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Post by margaret51 on Mar 19, 2008 22:27:36 GMT -5
Hi every one I'm new here and this is my first go at this Here is the painting 1] I would like you to tell me who it is by. 2] name of the painting. just post when you have the answer 2 Karma up for grabs
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Post by margaret51 on Mar 20, 2008 21:11:33 GMT -5
1st clue the artist is a lady 2nd clue year 1744-1818
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Post by Joanie on Mar 20, 2008 23:21:40 GMT -5
A Basket of Peaches and a Silver Goblet
by: Anne Vallayer-Coster
Thanks for the little hint.
Way to go Margaret - I like how you have just joined right in - you sure did post a tough one!
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Post by margaret51 on Mar 20, 2008 23:47:12 GMT -5
well done Joanie you have them all right Well I guess it is your turn now?
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Post by papillon on Mar 21, 2008 8:21:25 GMT -5
Hey Joanie that was quick! Margaret I'm so glad you're finding yourself at home.
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Post by Joanie on Mar 21, 2008 13:51:41 GMT -5
Here's the next quiz: I'll give a clue tomorrow if nobody guesses it. I need the artist's name and the name of the painting - 2 points Karma Good luck to all.
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Post by margaret51 on Mar 22, 2008 1:00:59 GMT -5
Hey Joanie that was quick! Margaret I'm so glad you're finding yourself at home. Thank you Rose every one has made me feel so welcome. Joanie this is hard but still thinking
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Post by Joanie on Mar 22, 2008 12:38:11 GMT -5
Here's your first clue:
Painted in 1909
I don't believe I got any Karma for my guesses, Margaret...........did you forget me? hehehee
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Post by margaret51 on Mar 22, 2008 17:03:13 GMT -5
Joanie so sorry you are on 31 so I will put 1 in now then 1 later on [still leaning this ]
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Post by Joanie on Mar 22, 2008 18:53:56 GMT -5
Okie Dokie ;D ;D
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Post by margaret51 on Mar 22, 2008 19:14:32 GMT -5
Ok all in now
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Post by papillon on Mar 24, 2008 5:07:02 GMT -5
Joanie, even with the clue and all this is still a toughie!
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Post by SweetSilverBird on Mar 24, 2008 6:13:05 GMT -5
Argh! Joanie, this is hard!
I keep thinking that it is by a dutch painter. Maybe because it is a canal, and the architecture looks like that to me. Then I remembered that the "Bridge of Sighs" is a house like structure over a canal as well. It's confusing!
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Post by Joanie on Mar 24, 2008 11:31:47 GMT -5
Ok - another clue -
He was born in 1886 and died in 1957
Okay that is three clues LOL
Sorry this one is so hard
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Post by papillon on Mar 25, 2008 7:41:14 GMT -5
Hmmm Joanie. I was discussing this earlier with Deborah. W both concurred that the dates you added as a further clue coincide precisely with the birth and death of Diego Rivera. However, this is hardly his style is it?!
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Post by Joanie on Mar 25, 2008 11:23:00 GMT -5
Okay................it is Diego Rivera - do you know the name of the painting?
I'll give you one point Karma. LOL
If it isn't guessed by tomorrow, I'll let everyone know it's name. ;D ;D
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Post by papillon on Mar 25, 2008 12:40:44 GMT -5
WOW I'm amazed it is Diego Rivera. It's so very different from his characteristic paintings. I'll try to locate it's name but I think it's going to be tough!
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Post by papillon on Mar 25, 2008 13:04:34 GMT -5
OK found it! House over the Bridge. / Casa sobre el puente. This is evidently one of his earliest paintings which he must have done when he was studying in Spain - no wonder it's so different to his later characteristic style. But you know.. something like this gives me a lot of hope. It is proof that even great masters start out with a style that could be anybody's and it takes years and years to develop something that is uniquely their own... like a sort of trademark. So I guess the answer is to keep imitating nature until such time as one can interpret nature. Oh and BTW - I myself am giving a Karma point to Bridie since we sort of arrived at the name of the painter at the same time.
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Post by Joanie on Mar 25, 2008 13:42:26 GMT -5
Way to go, Rose! and by all means give Karma to Birdie for her help.
Yes this is a very different type of painting for Rivera. He did paint several landscapes and abstracts that look like Picasso before he developed his own style.
He was a very prolific painter and mostly painted peasants and revolutionary scenes of peasants uprisings.
He was also a very strange character - much like a lot of artists are! ;D
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Post by papillon on Mar 25, 2008 16:32:42 GMT -5
Thank you Joanie... believe me without your clues I would never have guessed. Strange you say - oh well, why not! More than strange he was certainly a womanizer though I suppose the great love of his life was Frida Kahlo... also a very intriguing personality and one of those artists who simply had to be an artist - she painted not because she liked to but because she needed to. So I guess it's my turn now. But if you don't all mind I will look for something tomorrow. It's getting very close to my bedtime now.
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Post by papillon on Mar 26, 2008 4:20:31 GMT -5
So - good morning all. Here's the new quizz. This is a detail of a famous painting. Karma for artist and title. No clues for the moment.
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Post by SweetSilverBird on Mar 26, 2008 22:14:06 GMT -5
Okay, got it! It is:
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Post by margaret51 on Mar 26, 2008 23:51:10 GMT -5
Boy Bird that was fast
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Post by SweetSilverBird on Mar 27, 2008 0:51:08 GMT -5
Boy Bird that was fast Thanks, but really it was partly that I was very familiar with the painting, and then I noticed a spanish helmet on one of the characters in the painting. I googled Great Masters painting + spanish conflict and looked at the image files. Voila! It's really fun to look for clues that way, and then when you find the painting and artist, you can read up about them, and learn loads of stuff!
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Post by papillon on Mar 27, 2008 5:24:41 GMT -5
Correct Birdie! Yes, that's the whole point of these quizzes... to do some research and read up about the old masters. Two Karma points coming your way and now it's your turn.
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