Chess Art Gallery

I know some have claimed that chess is an art form, I disagree, while it can be played artfully, chess as a medium for creating art comes up short. 

Certainly there are artists who use wood or other materials as a medium to create chess pieces, each piece being a scupture, a piece of art in its own right. This is, of course, is quite different than the game itself. 

This thread was created to serve as a collection, a gallery of art that represents the game we love. A gallery of chess art, represented in paintings, sculpture, even in the pieces themselves.. 

Please share your favorites, those you find beautiful, artistically pleasing, even controversial.

Enjoy the gallery. 

Im living proof chess is NOT art...unless your name is Art.

I like #6.  Nice one godspawn!

Thanks, i have always been very fond of it.  

Yes, #6 is nice.  But what is A39?

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