Art Detectives

Top of the Day:  We had a tie today: Ohara Koson, Watanabe Sh«zabur«, Twee kraaien op een tak (Two Crows on a Branch), 1927/1927 Alexandra Exter, Figure with dagger (Sketch for costume for production of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet), 1921 Artwork from Today: Postcard of Shakuntala Patralekhan - Ravi Varma Press, 1920 -- link -- Bhishma's Promise: Textile - Gaurang Shah, 2019-10-02 -- link -- Twee kraaien op een tak - Ohara Koson, Watanabe Sh«zabur«, 1927/1927 -- link -- Twee kaketoes op tak met pruimenbloesem - Ohara Koson, Watanabe Sh«zabur«, 1925/1936 -- link -- Port of Ebisu, Sado, from the series Souvenirs of Travels, Second Collection - Artist: Kawase Hasui, Publisher: S. Watanabe Color Print Co., 1921 -- link -- Forest - Lazar Khidekel (1904-1986, painter and architect), 1958/1960 -- link -- Figure with dagger. Sketch for costume for production of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. - Artist Alexandra Exter, 1921 -- link -- Backyard in Vitebsk -

  Top of the Day: Franz Liszt’s Preludes - Lubo Kristek, 2007 Inauguration of the sculpture Tree of the Wind Harp - Lubo Kristek, 15 July 2006 -- link -- Solitude of a Microchipped Clerk - Lubo Kristek, 2020 -- link -- Franz Liszt’s Preludes - Lubo Kristek, 2007 -- link -- Naděžda's Chord in the Landscape - Lubo Kristek, 1996–1997 -- link -- Arachnológia adé - Lubo Kristek, 2000 -- link --

  Top of the Day: Untitled - Fernand Léger, 1955 Untitled - ENIVO, 2013 -- link -- Perseus and Andromeda - Edward BURNE-JONES, 1876 -- link -- The Dance Lesson - Edgar Degas, ca. 1879 -- link -- Untitled - Fernand Léger, 1955 -- link -- Here is a link to a mosaic of our TOD painting that Bruno Found  -- link --

  Top of the Day: Blue Landscape - K.H. Ara, 1954 Suffrage banner, 'Education' - Lowndes, Mary, 1908 -- link -- Blue Landscape - K.H. Ara, 1954 -- link -- Cotopaxi, Ecuador - DeWitt Clinton Boutelle and Frederic Edwin Church, 1862 -- link -- Sunday Morning in Virginia - Winslow Homer (American, b.1836, d.1910), 1877 -- link -- Women at the River (Auti Te Pape) - Paul GAUGUIN, 1893-1894 (printed in 1921 by Pola Gauguin) -- link --

  Top of the Day: untitled - Odeith,  2013 Ene Ene, Colegiales, Buenos Aires (2012) - ENE ENE -- link -- Dame graffiti in Merlo, Buenos Aires (2010) - DAME and CABE -- link -- Siempre-Nunca / Rock-Pop - Bs.As.Stencil,   2010/2013 -- link -- Help Me Love - Romain Froquet,   2013/2013 -- link -- untitled - Odeith,   2013/2013 -- link -- Vera found his website!  https://www.odeith.com/

  Top of the Day: José Parlá and JR, Chelsea - José Parlá and JR,  2013 Untitled - Łukasz Berger Cekas,   2014-01 -- link -- Tour Paris 13, 1er étage, Appartement N° 912 - Guy Denning,   2013 -- link -- José Parlá and JR, Chelsea - José Parlá and JR,   2013 -- link -- untitled - Edis One,   2013/2013 -- link -- untitled - M-City,   2014 -- link -- The building in Paris where our anguished 1984 graffiti model "lives"  http://www.blog.stripart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Street-Art-La-TOUR-Paris-13-Octobre_2013-610x383.jpg Photo of Calypso Rose who Bruno though might be on the building we saw in Chelsea, NY -- we found the actual model, but Calypso Rose will bring you joy! https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Calypso_Rose_-_Festival_du_Bout_du_Monde_2016_-_042.jpg Calypso Rose YouTube video, Calypso Queen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-j-tPbOfYQ Calypso Rose YouTube video, Leave Me Alone (featuring Manu Chao)  https://www.youtube.com/wa

