http://www.artnet.com/artists/james%2Dbrown%2D3/

Worth asking. Also, have a look at the Wikipedia entry on him.

I cannot find any information other than the artist painted in Chula Vista, California. This is where my uncle lived as well. My uncle (my great uncle) died at 80. I read an obituary from Minnesota on a woman who was taught by the late Doris Cox and the woman in the obituary was born in 1927. So it gives me a loose idea on how old this painting is.

I want more information if possible on the artist Doris Cox.

Can anyone give me any information?

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My favourite artist is John Collier, favourite painting being Lady Godiva, mostly because I find the legend of Lady Godiva interesting.

This is a very interesting question for me because it strikes to the very heart of my rather odd sense of aesthetics. I am a mathematician, and as such am accustomed to seeing patterns — mathematics — everywhere. For that reason, I would select M. C. Escher, because his art is one of ideas, mathematical ideas! My favorite Escher piece is his "Print Gallery," because it embodies concepts akin to stereographic projection and conformal mapping, albeit in a very different setting. The ideas intrigue me in the extreme, they engage my mind.

I’ll include a link about the piece below:

http://www.ams.org/notices/200304/fea-escher.pdf

May I also add that the elements of self-reference are distinctively Gödelian, and Escher is saying something significant, and in his time quite new, about the structure of consciousness as well. Though there are many pieces that elicit aesthetic arrest for other reasons, this one keeps turning my mind back to it.

thank you!

I reckon the question is "why DO most artists choose painting?"

The premise may not be very solid for this question, as I am not sure most artists choose painting. I would hazard a guess that most artists who paint or sculpt also draw – and then there are the artists who draw, so drawing would seem to be the most popular medium.

But, if you accept the premise that "most" artists choose to paint, there are several reasons:
1) It is a classic art form, steeped in centuries of tradition and taught in virtually every art school in the world.
2) Painting is the most difficult way to create an image – there is a strong intellectual and psychological challenge inherent to the pursuit. Artists are frequently intellectuals, this is a suitable challenge for them.
3) Painting is open to extensive interpretation, it’s hardly exhausted in possibilities. Consider the fact that people have been painting for thousands of years, and yet we’re still in the throws of totally new movements of expression and ideas, not to mention the continual evolution of painting mediums.
4) Very practically, it’s easier to construct, store and move a painting than a sculpture. It takes less studio and gallery space, paintings can be rolled or put into flat files… it’s much more accessible than a large piece of wood or marble and requires less equipment and facilities than welding or casting metal.

Those things are fairly rational, but I suspect many artists would suggest that the medium chooses them. Meaning there is a physicality and a connection to the very act of painting that captivates them much the way pro-athletes dedicates themselves to a sport, or a musician to their instrument.

Or this painting by Rene Magritte?
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d171/orangemagritte/magrit15.jpg
a Magritte apple face
http://tweentribune.com/images/art_images/magritte.jpg