Paintings that captivate you

[Alexei_Kirillov]

Use this thread to post any paintings/art that have particularly captivated you or spoken to you.

Here's one I encountered recently:


It's apparently of Captain Oates of the ill-fated Scott's Expedition to the South Pole. He is depicted here walking into a blizzard that he knew would kill him, but he chose to go so that his crewmates would have a better chance of survival.

 

[TheHolySword]

anything with the most beautifully painted flowers. they make me feel peaceful, in a way.

 

[SVEN]

This is the famous painting of a Roman soldier remaining at his post during the erruption of Vesuvius ,whilst the general populace panic in the background.
"Faithfull Unto Death."

 

[EternalLight]

It's called Birdman Trainer by an artist called Joe Light. For Light, the Birdman was a kind of ego surrogate that undergoes a gradual metamorphosis from a wayward vagrant, ignorant and at the mercy of the world, to a falconer of sorts, at peace with nature and master over himself. The story behind the painting makes it resonate deeply with me.

 

[LaVieEnRose]

It's an old Russian painting. It captures how it feels for me to emotionally move through life.except I lack a team of people to assist me in pulling the barge.

 

[Alexei_Kirillov]

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It's an old Russian painting. It captures how it feels for me to emotionally move through life.except I lack a team of people to assist me in pulling the barge.

Thanks for the share, this one resonates deeply with me too (for anyone interested it's called Barge Haulers on the Volga by Ilya Repin). You can just feel the tiredness emanating off them.