Art-U-Like

[Gerst]

NN's thread is for people's own artwork, so I thought I'd do one for other people's art: paintings, illustrations, photographs, sculpture, architecture...

Here's six pics from London By Night by Harold Burdekin, showing parts of London in the 30s, before the Blitz.

[Gerst]

[Gabby]

I would have loved to live in that era..... no road rage!

[Stooo]

I love 30's Art Deco stuff but my favourite painting has to be Norman Rockwell's 'Nighthawks'

[Gerst]

I think you mean Edward Hopper, Stooo, rather than Norman Rockwell, though I see how you can get them mixed up as it's the sort of thing Rockwell might easily have painted too – but with much less subtelty and much less feeling of mystery and loneliness about the figures, as he was more of a solid advertising guy really.

I very much like Hopper too, and his daytime paintings have the same slightly dreamworld quality to them.

[Stooo]

I think you mean Edward Hopper, Stooo, rather than Norman Rockwell, though I see how you can get them mixed up as it's the sort of thing Rockwell might easily have painted too – but with much less subtelty and much less feeling of mystery and loneliness about the figures, as he was more of a solid advertising guy really.

I very much like Hopper too, and his daytime paintings have the same slightly dreamworld quality to them.

My bad, I was searching for Rockwell and posted Hopper It's still my favourite painting

Do you like Anders Petersen?

[Gerst]

Not really familiar with him, though a quick look on google and I recognise one or two pics. Reminds a bit of images of Soho in the 50s and 60s – that sort of pissed-up, rough realism – though I see he is Swedish.

There's a couple of British photographers who work in that area – Richard Billingham is one I remember, does a lot in colour.

[Kiki]

Thomas Kinkade.

The Painter of light

[Kiki]

[Kiki]

[Rolluplostinspace]

70's album art.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?rlz=1C1 ... _ZXGLmWfTY

[Rolluplostinspace]

Reminds me of houses in North Wales .....

[Rolluplostinspace]

Reminds me of houses in North Wales .....

[art0hur0moh]

Got to put the new bag head in here! It is class! The guy on the bed scrolling through his iPad is an unusual touch.

[Kiki]

Reminds me of houses in North Wales .....

Yes, very similar, just prettier in the painting.