In what way has a specific artwork inspired you?

Question

Please also write what the name of it was and where you saw it.

Please answer in WHAT WAY, not just which artwork.

Thanks.

Answer 1

I would say Picasso's Guernica, I first saw it in a magazine when I was about nine, the magazine was in Chinese. I somewhat understood the meaning of it, but not to a full extend. Then when I was thirteen, I read a story about it: Two Nazi officers went to Picasso's exhibite and ask Picasso whether or not it was his masterpiece. Picasso answered that it is the Nazi's masterpiece.
Later, as I became more interest in global porblems and politics, I realized what kind of impact Picasso had made to the intellectual world. Although he was not the first artist to depict the horror of war, (he was probably inspired by Goya's Third of May) he is certainly the first modern artist to ring an echo in viewer's hearts and makes us wonder, what will war bring to all of us?

Answer 2

I went to the Dali museum in St. Petersburg Florida and being a big fan of his, it was a truly inspiring trip into his world and his unique vision.
I was impressed with all of the pieces on display, but the one that stood out the most to me was a huge piece entitled The Hallucenogenic Toreador.
It was 13 feet tall and roughly 8 feet wide, and though I'd seen it in several books I have on him, nothing could have prepared me for the impact of seeing it in person up close. I'll forever remember that encounter and it has impacted my own work since and will forever.
If you go to a website that has his work on there, I think you'll be duly impressed- my wife was and she is not a Dali fan, but she came home with a new respect for my work and a new repect for surrealism in general.
Most people don't understand his work, but that was his intention, as he painted for himself and not to please the masses.

Answer 3

Dana Levin's Anima Animus representing the male and female side we all have as part of our nature. Although societal rules tend to restrict gender to one side or the other, Dana's work shows the complemenatary existence of both. I visited Dana's Atelier during the Pawtucket Rhode Island open studios weekend and saw the actual work. Here is a web link to the image at one of the galleries. http://www.eegallery.com/dB/lev005.html

Answer 4

Le Pieta

It is a beautiful painting and also done as a sculptured piece. It not only has significance to me as a Catholic but as a human being.
It's lines are fluid, colors are reflective of realityand the somberness of the subject.
It makes me introspective when I look at it. I can feel the emotions of what it represents.

Answer 5

"The Blue Madonna" in the Ringling Museum in Sarasota, FL. I passed out and had to be revived. I turned and it was right there at my shoulder at face height. It is the most stunning work of art from its era. The incredible harsh intensity of the blue and the sensitive presentation of the face is so powerful a contrast that you won't believe what you are looking at.

Answer 6

I couldn't say a specific piece. It was the room I was totally surrounded by the works of Mark Rothko. And there they were eminating this energy that just brought me to tears.

Answer 7

'Every artist is a thief'
- Picasso

One of my earliest influences was Modigliani's 'Lady with Child'. My parents had a mounted postcard of it as decoration on the library. His simple but firm line work with soft curves mixed with long almost straight lines and almost medieval style have been very influential in my own line work.

Answer 8

The swans and the elephants by Salvadore dali.

Answer 9

well my brother brought home a painting by the artist Dali and that really inspired me !