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David Hockney

Hockney is a mega influential British artist with absolute elite status for a reason. Just taking a digital stroll through his works you can get a taste for just how colorful and bold his style is, without it ever feeling like too much. My favorite of his works I’ve seen are his paintings from the 70’s, specifically “Three Chairs With a Section of a Picasso Mural”. I highly recommend checking out his work if you somehow haven’t.

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Nov 26, 2020

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Pacific coast highway and Santa Monica by David hockney

I met this beautiful painting in the Met during a Hockney retrospective and it floored me. It's massive (6.5ft by 10ft) and the colours are so saturated. It was painted of a route Hockney used to drive whilst listening to Wagner symphonies and plan routes that revealed beautiful views at key points in the musical composition. I think you can really hear the music and the awe in the painting "He bought a beach house at the bottom of Las Flores Canyon, and in the early nineties he began plotting mountain routes that could be timed with Wagner selections. These expeditions informed his ideas about the play of light on landscape, both on canvas and in the theatre. When he experienced hearing loss, he had his Mercedes outfitted with a potent stereo system. Friends and fellow-artists were invited along for the ride."

@caskeyc

Jul 27, 2024

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Hudson River School landscape paintings

hard to pin down a specific one but this is a fav genre of mine in terms of art. I remember visiting the national gallery in DC a while back and being floored by some of the pieces on display. they’re so detailed that it’s almost hyper-real, depicting things with such realism that it’s enhanced. I could spend hours poring over these, and they’re so much better to look at in person. this one I linked is by Church but there’s a ton of great ones by Cole, Bierstadt, and their contemporaries that all rock

@royallmonarch

Jul 30, 2024

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Paul newman, the man, and the movies

Greatest to ever do it. My favs in order: 1. The Hustler 2. Hud 3. Cool Hand Luke

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Feb 10, 2024

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Exercise

Works every time

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Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Could not put it down. The tension between the two main characters is riveting.

@unusualspell

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