Favorite Figurative Artists - Links

#1

Guys / Gals,

  Here please post links to your [b]Favorite Figurative Artists. [/b]I should have posted this thread sooner, but...:rolleyes:
 
 What I would suggest is to [b]create your own post, and then just [u]ADD TO THAT POST[/u][/b] as you discover / find more links (vs. creating several more posts).

Go ahead and post links, even if you see the same ARTIST mentioned ~ you may have found a new or better site for that artist! :)
  
  Thanks to Spirit Dreamer for jogging my memory! :)
  
  Cheers,
  
  ~Rebeccak
#2

I’ll start out:

Alex Kanevsky, amazing figurative artists, a bit abstract:
http://www.jcacciolagallery.com/Pages/Artists/Kanevsky.html

Nicolai Fechin, amazing Russian artist, beautiful charcoal and oil work:
http://www.fechin.com/

Joaquin Sorolla, brilliant oil painter:
http://museosorolla.mcu.es/

Lucian Freud, brilliant, disturbing oil painter:
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/freud/

Odd Nerdrum, brilliant, disturbing oil painter (see a pattern here? :)):
http://www.nerdrum.com/

Zurbaran, 1598-1664:http://www.spanisharts.com/prado/zurbaran.htm

Many others, will post later! :slight_smile:

#3

www.rebeccakimmel.com

te hee:D

#4

You’re forgiven on a conditional basis. :smiley:

#5

Heya Rebeccak,

I have so many, here’s just a smattering:

Malcom Liepke
http://www.dianenelson.com/dnfagallery/1101-liepkeshow/liepke/liepkeshow.htm

Dean Mitchell
http://www.gallerydirectart.com/dealer-gallery-of-fine-art-prints—posters-greenwich-workshop-dean-mitchell.html

John Singer Sargant
http://www.jssgallery.org/

Jeffery Jones
http://www.ulster.net/~jonesart/

Phil Hale
http://secure.grantbooks.com/z-titles-doublememory.html

Brom
http://www.bromart.com/

#6

Segvoia,

Awesome links!!! Thanks for these! I am a huge fan of Sargent, and I really like Liepke’s work as well…checking out the links now. :slight_smile:

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#7

Bryan Hitch
http://www.theartofcomics.com/
Hands down. Just look at his hatchings and art.

#8

Here are two links I highly recommend:

[color=cyan]Boris Vellejo[/color]

Robert E McGuinnis

Enjoy!
Glenn

#9

Spiritdreamer- Rob’s work is real nice. I like his work on the bond films. I have a lot of his stuff on a cd.

here is someone I discovered today.
Ah Yuan
http://www.mmartltd.com/gallery.asp?category=8
His work has that painterly quality to it.

#10

Here are the best links I’ve got.

You can find just about all the old school masters at http://www.artrenewal.org/
Nice place to go if you want to take a trip through art history although the navigation is a little clunky.

And no list would be complete without Frank Frazetta…
http://www.wadhome.org/frazetta/

#11

Here are a few of my favorite artists from the golden age of illustration:
Heinrich Kley
Willy Pogany
W. Heath Robinson
W. R. Flint also his official site

the above links are to the biographies at Bud Plant Illustrated Books http://www.bpib.com/illustra.htm which is a good reference to learn about illustrators (although it’s aimed at book collectors more than artists).

I also like the work of Richard Schmid and Jeffrey Jones

And some of the Victorian painters:
Frank Brangwyn
Robert Anning Bell (who was also an amazing illustrator)
John William Waterhouse
Lord Frederick Leighton
Herbert James Draper

Last (but not least!) Robert Henri

#12

wow~~~! thanks all~~~!!! that was awesome~~~!!!:bounce:

#13

Nice thread Rebecca. Too many to list. It seems that some have already been mentioned. Sargent, Nerdrum, etc. I’ll try not to list any old masters if I can help it. :slight_smile:

Pierre-Paul Prud’Hon (1758 - 1823)
http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/art.asp?aid=391&page=1 (very slow loading site)

Egon Schiele (1890 - 1918)
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/schiele/

I’m sure most of you are familiar with Artrenewal.org. As well as the old masters, go check out their Living Masters gallery section.

Jacob Collins
http://www.jacobcollinspaintings.com/
http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/art.asp?aid=821 (very slow loading site)

Various Frigurative artists:
http://www.johnpence.com/visuals/painters/index_nudes.htm

Kevin Llewellyn
http://www.kevart.com/pages/menu_pg.html

Will add more later. :slight_smile:

#14

drawMonger and ekah,

Thanks for the great links! :thumbsup:

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#15

Adam Hughes

www.justsayah.com/

#16

Here’s a great list of some classic illustrators:
http://www.americanartarchives.com/artist_bios.htm

Greg & Tim Hildebrandt
http://www.brothershildebrandt.com/

Fantasy artists from Biz to Dore
http://www.therionweb.de/inhalt.htm

Marvelous portrait painter
http://www.williamwhitaker.com/

Comic artist P.C. Russell
http://pcr.lurid.com/

-DBC

#17

David,

Thanks for the links! I’ll definitely have to check those out more in depth later! :slight_smile:

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#18

Amazing, dark work:

http://www.beksinski.pl/

#19

folks, how About

Jenny Saville- controversial but undeniably a brilliant painter of flesh, amazing use of scale>>> awesome
(cant find her website… if she has one>> google image it)

#20

AOAH,

  Does Google just suck in the UK? LOL! :scream:

[http://www.artnet.com/artist/14945/jenny-saville.html](http://www.artnet.com/artist/14945/jenny-saville.html)

http://www.artnet.com/artwork/174555/jenny-saville-reverse.html

 [http://www.cameraclub.demon.co.uk/JennySaville.htm](http://www.cameraclub.demon.co.uk/JennySaville.htm)
  
  [http://www.geocities.com/craigsjursen/jennysaville.html](http://www.geocities.com/craigsjursen/jennysaville.html)

Brilliant work, I have to say…

Gotta love this one:


http://jameswagner.com/mt_archives/Sayvillewhole.jpg


http://claralieu.com/pre_college/images/saville_fulcrum.jpg

  Cheers,
  
  ~Rk *All about Google*