Favorite Painting??

Favorite Painting??

by | May 17, 2005 | Musings | 2 comments

Tyler over at MAN was musing earlier about his favorite painting in America and his favorite American painting so I thought I would throw in my two cents……remember this can change at anytime but right now I would go with:

Don’t need to look any further than MOMA

Vangogh Yeah I know it’s over exposed,….but have you ever stood in front of it…alone….when it was quiet?

American Paintings:

Pollock This here painting, and others like it, changed the art world as we knew it at the time. NYC owes him a big debt.

Warhol and this guy is still a huge influence everywhere.

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