 Top of the Day: Oh! These Rumors! - Paul Klee,   1939 Ruehende Schiffe (Barcos en reposo) - Paul KLEE,   1927 - 1927 -- link -- Three bathers - Ernst Ludwig Kirchner,   1913 -- link -- Nudes Standing by Stove - Ernst Ludwig Kirchner,   1908 -- link -- Market in Tunis II - August Macke,   1914 -- link -- Oh! These Rumors! - Paul Klee,   1939 -- link --

 Top of the Day: Sitting Nude with Pillow - August Macke,   1911 Schlafende (Sleeping Woman) - Alexej von Jawlensky,   1910 -- link -- Rose Garden - Klee, Paul,   1920 -- link -- Dodo with a Feather Hat (Dodo mit Federhut) - Ernst Ludwig Kirchner,   1911 -- link -- Two Streetwalkers - Ernst Ludwig Kirchner,   1914/1914 -- link -- Portrait of a Girl - Alexej Jawlensky,   1909 -- link -- Sitting Nude with Pillow - August Macke,   1911 -- link --

 And upside down Top of the day: Untitled (Green Forms) - Minnie Evans,   1950 The Last Communion of Saint Mary of Egypt - Marcantonio Franceschini,   1680 -- link -- Gustave Geoffroy - Paul Cézanne,   1895 - 1896 -- link -- Fintan Magee, Palermo, Buenos Aires (2014) - FINTAN MAGEE -- link -- Untitled (Green Forms) - Minnie Evans,   1950 -- link --

  Top of the Day: The Farm - Alfred Thompson Bricher Luxembourg Garden in Paris - Stanislaw Wyspianski,   1892 -- link -- The Farm - Alfred Thompson Bricher -- link -- Vrishaketu Shoots Babhruvahana into the Air on a Circle of Arrows (recto), Babhruvahana Resumes his Fight with Vrishaketu (verso), Scenes from the Story of Babhruvahana, Folio from a Mahabharata ([War of the] Great Bharatas),   circa 1850 -- link -- Maman - Louise Bourgeois,   1999 (cast 2001) -- link -- "Dreaming graffiti" (Sketch) - Shamsia Hassani,   2013 -- link --

 Top of the Day: Johann Palmié, Sommerlandschaft, 1909 Gabriele Münter, Countryside near Paris (Bel Paris II), 1907 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriele_M%C3%BCnter#/media/File:Image-GabrieleMuenter.jpg Johann Palmié, Sommerlandschaft, 1909 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_Johann_Palmi%C3%A9_Sommerlandschaft_1909.jpg Alexander Kanoldt, Sill Life II, 1922 (wrong school!)  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Kanoldt#/media/File:Alexander_Kanoldt_-_Der_rote_G%C3%BCrtel.jpg Wassily Kandinsky, Landscape with Factory Chimney, 1910 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassily_Kandinsky#/media/File:Wassily_Kandinsky,_1910,_Landscape_with_Factory_Chimney,_oil_on_canvas,_66.2_x_82_cm,_Solomon_R._Guggenheim_Museum.jpg Mariane Von Werefkin, Fall, School (Herbst, Schule), 1907 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne_von_Werefkin#/media/File:Marianne_von_Werefkin,_Herbst_(Schule),_1907.jpg

  Top of the Day: Wassily Kandinsky, Munich-Schwabing with the Church of St. Ursula, 1908 Wassily Kandinsky, Munich-Schwabing with the Church of St. Ursula, 1908 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassily_Kandinsky#/media/File:Vassily_Kandinsky,_1898_-_Odessa_Port.jpg Marianne Von Werefkin, In the Theater I, 1906 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne_von_Werefkin#/media/File:Werefkin,_Marianne_von_-_Selfportrait_I_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg Alexej Von Jawlensky, Schokko with the Red Hat, 1909 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexej_von_Jawlensky#/media/File:Alexej_von_Jawlensky_Selbstbildnis_1905.jpg Alexj Jawlensky, Schokko with the Wide-brimmed Hat, 1910 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Alexej_von_Jawlensky_-_Schokko_mit_Tellerhut.jpg

