Two Favorite Paintings

[petep9000]

The painting I love most are the ones that evoke the strong emotions. And to me, the strongest emotions are loneliness, heartache and desolation, and chaos. But there are two pretty picture here too.

This is from Goya. 'Saturn devouring his son'



This is from Madame Elizabeth Vigee Lebrun. 'Self Portrait'



This is a panel from the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo, the way she looks to her left evokes the feeling that she is foretelling the Coming of something huge. 'The Delphic Sybil'



Kathe Kollwitz, 'Poverty'. Most of her work features mothers with their children, often disturbing images of death and suffering.



Degas, 'Interior Scene, or, The Rape'



Also by Degas, 'The Absinthe Drinkers'. The woman looks lost in her desolation.



'Several Circles' by Kandinsky. Lovely, with wonderful movement and I like it for the silliest reason- blue is my favorite color!

[takenbythesky]

Originally Posted by petep9000

Also by Degas, 'The Absinthe Drinkers'. The woman looks lost in her desolation.

One of my favorites, too. Saw a Degas exhibit, odds and ends in the hands of a handful of American collectors, in Minneapolis a few years back. Good stuff.

The Suicide of Dorothy Hale - Frida Kahlo


The Moulin Rouge - Toulouse Lautrec

[gretchen]

Okay here are three I really love; but they all go back further than 150 yrs.


The Intruder, 1660 by Gabriel Metsu


The Fall of Phaeton, 1604/1605 by Peter Paul Rubens


Daniel in the Lions' Den, 1614, Peter Paul Rubens

[LiamMcConville]

Bordighera - Claude Monet

[jannieC]

I am a Renoir fanatic- there are so many beautiful nudes, still lifes (lives?) and portraits. A few of my favorites:

Roses


Mother and Child


The Picture Book


And one by Mary Cassat:

Little Girl in a Blue Armchair


I actually love ALL of Renoir's florals and I love this scenic print by Monet:



I just realized you asked for our TWO favorites. for me, probably my first two.