Daily puzzles/problems.

billl, swing and a miss. If we were playing the children's game of hot and cold you'd be very warm. Between your guess and Mark's (who would be burning up right now) this puzzle is in its death throes (but it has a few fingernails dug in yet).

Maybe you ought to review the clue left in response to Mick's contribution?





J

Well, I was working on the principle that it was a question of counting from one end or the other of the titles of the paintings (from the first of which I originally forgot the 'le').

However, that'd give the answer:


1. Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe
2. D'ou Venons Nous, Que Sommes Nous, Ou Allons Nous
3. Nighthawks
4. Peasant Girl with Yellow Straw Hat (aka Peasant Woman Against a Background of Wheat, but one could argue that I really ought to find out what it’s called in Dutch.)
5. Allégorie Réelle: intérieur de mon atelier, déterminant une phase de sept années de ma vie artistique


....which doesn't make a lot of sense. However, if I've got the titles of the paintings right, this might be a help to someone else.

Thoughts so far.-

I have the Artists and the pictures - though there are different versions of the titles.

Got excited looking at 'The PICnic' thinking it would lead to PICasso, or a food related Munch. But it's all a bit tenuous so far.


I reckon this is clinging on by more than fingertips

MarkBastable deftly puts a stake in the heart of the thing! The beast has only one little fingernail left. So we have...

Two to the right:
->
Le déjeuner sur l'herbe
(Manet)

Four to the left:
<-
D'où Venons Nous / Que Sommes Nous / Où Allons Nous
(Gauguin)

Six to the right:
->
Nighthawks
(Hopper)

Twenty-two to the left:
<-
Peasant Woman Against a Background of Wheat
(van Gogh)

Nine to the right:
->
L'Atelier du peintre, Allégorie réelle déterminant une phase de sept années de ma vie artistique et morale
(Courbet)

Gives:

e n h i r


... Which unscrambles into the name of what pre-eminent artist from the American Ashcan school?

Robert Henri

Mick, you get ten thousand points for your Munch comment. Alas, if it were a better puzzle...







J

Please, sir, is it Henri, sir?

Robert Henri! Very good work Mark. Everybody did great with what was probably not a very good puzzle. But hopefully we had a little fun and looked at some cool pictures, at least.


Your turn.





J

Put the following in order:



Village Chrome Betty Eric Ultra Turbulent William

Eric (the Red)
William (of Orange)
Chrome (Yellow)
Village (Green)
Betty (Blue)
Turbulent (Indigo)
Ultra (Violet)


I admit to Googling Turbulent..... and Betty......to check.....

Sorry - much too easy. I should have laid another layer of deduction over it.

Off you go, k.

Will I never learn?

OK, I 'll get thinking.....


Sorry, people, I'm going to be rather more involved than I thought over the next couple of days, so if anyone has a puzzle they would like to present, please go ahead and I'll put one in when this unexpected 'crisis' is over..... thanks.

What goes blue-red-yellow-blue-green-red?

Aunt Gertie's holiday sweaters. Her mind has gone but, bless her heart, she still tries to knit.







J

This wouldn't be a difficult one to look up on the Web, but, as ever, that would be contrary to the spirit of the thing....

Quote:

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Originally Posted by MarkBastable

What goes blue-red-yellow-blue-green-red?

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Let's see: A smurf falls and hurts himself, but bandages the wound badly, and it becomes infected. Fearful of doctors, he paints the injury blue to hide it, but gangrene sets in, necessitating amputation.