Name the painting

Thanks Mathew!

I've been able to post pictures before, so I don't know what went wrong.

No idea what your painting is.

Clue time:

This painter is FRENCH. HE lived in the 18TH CENTURY. He has paintings in the LOUVRE, NATIONAL GALLERY, and this one is from the ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO. He had a SON WHO ALSO BECAME A PAINTER.

That should help.

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Claude Joseph Vernet - "Morning"

Reminds me of Martin Johnson Heade's - "Thunder Storm on Narragansett Bay" that I posted a few pages back.

Next challenge:


http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...Painting-4.jpg

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Clue: Mussorgsky


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Quote:

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Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle

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Clue: Mussorgsky


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Victor Hartmann ?

That is correct Emil.

I recently stumbled upon Mussorgsky while doing some research, which led me to Hartmann.
Mussorgsky and Hartmann were close friends. Following Hartmann’s death, many of his works were displayed at the Academy of Fine Arts in St Petersburg inspiring Mussorgsky to compose “Pictures at an Exhibition”.
The particular piece above is a study for ballet costumes.

Here is Hartmann’s proposal for a new gate in Kiev:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._City_Gate.jpg



And here is Mussorgsky’s movement through the gate:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCn0y...eature=related



Your turn Emil....




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It's a pity that Mussorgsky never heard Ravel's magnificent orchestration of his piano score.

OK how about this one?

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/926/painting1u.jpg

Clue: The Catacombs.

Viktor Hartmann's Paris Catacombs.

I'll post something up in the morning, when I can think of it!

Hmm, no idea whether this one will be easy or hard...

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i4...whocanitbe.jpg

I'll give you a clue - it isn't related to Mussorgsky!

Guinevere - William Morris

In that vein, who's this sulkily apprehensive chick?

http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/q...able/pic10.jpg

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Originally Posted by MarkBastable

Guinevere - William Morris


Give me a few hours to come up with something.

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Well, you are right - but the painting is not in fact 'Guinevere', though this is a common mistake. A metaphorical bonus point if anyone can give the correct title.

Hmm, apparently that one was too easy... meh, I've been reading some Morris, so he was in my head.

Lok: You're right. It's La Belle Iseult, apparently.

Everyone else: La Belle Iseult isn't the sulky redhead - it's Lok's skinny brunette. I might have confused the apparent order of things here.

The sulky redhead that I posted is now up for identification. Here she is again.


http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/q...able/pic10.jpg

I thought I was on the right track with Dante Gabriel Rossetti but to no avail.
After further search I discovered Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys

The painting is Helen of Troy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony...ugustus_Sandys


Here is the next challenge:


http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...Painting-5.jpg


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Charles Sheeler
Conversation- Sky and Earth
1940

(An image of Hoover Dam)

http://rondougherty.com/photoalbum/2...0/20100220.htm