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That's Tamara de Lempicka's portrait of her husband, Tadeusz.
You've got it.Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkBastable
A dead easy one, I think...
http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/q...ble/pic4-2.jpg
Pablo Picasso
Portrait of the Artist's Mother
I initially thought it was Gauguin, as it has many elements of Gauguin's style... but Picasso was profoundly impacted by Gauguin early in his career. Gauguin's mother on the other hand, was imminently more attractive... at least she is so in the eye of the artist:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5167/...b6b2a0cd_b.jpg
Let's go with something seasonal:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5010/...d19ea91b_z.jpg
A few more by our mystery "master":
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5043/...a1e2477b_b.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5246/...50429b85_b.jpg
German...
Painter: "Master Bertram"
The first painting is the "Nativity" panel and the second is the "Creation of Animals" panel, both of which are part of the greater "Grabow Alter Piece".
Wiki link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_Bertram
Amazing work and appropriate fot the season.
I'm off to find the next challenge.
Next mystery painting
Continuing the seaonal theme:
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...nting12_28.jpg
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A clue.
Here's another creation by our mystery painter. However, this work is not a painting, it is a mosaic:
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a.../Clue12_30.jpg
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A clue to the clue above:
Dante - Baptism
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The mosaic is on the Baptistry ceiling in Florence. Coppo de Marcovaldo is the artist. The first one is, believe it or not, Madonna and Child
Great!
Also referred to as "Madonna del Bordone".
Interesting story I discovered about the painting according to Wiki. Coppo was imprisoned in Siena and paid his ransom by executing the painting, which is located in Santa Maria dei Servi. As you mentioned, the mosaic is in the Battistero di San Giovanni which is near the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore.
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A little detour into the world of sculpture.
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k7...relemick/7.jpg
Can you provide some clues? :)
Since so many days passed from the initial pic, i say we give the poster till tomorrow to update his puzzle. Else anyone can post something new then (or i will) ;)
Ok, here is the next challenge :)
http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/4117/paintingk.jpg
Munch - Red Virginia Creeper
Next...
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Originally Posted by prendrelemick
Sorry folks. It was an Antony Gormley.
http://faculty.smu.edu/sweisenb/Inne...ey,%201855.jpg
This painting can be found in National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C..
Hang on, Matthew. You need to name the previous unsolved one first. The one that's mostly black, in the current case.
Thanks for letting us know, it wasn't for lack of trying on my part.Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
Just to confirm, the current challenge painting is Mark’s as seen in post 538.Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkBastable
At first blush, it appears to be pieces of Chinese food on black velvet, or at least the lowest object looks similar to crab Rangoon. hmmm...
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People are reminded to post clues if no one can find the painting.
Also, if more than 2 days go by, i suggest we move to a new one ;)
The artist was a paramour of Tracey Emin - but I like him despite that.
His name will be on that tent then.
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Originally Posted by MarkBastable
Mark's mystery "painting" (photograph) is titled:
"Burning Flowers I" by Mat Collishaw
We'll go with Matthew's painting for the next challenge:
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Originally Posted by MatthewFarlow
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Originally Posted by Kyriakos
I think two days is too little. Many people come here less often than that - and even having seen a picture, it could take a couple of days to think about it, mentally catalogue it and perhaps research it.
What's the hurry? A week, I'd say.
By the way - well done, GG.
How about three days for a clue? If a week passes by the thread may die out :)
George Inness
“The Erie and Lackawanna Railroad”
1855
A few more by our mystery artist:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5089/...78730d09_z.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5086/...e570da26_z.jpg
Ellen Altfest
The first one is "Butt"
I began my search with "crack kills", but no luck, then I tried "paintings of plumbers crack" which dredged up a whole lot of uncomfortable images.
The second and third images; "Rotted Gourd" and "Green Gourd" was the trick. I searched "paintings of rotted gourd" and there it was on the first page!
I found it interesting how she utilized wood flooring or deck in each of the paintings. Wiki describes her work as being "noted for its precision and trompe l'oeil accuracy".
Going with the trompe l'oeil theme, here is the next mystery painting:
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...nting01_19.jpg
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Far too easy. This is a painting of figures behind the parapet from Paolo Veronese's Sala dell'Olimpo in the Villa Barbaro:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5125/...bafb1f91_b.jpg
I'm a huge fan of Venetian painting... Titian, Bellini, Giorgione, Tintoretto, and Veronese. One of the greatest schools of painting to ever exist.
Ellen Altfest
The first one is "Butt"
I began my search with "crack kills", but no luck, then I tried "paintings of plumbers crack" which dredged up a whole lot of uncomfortable images.
The second and third images; "Rotted Gourd" and "Green Gourd" was the trick. I searched "paintings of rotted gourd" and there it was on the first page!
I found it interesting how she utilized wood flooring or deck in each of the paintings. Wiki describes her work as being "noted for its precision and trompe l'oeil accuracy".
Altfest is clearly influenced by Lucian Freud... who may be the single most influential artist at the moment. I can easily think of a half-dozen rather well-known artists whose work is undeniably indebted to Freud. Freud employs a similar color scheme... that rather "dead" English color that Howard Hodgkin rails against... noting that the English assume anything brightly colored lacks seriousness as art. There is also a similar handling of paint and use of the floorboards:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5007/...4cd0770a_z.jpg
Our new mystery painting:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5047/...b716d93f_b.jpg
Villa Barbaro is a particular favorite of mine among Palladio’s villas along with Villa Capra in Vicenza. I recall constructing a basswood model of Villa Barbaro as part of an architecture school assignment. I remember visiting Villa Capra, though the frescoes there are the work of Alessandro and Giovanni Battista Maganza and Anselmo Canera.Quote:
Originally Posted by stlukesguild
Now to your challenge - “Far too easy”, especially when the artist’s name is fairly prominent in the lower right corner.
Sorry St. Lukes, I couldn’t resist the temptation to glance at it.
Antonio Lopez Garcia - “Membrillero 1961”. The texture of the leaves and fruit is interesting, like velour, suspended against a backdrop of stars (?).
Would you like to select another one St. Lukes?
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I'm still amazed St. Luke got mine! Bravo!:hurray:
Would you like to select another one St. Lukes?
No... go ahead and post. You got it fair and square. I just didn't notice the signature.
OK, will do.
Here's the next mystery painting:
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...nting01_24.jpg
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Gasthof zur Muldentalsperre
2000-2002
Peter Doig
At first I thought it was by Daniel Richter who employs a similar imagery and handling of paint.
The next mystery painting:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5212/...bc12b1b5_b.jpg
Well, that didn't take you long to figure out the Doig. It was an entirely random pick out of "The Essential Guide" book I purchased at the Art Institute a couple of months back.
I will look into Richter.
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