  Tribal Inspired Tattoos https://www.tattoodo.com/articles/carrying-on-ancient-traditions-neo-tribal-tattoos-14463 Famous Art Tattoos https://www.boredpanda.com/fine-art-tattoo-ideas/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic Alfons Mucha, Primrose, 1899 http://www.alphonsemucha.org/primrose/ More Tribal Tattoos https://www.tattoodo.com/tattoos/bestof?style=tribal Oops Tattoos https://brightside.me/wonder-curiosities/20-of-the-craziest-tattoos-that-people-definitely-regret-getting-466760/ Some history about tattooing with a few images https://nextluxury.com/mens-style-and-fashion/definitive-history-of-tattoos/

  Top of the Day: Traditional women’s costume, province of Espinar, Cusco, Peru VII, Traditional women’s costume, province of Espinar, Cusco, Peru 2007 - Mario Testino,   Apr-13 -- link -- Soundsuit - Nick Cave,   2010 -- link -- Nairobi Socialite - Michael Soi -- link -- Grace Goodhue Coolidge (Mrs. Calvin Coolidge) - Howard Chandler Christy,   1924 -- link -- Fragment of painting from the tomb of Kynebu: Ahmose-Nefertari -- link --

  Top of the Day: The Sky Simulated by Red Flamingoes, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom - Abbott Handerson Thayer Swimming - Thomas Eakins,   1885 -- link -- Meditation - Pettoruti, Emilio,   1915 -- link -- Bowl with Avanyu - Probably Maria Martinez,   1920 - 1935 -- link -- Kude Beach, Wakasa, from the series Souvenirs of Travels, First Collection - Artist: Kawase Hasui, Publisher: S. Watanabe Color Print Co.,   1920 -- link -- Adam and Eve, Old Chelsea - James Abbott McNeill Whistler,   1879 -- link -- The Sky Simulated by Red Flamingoes, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom - Abbott Handerson Thayer, born Boston, MA 1849-died Dublin, NH 1921,   ca. 1905-1909 -- link -- Design for Portion of Stairway in Chateau-sur-Mer, Newport, Rhode Island - Charles Salagnad, French,   1872 -- link --

  Top of the Day: Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee - Rembrandt van Rijn Daniel in the Lions' Den - Sir Peter Paul Rubens,   c. 1614/1616 -- link -- Apollo vertrouwt Asclepius toe aan Chiron - Hendrick Goltzius,   1590/1590 -- link -- Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee - Rembrandt van Rijn,   1633 -- link -- Woman Holding a Balance - Johannes Vermeer,   1664 - c. 1664 -- link -- Self-Portrait - Rembrandt van Rijn,   1659 -- link --

  Top of the Day: Bay, 1998 - Kim, Jonak,   1998 Torn and Twisted Curtain - Joseph Havel,   2004 - 2005 -- link -- Exodus II - Rafael Trelles,   2000 -- link -- Mystery of the Strybel’s Bay - Lubo Kristek,   2004 -- link -- The Soul - Lubo Kristek,   1973 -- link -- Bay, 1998 - Kim, Jonak,   1998 -- link -- Joseph Havel, Twisted & Torn Curtain (other side view), 2004-2005 -- link -- Jonak Kim website from Vera -- link --  

  Top of the Day: Sewing the Sail - Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida,   1896 A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie - Albert Bierstadt,   1866 -- link -- The Pink Robe. After the Bath - Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida,   1916 -- link -- The Little Sailing Boat - Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida,   1909 -- link -- Sewing the Sail - Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida,   1896 - 1896 -- link -- After Bathing - Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida,   1915 -- link --

 Top of the Day: Sonia King, Mosaic with hand colored-grout from gold to aqua to teal The Most Famous Mosaic Artists -- link -- SONIA KING -- link -- MAURICE BENNETT (toast!) -- link -- PETER MASON (recycled stamps!) -- link -- ISAIAH ZAGAR  -- link -- Isaiah Zagar wall we loved  -- link -- EMMA BIGGS -- link -- SAIMIR STRATI (be patient with his website, it's a little wonky!)  -- link -- JIM BACHOR (weird quirky & potholes!)  -- link -- ELAINE M GOODWIN -- link -- EMMA KARP LUNDSTROM (apples!) -- link -- LAUREL TRUE (we didn't get to her)  -- link -- We skipped Gaudi because we have explored his work several times & Pietro Cavallini, but here's a link to Cavallini's Last Judgement -- link --

