A more famous painting by the same artist:
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/2117/enan.jpg
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A more famous painting by the same artist:
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/2117/enan.jpg
The second one is The Uncertainty of the Poet, by Chiciro. Which led me to discovering that the first one is The Enigma of the Hour.
Here's the next one...
http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/q...table/pic4.jpg
It is indeed the enigma of the hour :)
Don't know the current one.
It's 'Queen Eleanor' by Frederick Sandys. I can't remember where I've seen it, but the title popped into my mind as soon as I looked at it.
Right, here's one off the top of my head, though I suspect it won't remain a mystery for very long:
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i4...1963/quiz2.jpg
Hercules at the Crossroads (Jealousy) by Albrecht Durer
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/9...ainting000.jpg
Paul Gauguin
The Sleeping Child
1884
http://www.lessing-photo.com/dispimg...19+&cr=70&cl=1
Next:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5283/...343c675fa5.jpg
Christ in Judgment Heaven and Hell.Quote:
Originally Posted by stlukesguild
It appears to be a Russian painting but I haven't been able to trace the artist.
Nope... not Russian... and a rather major painter at that.
I thought there might be a Russian connection because of the wording at the bottom of this picture.
However, The painting is Christ the Judge by Fra Angelico
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/9...ristthejud.jpg
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/9501/56432.jpg
Shot at 2010-11-26
Edgar Germain Hilaire Degas
The Cotton Exchange
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..._Degas_016.jpg
One of my absolute gods of art. I don't think anyone has drawn as well since.
Next!
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5003/...09de2d28_z.jpg
Hmmm...
I keep coming back to the Sphinx and Oedipus. However, I have been unsuccessful in working that angle.
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It looks very much like Salome with the head of John the Baptist but I don't know the significance of the winged creature.
Is it Nicholas Kalmakoff? Salome Sphinx?
Bingo!
Er, could somebody else please post another painting? I'm unable to upload an image.
http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/6...cture10008.jpg
A clue as to the artist . This man originally trained to be a painter and decorator of houses but became one of the most famous artists of the 20th century.
If I posted another painting by him he would easily be recognised; which is why I posted the above that is in a less fragmented style than much
of his other work.
Georges Braque - "Terrace of Hotel Mistral" 1907
One of the progenitors of "Cubism" along with Picasso, although the "Terrace of Hotel Mistral" was completed just prior to Braque's transition into the pure "hard" geometric aspects associated with Cubism.
Next:
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...nting12_03.jpg
Gilliatt
A clue:
"Keep silent unless what you are going to say is more important than silence"
(Translated from latin)
another clue
A self portrait of the mystery painter:
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...intingclue.jpg
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After Salvator Rosa
Jason Poisoning the Dragon
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...the_Dragon.jpg
Rosa was an Italian Baroque painter who in many ways was seen as a precursor to Romanticism. His often phantasmagorical paintings were an undeniable influence upon such Romantic painters as Goya, Delacroix, Fuseli, etc...
Next up:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5124/...0d8cd2cd_b.jpg
Another by our mystery artist:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5286/...0b73ec1dae.jpg
Still another work by our master:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5122/...ed0a28cd_b.jpg
Hmmm...I'm sure this is way off the mark, but I'm seeing Nordic qualities or "feel" to the images.
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You're getting warm... or "cool" as the case may be.:goof:
Our artist certainly hails from a nation known far more for it's wintry landscapes than its tropical beaches.:seeya:
Russian
Oh no, not another Russian :smilielol5:
Ivan Bilibin (1876-1942): The son of Czar Saltan travels the sea in a barrel
St. Lukes picks a Russian ?!!Quote:
Originally Posted by stlukesguild
I didn't bother with Russia in my search, convinced you would not go there.
(smilie face banging its head against the wall)
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Another clue maybe?
Although he has been exhibited around the world, he is a celebrity who paints rather than a celebrated painter. I'll post another picture soon.
pren, is he an actor? I will be curious to see who this is...I have a few ideas. I don't want to guess; I might be correct and have to find another painting and I am going out today. I will check back later on to see who it was.
Nope, not an actor
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k7...thehorse-1.jpg
A more typical one
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k7...elemick/21.jpg
Ronnie Wood?
Correct.
Mark,
Are you preparing the next challenge?
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Here you go...
http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/q...table/pics.jpg
It was painted by this man but I don't think it has a title.
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/9...erpainting.jpg
I think it's called The Church at Allou-d'Alsace Just Before Our 1942 Tour.
Your turn....