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**Earl_of_Rochester** · June 10th, 2011, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Star of Genoa

I have a soft spot for Frank cadogan Cowper:

The paintings are so lifelike it's uncanny, Tracy Emming and the latest hoi polloi are nothing compared to this artist. Imho a true artist should be able to paint to this standard before being let loose to do more experimental things.

EoR

**Star** · June 10th, 2011, 08:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Earl_of_Rochester

The paintings are so lifelike it's uncanny, Tracy Emming and the latest hoi polloi are nothing compared to this artist. Imho a true artist should be able to paint to this standard before being let loose to do more experimental things.

EoR

I do appreciate the skills of an artist who can portray a sitter as natural and lifelike as possible. A few of the best naturalist portrait artists were: Rogier van der Weyden, Jan van Eyck, Hans Memling, Antonello da Messina, Giovanni Bellini, Raphael, Holbein, and Titian.

Portrait of Charles de Solier, Lord of Morette (Hans Holbein the Younger), 1534-35. Oak, 92,5 x 75,4 cm. Gemäldegalerie, Dresden

**tjadams** · June 10th, 2011, 09:20 AM

French artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau.

**Earl_of_Rochester** · August 28th, 2011, 02:06 PM

Are these real or fake photoshopped pics?

Dynamic Realism - Original Artwork Gallery

EoR

**clement** · August 28th, 2011, 02:19 PM

Difficult to ascribe anything else than pure genius to Rubens :

Boucher is not bad too :

More austere painters :

David

Murillo :

historyisfun! · August 28th, 2011, 03:01 PM

Mr. Rhombus · August 28th, 2011, 03:13 PM

Here is one of my favorites, by Rembrandt, called "Night Watch"

Another, "School of Athens", for no other reason than it's symbolism and the subject matter

And yet another, this one from the Bayeux Tapestry, in which Harold Godwinson swears his loyalty to William the Conqueror (i know it's not a painting, but I couldn't resist)