Name the painting

[Olga4real]

Mark,
Looks like your image was removed from photobucket, however I recall the picture from a brief glance earlier this morning.

"Lilith" by John Collier

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Li..._painting).jpg


The next mystery painting:





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"Morning on the Hudson, Haverstraw Bay," by Sanford R. Gifford,, 1866, Terra Foundation for the Arts, Daniel J. Terra Collection, Chicago.

I'll post something later.

[Olga4real]

Here is my mystery painting, not a difficult one.



Good luck!

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

"Morning on the Hudson, Haverstraw Bay," by Sanford R. Gifford,, 1866, Terra Foundation for the Arts, Daniel J. Terra Collection, Chicago.

Good job Olga.
One of so many paintings that captivated me during a recent visit to the Art Institute in Chicago.

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[Lokasenna]

Got it, it's Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot's A Village Street, Dardagny.

I'll post my next one in a moment.

[Lokasenna]

Here we go, mystery pic. I won't be as trigger-happy on the clues this time either.

[Olga4real]

Good job Olga.
One of so many paintings that captivated me during a recent visit to the Art Institute in Chicago.

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Yes Gilliatt, I liked the picture too, that's why I spent a couple of hours to find out the name of the artist. Thank you for the post!

Got it, it's Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot's A Village Street, Dardagny.

Congrats Lokasenna, you were really fast! I like Corot and didn't mind that many of people are familiar with his works.

[Lokasenna]

Congrats Lokasenna, you were really fast! I like Corot and didn't mind that many of people are familiar with his works.

Thanks! It rang a vague bell from somewhere, and I was able to track it down fairly quickly.

[MarkBastable]

Isn't that the cover of Pratchett's unremittingly dark and hence unpublished Discworld novel Rick of the Medusa?

[Lokasenna]

Isn't that the cover of Pratchett's unremittingly dark and hence unpublished Discworld novel Rick of the Medusa?

Not as far as I'm aware. It's a 'proper' artist, but Pratchett may have appropriated the work.

I'm going to be away from my computer until Sunday, so here's a first clue to keep you going: the painting dates to the last few years of the 19th century.

[prendrelemick]

It does look like an illustration from a story, the Vikings meet a Harpy

[Lokasenna]

Another picture by our mystery artist:



I'll give you two pointers about it:

1. That isn't Christ.

2. Look in the top left corner.

And Prendrelemick, you aren't too far off!

[prendrelemick]

I really hope that's not the "beautiful" Edith Swan Neck and Harold.

[Lokasenna]

I really hope that's not the "beautiful" Edith Swan Neck and Harold.

Mercifully (for Harold) it is not! However, you're certainly still poking in roughly the right direction.

Here is a picture of our artist:



The two pictures I've posted already are indicative of his later career and style, so here's one from earlier on:



I don't really want to give you his nationality, because that would make it too easy - however, you could bear in mind that he is one of his country's most famous and iconic artists.

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

Finally got it !

The original challenge painting:

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931)
"The Defence of the Sampo"
Tempera 1896

Other two pieces:
"Lemminkäinen's Mother"
and
"The Aino Triptych"

I decided to search "Famous painters of _____" I first plugged in Iceland due to your recent trip, then Finlnd and what do you know!?

Here is one link that shows several of his works:

http://www.gallen-kallela.fi/europeo...en-Kallela.htm

Coincidentally, I recognized that first image; "Bil-Bol" from a copy of a MOMA book I have on the modern poster.
I'll have the next painting shortly.

EDIT

Next painting:




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[Lokasenna]

Finally got it !

The original challenge painting:

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931)
"The Defence of the Sampo"
Tempera 1896

Other two pieces:
"Lemminkäinen's Mother"
and
"The Aino Triptych"

I decided to search "Famous painters of _____" I first plugged in Iceland due to your recent trip, then Finlnd and what do you know!?

Here is one link that shows several of his works:

http://www.gallen-kallela.fi/europeo...en-Kallela.htm

Coincidentally, I recognized that first image; "Bil-Bol" from a copy of a MOMA book I have on the modern poster.

Well done indeed!

I fell in love with Gallen-Kallela's work last year when I finally got round to reading Kalevala - most of his paintings illustrate scenes from it. It's the great codex of Finnish mythology (which is why I was encouraging Prendrelmick to go in that direction), and the linguistic beauty and vivid imagery of it is caught masterfully in painted form.