Bon soir, DU! The Friday Afternoon Challenge is here with: “Making the art of trees.” [View all]

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Here are six renderings of trees for you to identify along with the artist.

And, please play nice and don’t cheat...

1.Study of Tree Trunks, John Constable

2. Abbey in Oak Forest, Friedrich

3. The Lost Jockey, Magritte

4. The Vegetable Garden with Donkey, Miro

5. Gray Tree, Mondrian

6. Pear Tree, Klimt

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Bon soir, DU! The Friday Afternoon Challenge is here with: “Making the art of trees.” [View all]	CTyankee	Aug 2012	OP
#5: Mondrian, The Gray Tree	pinboy3niner	Aug 2012	#1
of course! Good for you!	CTyankee	Aug 2012	#4
That's the first one I noticed too.	progressoid	Aug 2012	#9
2 is Caspar David Friedrich	librechik	Aug 2012	#2
Pretty? I think it's scary!	CTyankee	Aug 2012	#5
yeah--it's pretty scary	librechik	Aug 2012	#8
gotta love Romanticism...Freidrich was a real exponent of it...	CTyankee	Aug 2012	#12
I got no idea so while I await the answers	OriginalGeek	Aug 2012	#3
#6: Gustav Klimt, Pear Tree	pinboy3niner	Aug 2012	#6
that's good; I would have guessed Seurat	librechik	Aug 2012	#10
Of course! Last month I went into Manhattan to see the Klimt show. I think this was one	CTyankee	Aug 2012	#21
No. 6...	Brickbat	Aug 2012	#7
No. 4...	Brickbat	Aug 2012	#11
Yep. I almost went with "The Farm" by Miro just because of the fabulous back story...	CTyankee	Aug 2012	#13
OK... total art ignoramus here...	blaze	Aug 2012	#36
It is odd. I think it is his slowly moving towards surrealism.	CTyankee	Aug 2012	#38
Thank you!	progressoid	Aug 2012	#14
Hi, nice to see you! Are you new here?	CTyankee	Aug 2012	#16
Hi!	progressoid	Aug 2012	#17
Tell me how you have an interest in art...I love to hear about it...	CTyankee	Aug 2012	#20
I have a degree in art.	progressoid	Aug 2012	#22
Oh, wonderful! We have a nice group here so you'll find a good, safe haven!	CTyankee	Aug 2012	#24
Oh, my goodness, here we are with # 1 and #3 left! Ya'll are good, as usual!	CTyankee	Aug 2012	#15
Oooh Oooh Oooh. #3 Magritte's "The Lost jockey"	progressoid	Aug 2012	#18
Hey, you are good! Welcome! This is a tough group....hard to fool anyone here.	CTyankee	Aug 2012	#19
Well,	progressoid	Aug 2012	#23
Ah, the 19th century! Your day is coming next week...sorry to give it away...oh, well...	CTyankee	Aug 2012	#25
I meant to mention that I am going to Brussels in October and will see the new Magritte	CTyankee	Aug 2012	#28
Jealous!	progressoid	Aug 2012	#44
I've been traveling to Europe since I retired at the end of 2004.	CTyankee	Aug 2012	#45
I'm getting one of those Orbitz deals. It's pretty good. I plan on going and training out of	CTyankee	Aug 2012	#61
LOL... just had to say your Oooh Oooh Oooh cracked me up. nt	blaze	Aug 2012	#43
Number 1. Oh my goodness...when you find out who it is...	CTyankee	Aug 2012	#26
I found Number 1!!!	blaze	Aug 2012	#50
Thanks for being honest, blaze! I think just about everybody does respect the "no cheat and	CTyankee	Aug 2012	#51
The educated guesses are half the fun!	blaze	Aug 2012	#54
you are absolutely right! DUers are incredibly well informed about art.	CTyankee	Aug 2012	#55
You did it again, yank!	elleng	Aug 2012	#27
Hey, thanks and hi there! Nice to see you!	CTyankee	Aug 2012	#29
Thanks.	elleng	Aug 2012	#32
Beach is good!	CTyankee	Aug 2012	#33
I love the paintings of Caspar David Friedrich, #2.	Alduin	Aug 2012	#30
They kinda scare me, but that's because they seem so bleak. But I get that.	CTyankee	Aug 2012	#31
You don't find them at least a bit scary? I sure do. Not in a shocking way...more in a	CTyankee	Aug 2012	#34
Nope.	Alduin	Aug 2012	#35
Oh, that's interesting Alduin	blaze	Aug 2012	#37
do you feel it is a confirmation of your feelings, a kind of "blessing" of your real self?	CTyankee	Aug 2012	#40
Yeah.	Alduin	Aug 2012	#48
You know, I say this often but I'll say it again. Someone once said "Art always saves you."	CTyankee	Aug 2012	#53
If I could like a post, I'd like your's.	Alduin	Aug 2012	#59
Here is Auden's take on it:	CTyankee	Aug 2012	#60
One of the things I love about these challenges	blaze	Aug 2012	#39
someone else told me what you did, that they started researching artists that the threads	CTyankee	Aug 2012	#41
But trees, in and of themselves, are IT for me!!	blaze	Aug 2012	#42
From my research, that is exactly what the artist in #1 was trying to get: sunlight streaked	CTyankee	Aug 2012	#47
Just adding a voice to repeat how much your efforts are appreciated	Rowdyboy	Aug 2012	#49
Thanks, rowdyboy! I'll post the last answer (if it isn't guessed yet) later today...	CTyankee	Aug 2012	#52
This message was self-deleted by its author	pa28	Aug 2012	#46
I know none of these, but they're all great! Thanks!	joeybee12	Aug 2012	#56
Hi, joeybee! Nice to see you!	CTyankee	Aug 2012	#57
Hey folks! Answers are listed above each image.	CTyankee	Aug 2012	#58