2007-01-16 07:50:32 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
"Les Irises" by Van Gogh. I read a story about Van Gogh and some of the letters he wrote to his brother when I was going through a very difficult time in my life. The artist was in an asylum being treated for depression. He looked out his window one spring morning and saw the irises below. Seeing the flowers gave him hope and courage, and he began to paint again.
Something in his story touched me deeply and inspired me for the battle ahead. I have an inexpensive print framed and other odds and ends adorned with his painting to remind me never to give up. A close friend who walked with me in the early days of my struggle once brought me an "Irises" coffee mug for my birthday. "I saw this and thought of you," he said. I love friends like that. =)
2007-01-16 12:55:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anne Teak 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Ghent Altarpiece, Van Eyck.
2007-01-17 09:08:20 · answer #2 · answered by Bleu Cerulean 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I had a big enough wall, Monet's "Waterlillies."
I saw a Dali in New York that had a hidden hologram-like image that was only visible form a certain angle. I'd like to have that on my wall.
Another choice would be one of the giant Chuck Close portraits.
Hard to choose!
2007-01-16 08:02:12 · answer #3 · answered by coysmirk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rembrandt's Death of Lucretia. It's a beautiful painting...my favorite.
2007-01-16 07:59:06 · answer #4 · answered by Morgan S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything by Hopper, preferably the one depicting the old-fashioned gas station.
2007-01-16 13:07:37 · answer #5 · answered by gretch_graphics 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vermeer's "The Kitchen Maid" which is in the Reichsmuseum in Amsterdam
2007-01-16 08:08:51 · answer #6 · answered by harveymac1336 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the "Mona Lisa", because I think that's one of the most beautiful paintings in the world.
2007-01-16 07:58:42 · answer #7 · answered by patience3987 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Klee, doesnt matter which one
2007-01-17 07:32:41 · answer #8 · answered by erik m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