What's your favorite painting called?
By youless
@youless (114117)
Guangzhou, China
February 2, 2009 8:41am CST
My favorite painting is Vincent Van Gogh's Starring Night. I don't know why, but I loved this painting when I saw it at the first sight. The drawing and color seemed to be simple, but somewhat they made a beautiful painting. Now what's the painting you like?
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@Modestah (11177)
• United States
27 Apr 09
I am really not good at choosing favorites in any category.
While I tend to like simplicity Starry night is a bit haunting to me, though.
My husband loves the song Vincent (by Don Mclean)
... which has lyrics
"Starry Starry Night
Paint your palette blue and gray
Look out on a summer's day
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul
Shadows on the hills
Sketch the trees and the daffodils
Catch the breeze and the winter chills
In colors on the snowy linen land
Chorus:
Now I understand
What you tried to say to me
How you suffered for your sanity
How you tried to set them free
They would not listen they did not how
Perhaps they'll listen now
Starry, starry night
Flaming flowers that brightly blaze
Swirling clouds in violet haze
Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue
Colors changing hue
Morning fields of amber grain
Weathered faces lined in pain
Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand
For they could not love you
But still your love was true
And when no hope was left inside
On that starry, starry night
You took your life as lovers often do
But I could have told you Vincent
This world was never meant for one as
beautiful as you
Starry, starry night
Portraits hung in empty halls
Frameless heads on nameless walls
With eyes that watch the world and can't forget
Like the strangers that you've met
The ragged men in ragged clothes
The silver thorn of bloody rose
Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow
Now I think I know
What you tried to say to me
How you suffered for your sanity
How you tried to set them free
They did not listen they're not listening still
Perhaps they never will
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@sophie_dfuss (2365)
• Philippines
27 Apr 09
I know this song as well as my father has a cassette tape of Don McLean and I used to listen to that song.

@faith210 (11224)
• Philippines
3 Feb 09
Hi youless! Oh just like you, I do love Starry Night of Vincent Van Gogh but also love some of his works such as the Starry Night at Rhone and The Sunflowers. I also love Gauguin's paintings.
Take care and have a great day!
lovelots..faith
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@sophie_dfuss (2365)
• Philippines
27 Apr 09
I also like that Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh. He has a lot of paintings but I have a few which are my favorite paintings of him. I like the Vase with Twelve Sunflowers, The Red Vineyard, Bedroom in Arles, Night Cafe' and Starry Night Over the Rhone. I am an art fanatic and I missed going to art museums which I used to do when I was in college.
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@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
8 Feb 09
My favorite is by Van Gogh too . I love his Crows in a Wheat field.It has so much color and movement to it.
@jambi462 (4576)
• United States
3 Feb 09
I would have to say that my favorite painting would probably be The Gaia Tree by Alex Grey. Alex Grey is probably my favorite painter or Luke Brown. My favorite Luke Brown piece is probably his drawing called Baphomet but he also has some really good looking paintings on his website.
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@B3lla86 (101)
• United States
10 Feb 09
I am a big fan of any of Thomas Kinkade's work. I love all the colors he uses and the way he brings the light to life in a picture is amazing. There is one that he did that is in his Seascapes Collection called The Spirit of New York. It is simply magnificent.
@arlerambabu (1079)
• India
2 Feb 09
i'm a fan of Picasso and i like his Guernica that depicts the Nazi invasion of Picasso's village. By the way do you know that Starry night was painted by Van gogh when he was in the lunatic asylum?
@marketing07 (6266)
• South Korea
2 Feb 09
i love paintings.how i wish i could learn..i want to paint myself infront of the falls..but i dont know..i have 1 that my grandma give to me..its a monaliza.it was great..
@abcnadz (457)
• India
2 Feb 09
my favourite is van gogh's cafe terrace. i simply love it . i have a huge copy of it framed beautifully in my drawing room and also i love the starry night and tha starry night over the rhone. it's simply fantastic. yhe night sky has been potrayed equally fantastic in the 3 paintings.






lovelots..faith







