Posted on 03/25/2021 1:47:48 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Edited on 03/25/2021 4:03:04 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
The sale of “Street Scene in Montmartre” was highly anticipated as it was one of the few paintings by the Dutch Impressionist master to still have been in private hands. The auction house had expected it to sell for between 5 million euros and 8 million euros.
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The LEGO Van Gogh looks like he has both ears.
Apparently so, which would be inaccurate for the time he painted “The Starry Night”, as he cut off his ear 6 months earlier.
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Thanks!
Wasn’t aware of the sequence of events.
I went to check and see if that painting was pre- or post-ear bobbing.
Our daughter got me this beautiful puzzle last Mother’s Day of birds.....blue jays, cardinals, hummers the works.....it’s still in the box.....my ship has sailed in having patience to do stuff like that but I’ll check into the leggos......maybe it’ll twang my buds to try it.....;)
That one’s beautiful and the irises too
As an artist of mediocre talent I get what you're saying, and it's flattering, but by your logic there's nothing special about a 1933 Bugatti, since almost everybody has a car.
Yes every painting is "unique," but post-impressionist masterpieces by highly renowned artists that happen to be for sale are far more "unique" than others.
so the wording of the article misleads—it means to say that a painting of such high caliber is rarely on the market and available.
but the painting itself is one of a kind.
cars are different—some cars are more rare then others. perhaps there might only be 25 known cars of a certain type of classic Ford Mustang, but there might 500 known cars of a special plymouth roadrunner production running around out there.
The Mustang is truly rare.
But the Mona Lisa is unique.
I intended to have a career in art and studied all through school and into college. I realized that it would never happen when I compared myself with my peers. I do feel a strong connection with Van Gogh because I was born one hundred years to the day after him.
Well that’s certainly something to be proud of.....I took an interest in art, strictly for decoration purposes when we redid the house about 25 years ago. We’d see something that might go with some new colors......like a Monet over the piano. I dunno, I just somehow got interested in VanGogh, Theo and starving artists of that time.....Don McLean really impressed my heart with ‘Vincent’. I’m not in any way knowledgeable about these painters but enjoy reading about them and look through their paintings when I get an itch to change something in the house that might compliment a painting or visa versa. We’ve had Southwest, English Cottage, Traditional in our den.......now we’re going rustic......gotta look for some more art.....thoughts? :)
Indeed.
Thank you for posting.
Tatt
Oh my gosh, this is too much. Crying like a baby here. Thank you and thanks to the genius who came up with this awesome scene....just a wow factor on steroids.
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