andros_rex@lemmy.world to Traditional Art@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoEthel Greene, “The World’s Greatest Parking Lot,” oil on canvas, 1969lemmy.worldimagemessage-square73linkfedilinkarrow-up1738arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1731arrow-down1imageEthel Greene, “The World’s Greatest Parking Lot,” oil on canvas, 1969lemmy.worldandros_rex@lemmy.world to Traditional Art@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square73linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareotacon239@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 month agoI wish I could find a higher res of this. The actual paint work looks great and I wish I could see more detail in the cars.
minus-squareImgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoMy biggest beef with Lemmy art communities. I think largely due to restrictions from instances, the image quality is almost always dissapointing here.
minus-squareandros_rex@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoShe’s a relatively obscure artist. I ran into similar issues. I think she’s housed at the San Diego Museum of Art. The stuff I’ve found on her seems to point out how underappreciated she is as a surrealist, how she references Magritte as an influence. She seems really “slept on.”
minus-squareotacon239@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoTo be fair, I couldn’t find this in better quality anywhere else either. I had a hard time finding references to it at all other than an article that didn’t have the picture, and a Reddit and Flickr repost that are the same quality.
I wish I could find a higher res of this. The actual paint work looks great and I wish I could see more detail in the cars.
My biggest beef with Lemmy art communities. I think largely due to restrictions from instances, the image quality is almost always dissapointing here.
She’s a relatively obscure artist. I ran into similar issues. I think she’s housed at the San Diego Museum of Art. The stuff I’ve found on her seems to point out how underappreciated she is as a surrealist, how she references Magritte as an influence. She seems really “slept on.”
To be fair, I couldn’t find this in better quality anywhere else either. I had a hard time finding references to it at all other than an article that didn’t have the picture, and a Reddit and Flickr repost that are the same quality.