  Top of the Day: Majestic Flight - Joanne Baeth,   2017 The Space Quilt - Pat Holly and Sue Nickels,   2003 -- link -- Fat Cat, Japanese Bowl Inspiration - Dorris McManis,   2007 -- link -- Dance of the Twirly Girls - Andrea Brokenshire,   2018 -- link -- Majestic Flight - Joanne Baeth,   2017 -- link --

  Top of the Day: Tomorrow-Village of Dogs - Won, Seoung Won Instant Landscape- garden #1 - Kim, Nampyo,   2009 -- link -- Tomorrow-Village of Dogs - Won, Seoung Won and 원성원,   2008 -- link -- Sunday PM 4 - Seo, Sang Ik,   2007 -- link -- Dangerous Game - Ahn, Chang Hong and 안창홍,   1984 -- link -- Invisible Wall - Kim Ji-Eun,   2008/2008 -- link --

  Top of the Day: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo “Sudden Shower over Shin-Ohashi Bridge and Atake” - Utagawa Hiroshige   Shown with Van Gogh's version: Bridge in the rain: after Hiroshige, Oct 1887-Nov 1887 Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji: The Great Wave Off the Coast of Kanagawa - Katsushika Hokusai,   Edo period, 19th century -- link -- Fine Wind, Clear Weather (Gaifū kaisei), also known as Red Fuji, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei) - Katsushika Hokusai, published by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō),   about 1830 (Tenpō 1) - 1831 (Tenpō 2) -- link -- 冨嶽三十六景　山下白雨|Storm below Mount Fuji (Sanka no haku u), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei) - Katsushika Hokusai,   ca. 1830–32 -- link -- 三代目大谷鬼次の奴江戸兵衛|Kabuki Actor Ōtani Oniji III as Yakko Edobei in the Play The Colored Reins of a Loving Wife (Koi nyōbō somewake tazuna) - Tōshūsai Sharaku,   6th month, 1794 -- link -- 冨嶽三十六景　尾州不二見原|Fujimigahara in Owar

  Top of the Day: Courtesan: after Eisen - Vincent van Gogh Courtesan: after Eisen - Vincent van Gogh,   October 1887 - November 1887 -- link -- Flowering plum orchard: after Hiroshige - Vincent van Gogh,   October 1887 - November 1887 -- link -- Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room - Artist: James McNeill Whistler,   1876-1877 -- link -- Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room - Detail - James McNeill Whistler -- link -- The Princess from the Land of Porcelain (La Princesse du pays de la porcelaine) - James McNeill Whistler,   1863-1865 -- link -- Chiefs and Performers in War Dance, Fiji - John La Farge,   1891 -- link --

  Top of the Day: Dancing in the Flames (Important Cultural Property) - Hayami Gyoshū Tale of the Tongue-cut Sparrow - Kawanabe Kyōsai,   19th century -- link -- Study for "Garasha Hosokawa", Wall Painting in Tamatsukuri Cathedral, Osaka - Domoto Insho,   1962 -- link -- Abe-no-Nakamaro Writing a Nostalgic Poem while Viewing the Moon - Tomioka Tessai,   1918 -- link -- Dancing in the Flames (Important Cultural Property) - Hayami Gyoshū,   1925 -- link -- Jigoku dayu (Hell Courtesan) - Kawanabe Kyōsai,   1874, Meiji period (1868–1912) -- link -- Princess Konohanasakuya - Domoto Insho,   1929 -- link --

  Top of the Day: Marcel Janco, Figures London Transport - Keeps London going - Man Ray,   1938 -- link -- Veiled Erotica - Man Ray,   1933 -- link -- Figures - Marcel Janco -- link -- The International Surrealist Exhibition, Sonia Mossé’s Mannequin - Man Ray,   1938 -- link -- Lydia with Mr. and Mrs. Woodman - Man Ray,   1932 -- link -- Louiseboulanger, for Harpers’Bazaar - Man Ray,   1936 -- link --