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lapislzi

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67. Thank you! I'm ashamed...I should have known that.

Sat Jan 12, 2013, 09:54 AM

Jan 2013

I studied Degas pretty heavily. Of course that was 30 years ago. This painting, which includes some of his favorite subject matter (horses, ballet, bathers), foreshadows by 20 years his Symbolist compositions.

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Greetings, DUers! Ready for your Friday Afternoon Challenge? Here it is: “Illuminations.” [View all] CTyankee Jan 2013 OP

#2 is by that Dutch guy jberryhill Jan 2013 #1

lol Liberal_in_LA Jan 2013 #2

It isn't the Dutch guy... CTyankee Jan 2013 #4

Okay, maybe that Belgian or Flemish guy jberryhill Jan 2013 #6

strike out! CTyankee Jan 2013 #9

#5 is *TA-DA!* that Dutch guy pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #59

Thank goodness jberryhill Jan 2013 #60

No, I knew all along that you hadn't... CTyankee Jan 2013 #63

#5 looks like a Caravaggio. . . annabanana Jan 2013 #3

it does, but no... CTyankee Jan 2013 #5

#2: Georges de la Tour - The New Born Child nt pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #7

pretty much screams de la Tour, doesn't it? CTyankee Jan 2013 #8

I like Caravaggio better pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #11

number 1 is a degas IcyPeas Jan 2013 #10

Very good! It IS an early Degas...altho I just don't know how you got it from the woman in blue CTyankee Jan 2013 #14

I couldn't guess it, but on review, the fall of the fabric in the veil is a giveaway. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #26

#3 is a Thomas Kinkade. Nye Bevan Jan 2013 #12

It isn't Kinkade altho maybe Kinkade liked this artist. I don't really know since I don't know that CTyankee Jan 2013 #15

#4 could be one of a few American western artists cthulu2016 Jan 2013 #13

Interesting response and of course, you have a background in this art. not johnson, tho...but... CTyankee Jan 2013 #17

Okay... I'll revert to my first guess cthulu2016 Jan 2013 #20

Great analysis! I thought it looked a lot like what we now call photorealism. Or maybe he was CTyankee Jan 2013 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author cthulu2016 Jan 2013 #16

#4: Remington - Moonlight Wolf nt pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #18

there ya go, pinboy! What gave it away to you? CTyankee Jan 2013 #19

He was one possibility, but I wasn't at all sure pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #22

it's very interesting that the artist had this fascination with night painting... CTyankee Jan 2013 #30

I really like that one; it is unique. CrazyOrangeCat Jan 2013 #54

#6: Francisco de Zurbarán - St. Francis nt pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #23

indeed. do you like zubaran? CTyankee Jan 2013 #28

His depictions of monks are interesting pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #34

Nada ellisonz Jan 2013 #24

Oh, I'm sorry. I don't want anybody to feel down about the Challenge. Don't worry, next week CTyankee Jan 2013 #31

I hope so! ellisonz Jan 2013 #35

That's ok, I'll give you some mini-courses with my Challenges! Hopefully, you'll love it so much CTyankee Jan 2013 #37

You forgot the greatest work ever of the illuminated genre Botany Jan 2013 #25

Thank u for giving me a greater appreciation of art. psychmommy Jan 2013 #27

thanks! Did you take art appreciation in school? I find lots of people here telling me that CTyankee Jan 2013 #29

nope, plus I partied alot and vaguely remember my undergrad years. . lol psychmommy Jan 2013 #33

welll, here we are! I came to this kind of art fascination pretty late, too. CTyankee Jan 2013 #36

#s 3 and 5 are left! Let's hear it from you, folks... CTyankee Jan 2013 #32

#3 reminds me of Thomas Hardy's novels. Is it a 19th century painting? yardwork Jan 2013 #38

It is 19th century but I am not connecting to Hardy...but I never read hardy so I don't know... CTyankee Jan 2013 #39

The opening scene of The Return of the Native describes a peasant bonfire celebration. yardwork Jan 2013 #43

Oh, thanks for that info! It is good to know! CTyankee Jan 2013 #49

Millet's painting was done in 1874. The Return of the Native was published in 1878. yardwork Jan 2013 #53

#3: Jean-François Millet - Hunting Birds at Night pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #40

good for you! Interesting work, isn't it? CTyankee Jan 2013 #42

It's very unusual pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #50

a lovely description of this very strange work. It almost seems desperate. What drove people to CTyankee Jan 2013 #51

#5 looks like Artemesia Gentileschi democrat in Tallahassee Jan 2013 #41

it does look like Gentileschi but it is not hers...and I don't think of Leyster into chiaracuro CTyankee Jan 2013 #44

I do like Leyster though democrat in Tallahassee Jan 2013 #46

Oh, I adore both of them. Brave women all. And they did good! (my mouse pad is a Leyster CTyankee Jan 2013 #48

Where's the gd Kincaid? mwdem Jan 2013 #45

well, in a word, no. CTyankee Jan 2013 #47

You do know I'm kidding, right? mwdem Jan 2013 #52

well, no, I don't know how serious anyone coming here is. So I don't want to say anything that is CTyankee Jan 2013 #55

Sorry...I was being flippant mwdem Jan 2013 #56

#5: Hendrick ter Brugghen - The Concert pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #57

Utrecht Caravaggisti, a fascinating group... CTyankee Jan 2013 #62

This was a good choice - it was hard to figure out! yardwork Jan 2013 #69

glad you liked it! Another one next week... CTyankee Jan 2013 #70

oooh, pick me... lapislzi Jan 2013 #58

glad to see you! looks like de la Tour has his followers here at DU tonight... CTyankee Jan 2013 #64

#1 is entitled Mlle Fiocre in the Ballet The Source CTyankee Jan 2013 #66

Thank you! I'm ashamed...I should have known that. lapislzi Jan 2013 #67

Hey, I would never have guessed Degas just by looking at this painting. Without some CTyankee Jan 2013 #68

#6 = St. Francis, by Zurbaran. WinkyDink Jan 2013 #61

The title I have is "St Francis in Ecstasy" altho I think he looks dead... CTyankee Jan 2013 #65

I should have guessed St Francis, having seen one before. Morbidity and decay were certainly on the entanglement Jan 2013 #71

thank you for the kind words! That one is kinda scary... CTyankee Jan 2013 #72