Thanks Mathew!
I've been able to post pictures before, so I don't know what went wrong.
No idea what your painting is.
Thanks Mathew!
I've been able to post pictures before, so I don't know what went wrong.
No idea what your painting is.
Exit, pursued by a bear.
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:
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Clue: Mussorgsky
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Victor Hartmann ?Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
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:
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?
Last edited by Emil Miller; 08-28-2011 at 11:43 AM.
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
Clue: The Catacombs.
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
Viktor Hartmann's Paris Catacombs.
I'll post something up in the morning, when I can think of it!
"I should only believe in a God that would know how to dance. And when I saw my devil, I found him serious, thorough, profound, solemn: he was the spirit of gravity- through him all things fall. Not by wrath, but by laughter, do we slay. Come, let us slay the spirit of gravity!" - Nietzsche
Hmm, no idea whether this one will be easy or hard...
I'll give you a clue - it isn't related to Mussorgsky!
"I should only believe in a God that would know how to dance. And when I saw my devil, I found him serious, thorough, profound, solemn: he was the spirit of gravity- through him all things fall. Not by wrath, but by laughter, do we slay. Come, let us slay the spirit of gravity!" - Nietzsche
Guinevere - William Morris
In that vein, who's this sulkily apprehensive chick?
Last edited by MarkBastable; 09-09-2011 at 07:14 AM.
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.
"I should only believe in a God that would know how to dance. And when I saw my devil, I found him serious, thorough, profound, solemn: he was the spirit of gravity- through him all things fall. Not by wrath, but by laughter, do we slay. Come, let us slay the spirit of gravity!" - Nietzsche
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.
Last edited by MarkBastable; 09-10-2011 at 03:07 AM.
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:
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Charles Sheeler
Conversation- Sky and Earth
1940
(An image of Hoover Dam)
http://rondougherty.com/photoalbum/2...0/20100220.htm
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