The Fine Art Appreciation Thread

[Chiomara]

Anna Blume (German, b. 1937, Bork, province of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, based Cologne) and Bernhard Blume (1937-2011, b. Dortmund, Germany) - From Im Wald (In The Forest) series, 1986 Photography


Leonardo Santamaria


Another Night Journey by Jeanie Tomanek

Another one of my favorite photos ever:

Andre de Dienes , “Study in Sadness”, Marilyn Monroe in a Alley in Beverly Hills, California, 1953

Originally Posted by Kiiii

Kitty!

Some more!

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Michele Del Campo (Italian, b. 1976, San Nicandro Garganico, Italy) - Rainy Night, 2009 Linocuts



Lucian Bernhard aka Emil Kahn (German, 1883-1972, b. Stuttgart, Germany) - Moonstruck, 1968 Paintings: Oil on Board

[Frownland]

Originally Posted by Chiomara

Anna Blume (German, b. 1937, Bork, province of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, based Cologne) and Bernhard Blume (1937-2011, b. Dortmund, Germany) - From Im Wald (In The Forest) series, 1986 Photography

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Very immediate, dramatic, and off-putting in a way that I can't put to words.

Another one of my favorite photos ever:

Andre de Dienes , “Study in Sadness”, Marilyn Monroe in a Alley in Beverly Hills, California, 1953

Interesting. What attracts you to that one so much?

[Chiomara]

I'm not sure! I love anything that resembles a dream or a scene in some liminal place--particularly if there's a voyeuristic + ever-so-slightly foreboding feel. (And I just generally love old photos and haziness and anything with an ominous or Twin Peaks-y vibe.)

Ralph Eugene Meatyard:


Roj Friberg:


Julia Margaret Cameron:

[Chiomara]

So, I just now managed to find the photographer of the album cover you mentioned-- the lady floating in the water. I wasn't even looking for it; I was listening to Eno on youtube, and this video used that same picture. It's by Toni Frissel, apparently.

And then, not even two minutes after, I opened Tumblr, and lo, the first post was this collage:

(by Angelica Paez)

A bit spooky.

[Key]

^I love that picture, holy ****.

[Chiomara]

I looked through her other stuff, but wasn't anything similar to it, sadly.


The Night Knows No Dawn by Brandon Geurts



Heidi Fourie (South African, b. 1990, Pretoria, South Africa)
1: What He Had Been Used To Admire, 2016, Oil on Board
2: Who Will Venture, 2016, Oil on Canvas


Spring Awakening – Work in Progress by Lukas Martin R.

[DwnWthVwls]

The brush technique used by Heidi Fourie looks amazing.. and that last shot "Spring Awakening" is beautifully eerie. It would make a wonderful back piece if you removed some of the density.

[Chiomara]

Hrmm, yes I could see that.

I do not know who photographed the following three photos; does anyone know?

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And now for some blasphemy (by Apollonia Saintclair)

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One of my all time favorites, by Lucien Clergue:

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[Chiomara]

Chervelle Fryer


Miranda Meeks

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Ricardo Bessa

[DwnWthVwls]

I want that Miranda Meeks piece. I googled some of her other work as well, very cool.


Tobias Kwan (a piece from the Motherland Chronicles)


Bernd Streiter (German, 1962) - With Black Angel


Submission in Black - Obey