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I would love to know what my fellow artists think is the one greates ever painting they've seen and what makes it great ?

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Dermot Brennan

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For me the greatest painting I've ever see is the wonderful ... Bridge at Villeneuve - la - Garenne by Alfre Sisley What a beautiful painting no fussing about ,paint applied beautifully and the light is magnificent how I would have loved to watch this getting painted from start to finish , I think it's great because it fills me with happiness when I see it , it looks free and easy and seems to capture a perfect momen in time

Syd Edward

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Its a beautiful painting Dermot but your question is not capable of an answer imo.cheers Syd

Michael Robinson

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I'm afraid I'm a bit like Syd, there are too many great artists out there that I couldn't pick one.
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Robert Jones, Napa

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The above is certainly a strong candidate, but I'm with Syd: I couldn't possibly answer that question - my favourite painting of all time is Corot's Souvenir d'Italie (there are several versions) but I couldn't begin to tell you why; the silvery light has much to do with it, but that's about as far as I can go. One of the greatest portraits of all time has to be Bellini's portrait of the Doge Leonardo Loredano; then there's the portrait of Pope Innocent X, by Velazquez, radiating sheer malice - the Rembrandt self-portraits, Hieronymus Bosch, El Greco, Schiele: I wouldn't know where to start, never mind where to stop. How can you find a greatest painting in a body of work that stretches from Jan van Eyck to Piet Mondrian and beyond? No: I know my own favourite, but that's me lot. (Any idea, by the way David, who the painter was of the picture you're hoping to inherit?) http://www.isleofwightlandscapes.net http://www.wightpaint.blogspot.co.uk

Peter Davison

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Too many great paintings to pick just one, different paintings are great for different reasons. Having said that I never cross Trafalgar Square without popping into the National to see Turner's 'Fighting Temeraire'.
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Alan Green

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Tough question. There are so many possibilities - The Haywain? Persistence of Memory? ... or the ceilings of the two churches in Porlezza on Lake Lugarno - not a square inch unpainted. You walk in, look up and go "Wow, look at that"