I’d pay 50 thousand for that if I had it.

The thing that really strikes me is the highlights in the windows. So much contrast

@@tbrowniscool what caught my eye was that street light on the left.

@@Briggie I agree its so amazing

I would love even a print of that picture.

Agree 100%. I will make note of this painter. I love the starry night of van gogh. His style and technique brings the picture into som sort of a live image. I feel the same with this one. Obviously an original van gogh are not an option. But this Cortes might be. Just wonderful :)

I was told he was an inspiration for Kinkaide.

@ekimshield I've studied Kinkade’s work from when he was a teenager. He had the chops. Like him or not (I like him, too), he did what no artist has done since Leonardo. The book, ”Billion Dollar Painter” is remarkable. It's heartbreaking how things turned out, but it doesn't negate what he accomplished.

The muted colours around the lights and overall mute colours of the piece, makes the lights look so realistic

When you blur your eyes viewing it.

Cold and wet?

yes, i saw it on the thumbnail and it instantly caught my eye...

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Yes, i felt a strange feeling while looking at this art piece and im not into paintings. I felt... somewhat of a melancholy with awe, and a touch of homey-ness.

Crazy, me too.

It really is a quite lovely painting.

Mud Sh-sh-shark agreed, a lovely scene with an engaging style makes for a good painting

It's a rare case where it's valuable but actually a nice painting. :D

me too. just really great paint. not some pseudo art common these days

@@ariochiv There's a decent sized art department at the college in my town and it only seems to produce complete rubbish. I see nothing come out of it that elevates and beautifies the human experience. "Hey, I'll paint these burlap sacks pink, fill them with sand, and tie them together. Art!" "Congratulations, you now have a masters degree." "Great, where do I get my 6 figure job?"

@@BudSchnelker To be fair, no one or almost no one is getting a 6 figure job with an MFA degree in fine art

Completely agree. That's a painting I would buy.

how is that even possible? obviously her grandparents bought the painting when it was not famous, and it stayed in her family all these years. Unless the artist made a duplicate painting all those years ago.

I just did a quick search on Google, and apparently he painted tons of the same subject from same view point with little variations.

I did quick search on Google, and apparently there are tons of painting of Theatre du Châtelet by this artist and others. It was very popular subejct for painting, I guess.

TY for the info...I have a pet hobby of locating painting scenes in modern day Google Street Maps... fotos but need the address or place name. So thank you for the help.

I am a great fan of cortez,how on earth do you make the lights look so real on the paintings

If I won the lottery that's all I would do is research and buy paintings

now the next time you feel like laughing at the price of a piece you can picture other people feeling what you're feeling about this one

@@voltcorp Yes. Bless you for saying this. Especially directed toward those who can't relate to a JMB painting. Just because you can't relate doesn't invalidate.

should've gone up to her after she smashes it on the floor and said "that vase was worth 1 million pounds, what a shame you've destroyed it." lol

If you shlepped some vase to this roadshow, you are hoping it is worth a lot, so why take it out of the bag with one hand?

Thank to her titties, all is well.

@@Neildo430ci And they also helped her catch that vase.

@@kevinmartin2961 that's what he was saying...

I think the popular prints you've seen are of another piece on the same subject called 'Théâtre du Châtelet (EC00852). The painting in this clip is listed in the artist's Catalogue Raisonneé as titled 'Place du Châtelet' (EC00465), painted around 3 years later, although obviously from the same source when you compare the two paintings.

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