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Songs about Visual Art or Artists

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DarcyFarrow
Honored Social Butterfly
โ€Ž07-12-2020 03:51 PM

Songs about Visual Art or Artists

Let's list songs about painters, sculptors, sketchers, and other visual artists and their works of art.

 

To start:  In the Gallery, about sculptor Harry Phillips (Dire Straits)

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EricC28201
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โ€Ž12-24-2021 10:03 AM

Pablo Picasso - John Cale (Not to be confused with J.J. Cale)

 

AKA Graffitti Man - John Trudell & Jesse Ed Davis

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DarcyFarrow
Honored Social Butterfly
โ€Ž08-01-2020 11:21 AM

Architect's Dream (Kate Bush):  

 

"Watching the painter painting
And all the time, the light is changing
And he keeps painting
That bit there, it was an accident
But he's so pleased
It's the best mistake, he could make"

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DarcyFarrow
Honored Social Butterfly
โ€Ž07-31-2020 05:09 PM

Art Groupie (Grace Jones)

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MaVolta
Honored Social Butterfly
โ€Ž07-31-2020 05:40 PM

Positively Van Gogh  -  Bob Dylan

 

โ€œWhen the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.โ€ - Jimi Hendrix
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JasD455899
Bronze Conversationalist
โ€Ž07-31-2020 06:25 PM

The Cult - Edie (Ciao Baby)

 

Song about the muse, Edie Sedgwick [ one of several ]

 

 

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DarcyFarrow
Honored Social Butterfly
โ€Ž07-30-2020 05:36 PM

Art School (Jam)

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JohnD131536
Social Butterfly
โ€Ž07-31-2020 03:03 AM

Photographs And Memories - Jim Croce

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DarcyFarrow
Honored Social Butterfly
โ€Ž07-30-2020 11:29 AM

Magritte (John Cale)

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MaVolta
Honored Social Butterfly
โ€Ž07-30-2020 04:49 PM

A Painter Passing Through  -  Gordon Lightfoot

 

โ€œWhen the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.โ€ - Jimi Hendrix
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DarcyFarrow
Honored Social Butterfly
โ€Ž07-27-2020 01:27 PM

Believing in Art (Spoon)

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JasD455899
Bronze Conversationalist
โ€Ž07-30-2020 01:12 AM

Elton John - Mona Lisa's and Madhatters

 

David Allen Coe - Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile

 

Jewel - Painters

 

10CC - Art For Art's Sake

 

Alannah Myles - Black Velvet

[Hey, that's art]

 

The Rezillos - (My Baby Does) Good Sculptures

[ but rough music even by punk standards ]

 

Simon & Garfunkel - So Long Frank Lloyd Wright

[ per my son the architect ]

 

 

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JasD455899
Bronze Conversationalist
โ€Ž07-30-2020 01:15 AM

Captain Beefheart - Dali's Car

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JohnD131536
Social Butterfly
โ€Ž07-30-2020 02:17 AM

Picture Of You - the Avalons

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DarcyFarrow
Honored Social Butterfly
โ€Ž07-26-2020 04:34 PM

Viva la Vida (Coldplay) was inspired by Frida Kahlo's painting of the same name

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JohnD131536
Social Butterfly
โ€Ž07-26-2020 04:41 PM

Mona Lisa - Brad Paisley

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DarcyFarrow
Honored Social Butterfly
โ€Ž07-25-2020 07:03 AM

Modern Art (Black Lips)

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DarcyFarrow
Honored Social Butterfly
โ€Ž07-22-2020 07:00 PM

Picasso Baby (Jay Z)

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MaVolta
Honored Social Butterfly
โ€Ž07-23-2020 12:07 PM

Take A Picture Of This  -  Don Henley

 

โ€œWhen the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.โ€ - Jimi Hendrix
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DarcyFarrow
Honored Social Butterfly
โ€Ž07-22-2020 02:16 PM

Art War (Knack)

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JohnD131536
Social Butterfly
โ€Ž07-22-2020 02:26 PM

Picture Of You - the Avalons

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DarcyFarrow
Honored Social Butterfly
โ€Ž07-22-2020 08:56 AM

But Is It Art (Stephen Duffy)

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MaVolta
Honored Social Butterfly
โ€Ž07-22-2020 12:17 PM

Viva La Vida  -  Coldplay

 

The song title is taken from a painting by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo which inspired the song written by Coldplay band members.

 

โ€œWhen the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.โ€ - Jimi Hendrix
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DarcyFarrow
Honored Social Butterfly
โ€Ž07-16-2020 08:40 AM

No One Was Like Vermeer (Jonathan Richman)

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MaVolta
Honored Social Butterfly
โ€Ž07-20-2020 12:54 PM

Photograph  -  Sir Ringo

 

โ€œWhen the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.โ€ - Jimi Hendrix
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JohnD131536
Social Butterfly
โ€Ž07-20-2020 02:26 PM

You Painted Pictures - the Spaniels

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MaVolta
Honored Social Butterfly
โ€Ž07-21-2020 01:39 PM

When I Paint My Masterpiece  -  Bob Dylan

 

โ€œWhen the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.โ€ - Jimi Hendrix
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JohnD131536
Social Butterfly
โ€Ž07-21-2020 04:24 PM

Photographs And Memories - Jim Croce

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DarcyFarrow
Honored Social Butterfly
โ€Ž07-14-2020 10:16 PM

Salvador (Sara Hickman)

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MaVolta
Honored Social Butterfly
โ€Ž07-15-2020 01:18 PM

Art Decade  -  David Bowie

 

โ€œWhen the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.โ€ - Jimi Hendrix
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