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33. This is fascinating! I had no idea that Manet was enthralled with cats.
Sat Dec 22, 2012, 04:07 PM
Dec 2012

I'm typing this with my black cat on my keyboard. I have to keep pushing him out of the way to reach the cap key.

I assume 6 is Sloan cthulu2016 Dec 2012 #1
yes, it is an atypical Sloan IMO. CTyankee Dec 2012 #2
It's a great painting. cthulu2016 Dec 2012 #3
BTW, there is a Bellows show at the Metropolitan Museum in New York on now. CTyankee Dec 2012 #4
2 is either Hudson River School or Caspar David Friedrich. Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2012 #5
no, but it does somewhat resemble the Hudson River School. CTyankee Dec 2012 #6
5. Renoir mia Dec 2012 #7
Lovely painting, isn't it? Part of the permanent collection at the Museum of Fine Arts CTyankee Dec 2012 #8
#2: Peter Paul Rubens - A Forest at Dawn with a Deer Hunt pinboy3niner Dec 2012 #9
Yes, doesn't it just tremble in awaiting the dawn light? What an evanascent moment! CTyankee Dec 2012 #10
4a is Still Life with Brioche by Edouard Manet. yardwork Dec 2012 #11
do you "get" its companion piece? CTyankee Dec 2012 #12
I had to look it up! yardwork Dec 2012 #13
No, as a matter of fact I just learned of the earlier Chardin through a perusal of his works CTyankee Dec 2012 #14
Do you see Manet's cat, zizzi, peeking in the upper right hand side of the painting? CTyankee Dec 2012 #25
I never noticed the cat in Olympia! Went to look... it looks like a different cat. yardwork Dec 2012 #27
I managed to screwthat up royally while researching the brioche painting. CTyankee Dec 2012 #30
This is fascinating! I had no idea that Manet was enthralled with cats. yardwork Dec 2012 #33
Here's a source that thinks Chardin (once again) provided a source for Manet CTyankee Dec 2012 #35
The cat is wonderful in that painting but I can see why you didn't use it. yardwork Dec 2012 #36
Yes, there is the irony of the evanescense of both the brioche and the flower. CTyankee Dec 2012 #37
#3: John Constable - Study of Tree Trunks pinboy3niner Dec 2012 #15
Yes, isn't it lovely. Almost impressionistic! The effect of sun dappled trees and water... CTyankee Dec 2012 #19
I didn't know any of them JNelson6563 Dec 2012 #16
thank you, what a nice thing to say! CTyankee Dec 2012 #22
Well, at least I think I am doing better, as I actually .... oldhippie Dec 2012 #17
Hudson River School is worthy of more of my attention... CTyankee Dec 2012 #21
I think #1 is Caillebotte's Yellow Roses ..... oldhippie Dec 2012 #18
YEs, it is! I know it is in Dallas. Lucky you, it is a simply lovely work. CTyankee Dec 2012 #20
Thank you for continuing to do these. This is the first time I've gone through knowing most all of uppityperson Dec 2012 #23
Oh, I'm glad to hear from you! Were you an art history major? CTyankee Dec 2012 #24
My folks were art lovers so I grew up reading books, going to art museums and exhibits, etc uppityperson Dec 2012 #29
I had a meltdown in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. CTyankee Dec 2012 #31
#1 was the High Times 2005 Cannabis Cup winner jberryhill Dec 2012 #26
If you are suggesting I get a little "high" on art, well, buster... CTyankee Dec 2012 #32
Thank you so much for these wonderful posts... CherokeeDem Dec 2012 #28
I'm glad you are here. CTyankee Dec 2012 #34
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