Finland! The only Scandinavian country's artists I didn't search!
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Finland! The only Scandinavian country's artists I didn't search!
A few clues:
Our painter was also an accomplished architect.
Designed a "School of Art" for his home country (not American btw)
Two more pieces by the mystery painter:
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...me/MPclue1.jpg
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...me/MPclue2.jpg
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Gustav Klimt I believe...early years he studied as an architectural painter.
Charles Mackintosh. The second one gave it away.
Baudolina,Quote:
Originally Posted by Baudolina
Looks like you are new to the forums, so welcome.
Charles Rennie Macintosh is the artist, however the object of the game is to name the painting as well.
Since you are new to the game, I will show some mercy. hehe
The original challenge painting is titled "The Fort" (Fort Mailly).
And now Baudolina, it is your turn to post the next mystery painting.
Make sure the artist name does not appear on the painting.
Gilliatt
Indeed,:blush:
How do I include an image?
When typing a response, one may wish to include an image. Here is how:
Step One - Find the image you would like to include on the internet. It must be just the image and not an image on a blog.
Step Two - Copy the URL.
Step Three - As you type your response, in the tool bar, there is a yellow icon with mountains. Click it.
Step Four - Past the URL here. Click Okay.
Step Five - Type the rest of your post and click submit reply!
Actually, that's not quite it. If you link to the picture's address on the web, it will show up when people reply to the post containing the image - which is a bit of a giveaway. For instance, the name of the artist and the painting is included in Baudolina's post. (Don't look - take my word for it.)Quote:
Originally Posted by MatthewFarlow
Usually people copy the image to a file-sharing site such as Photobucket and change its name - then no one can get at the source of the image as copied.
OK, for now it's an honor system!
Remedios Varo
Creation of the Birds
http://blog.maureenyoungart.com/page/2.aspx
No need for me to peek. As a huge fan of Heironymus Bosch, I was immediately enamored of Varo, whom I first came across while still in art school. She was herself a major Bosch fanatic.
Ah! That may have been how someone got Sugar Loaf Mountain in a matter of hours. I thought it would be a real stumper.
Nah, give me a bit of credit! Like the source of most of my art knowledge, it's on a poster in the department.Quote:
Originally Posted by MatthewFarlow
The current MM is surely ideally suited (or not) to the bibliophile:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5297/...1b76e074d1.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5092/...eeae8a36fa.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5136/...e8989eeace.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5218/...6876fcf3a2.jpg
Installation view of our mystery artist's work in exhibition:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5176/...858f86b2_z.jpg
Our artist's works was inspired by... and employs part of the result of one of the most recent man-made disasters. It is at once a comment upon the the fragility of culture and history and a accusation of those who allow for the destruction of the past.
Hmmm, tough one.
The demolition of an historical library?
Flooding of New Orleans?
The destruction of the printed word by the overwhelming forces of E- readers, computers ?
Looks like the name on one book is "E. B. "Zeke" Colvan" ?
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I remember that guy. Saved a bunch of books from the Baghdad library after it was looted and burned and made ****ty art out of them. God, those are terrible.
I rather like them.
Someone always will.Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkBastable
What guy?Quote:
Originally Posted by mortalterror
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'Bout a year or two ago, some guy posted on the forum, how in 2003 when Baghdad was invaded the museums and libraries were looted and burned. He saved a couple of books from the rubble, took them home, and made those pieces StLuke's posted. He has a little blog about it he linked to somewhere, about what it's like living in Iraq with no electricity and stuff. Stlukes was all for this guy's stuff 'cause it looks just like the garbage he used to make, and I remarked on the irony of saving books from a fire to make art that should be burned. I don't remember which thread it was.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
I wouldn't put much store by Mortal's art criticism. He has about as much of an eye for art as you average teenage headbanger... with cataracts.:biggrin5: By his standards pretty much the whole of 20th century art is an abomination... except for those artists who paint as if it were still the 19th century... or earlier.
By the way... mortal has dropped enough clues that finding this artist shouldn't be much of a challenge.
I like plenty of artists who worked in the 20th and 21st centuries. The late impressionists, Alma-Tadema, Repin, Hunt, Rodin, Boldini, Dali, some Picasso, Magritte, Lempicka, Stuck, Ernst, Escher, Marc, Bacon, Chagall, Hasui, Hopper, Klimt, Mucha, Malczewski, Orozco, Rivera, Siqueiros, Renau, Camarena, Helnwein, Melamid, Tubke, Triegel, Cappiello, Levy-Dhurmer, Varo, Banksy, Fairey, The Mac, Blume, Jess, certain Nerdrum, Biggers... I just don't like the one's you like.Quote:
Originally Posted by stlukesguild
I've been able to find the art through a Google image search employing phrases such as "Iraqi Art Destroyed Books" "Iraqi Collage Damaged Books"
Really... with Mortal's clues this shouldn't be that hard.:frown2:
Yeah, 'cause all the college kids have a Qasim Sabti hanging on their dorm room wall. I might as well solve it. Over at his website http://www.qasimsabti.com/gallery_books-covor.htm the picture you posted is listed as #40 Book cover & collage 35 X 25 cm 2004. I couldn't find another name.Quote:
Originally Posted by stlukesguild
Chinese, Ming dynasty.
The work is Buddhist.
It's in the Smithsonian.
The characters depicted are known as "luohan."
Smithsonian->Freer Collection->Chinese Art->Browse artworks in this section
Five hundred Luohan
1427
Daohong , (Chinese, early 15th century)
Ming dynasty
Good One! Next Painting:
http://i473.photobucket.com/albums/r...g?t=1298982686
Another one by our Canadian mystery artist:
http://www.glogster.com/media/2/10/84/80/10848031.jpg
Got it:
Artist - Rob Gonsalves
The first painting is "Written Worlds"
The second piece is "Towers of Knowledge"
Escher inspired?
Next mystery painting:
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...nting03_01.jpg
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John Marin
Brooklyn Bridge
Marin was famous for these watercolors of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Not exactly a painting... but certainly an art work that might interest the true bibliophiles:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5132/...5d8c67cf_b.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5017/...791612ec_b.jpg
Another by our mystery artist:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5012/...6f04e4d5_b.jpg
Chinese.