward Hopper

I like the composition in that

[Bleep1673]

On ‎13‎/‎11‎/‎2017 at 10:23 AM, gingerjon said:

Some people are very snooty about Jack Vettriano.

Some people are very wrong.

Don't like his beach party scene, but very impressed, I like the depth of detail.