Art Detectives

We finally vaulted our way into the Kröller-Müller Museum after talking about it many times! Here are a few of it's classic beauties:  Top of the Day is George Hendrik Breitner's Gust of Wind, 1886/1898 -- link --  Paul Signac, The Dining Room, Opus 152, 1886/1887 -- link --  Issac  Israëls,   Transport of Colonial Soldiers, 1883/1884 -- link --  Van Gogh, The Sower, c. 17 - 28 June 1888 -- link --  Ruth sent this beautiful image of Millet's Sower painting, which we discussed because Van Gogh followed his techniques & stories for this series of paintings -- link --  Ruth added:  "Here’s the exhibit I saw in the Van Gogh Museum with paintings and drawings from Van Gogh and others.  At the bottom in the link is Millet’s other major one, Man with a Hoe, that’s at the Getty.  It’s great how artists openly influenced each other." https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/ en/about/news-and-press/press- releases/jean-francois-millet- sowing-the-seeds-of-modern-art She added

Top of the Day: Clémence Isaure - Charles Lepec, 1865 Today's Artwork: The Drunken Couple - Jan Havicksz. Steen, c. 1655 - c. 1665 -- link -- Reflexos - António Carneiro, 1921 -- link -- Reflexos - António Carneiro, 1921 -- link -- Clémence Isaure - Charles Lepec, 1865 -- link -- Susan on a Balcony Holding a Dog [recto] - Mary Cassatt, c. 1883 -- link -- Untitled (Purple Petunia) - Georgia O'Keeffe, 1925 -- link -- Ships Riding on the Seine at Rouen - Claude Monet, 1872/1873 -- link -- Murder of Edith Cavell - George Bellows, 1918 -- link -- St. John - El Greco, 1610 - 1614 -- link -- Gado ao luar II - Lasar Segall, c. 1954 -- link -- Plug-in Hand - Kiki Kogelnik, 1967/1967 -- link -- Joseph and Potiphar's Wife - Guido Reni, about 1630 -- link -- Wild Life - Sejiro Avoseh, 2018 -- link -- Old Houses in Krumau, 1914 - Egon Schiele, 1914 -- link -- Self-Portrait with a Visor - Jean-Siméon Chardin (French, 1699–1779), About 1776 -- link --

Top of the Day: The Last Rainbow Fish - Somphong Adulyasarapan, 2001 Today's Artwork: The Last Rainbow Fish - Somphong Adulyasarapan, 2001 -- link -- Heidelberg - E Phillips Fox, (circa 1895-circa 1900) -- link -- Embroidered slippers, India, 1800–1860 -- link -- Self-portrait wearing a Hat and two Chains - Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Around 1642 - 1643 -- link -- Road in Etten - Vincent van Gogh -- link -- Portrait of a Lady ('La Dama in Rosso') - Giovanni Battista Moroni, about 1556-60 -- link -- So much fun in our pre-Thanksgiving; being together, sharing stories and looking at great art is something for which we are grateful.  We had a discussion beforehand about the Van Gogh Museum & Italian Rennaisance paintings that went on & one in our previous incarnation. THENNNNNNN when we did a random show using Google Arts & Culture, Van Gosh showed up as well as a painting from the Rennaisance!! We laughed ... but we also started writing our Go

Top of the Day: Franz Liszt’s Preludes - Lubo Kristek, 2007 Today's Artwork: Lake View II - Hendra Gunawan, 1974 -- link -- The Bridge at Giverny - Theodore Robinson, 1891 -- link -- Generative Painting - Eduardo Mac Entyre, 1970 -- link -- The Letter - Francisco Dosamantes, 1955 -- link -- Franz Liszt’s Preludes - Lubo Kristek, 2007 -- link -- Three Brothers Riding the Rainbow Waves - Jung, Yeon Doo, 2004 -- link -- The Girls on the Bridge - Edvard Munch, 1927 -- link -- No 102 Metal construction - Robert Klippel, (1961) -- link -- ​

Top of the Day: Akhtyrka. Landscape with Red Church - Kandinsky, Vassily, 1917 Today's Artwork: Family Scene - Almeida Júnior, 1891 -- link -- The Lady with the Veil (the Artist's Wife) - Alexander Roslin, 1768 -- link -- “Je ne serai jamais ton père” - Lost Walls - StarWars - El Seed, 2013 -- link -- The Leaping Horse - John Constable, 1825 -- link -- Self-Portrait - Morris Kantor, 1918 -- link -- Surveillance - Suh, Yongsun, 2009 -- link -- Akhtyrka. Landscape with Red Church - Kandinsky, Vassily, 1917 -- link -- María on the Beach at Biarritz or Contre-jour - Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, 1906 -- link -- Portrait of a Boy in His Gymnasium Uniform - Olga Boznańska, ca. 1890 -- link -- Kispiox Village - Emily Carr, 1912 -- link -- ​

 Avant-garde Sculptor Dame Barbara Hepworth caught our eye today: Our Top of the Day is entitled Orpheus (Maquette I) from 1956 -- link --  Opheus (Maquette II) from the Tate Museum in London -- link --  (See below for photos of Famed dancer Judith Jamison; this work reminded us of her dance poses!)  Two Forms with White (Greek), 1963 -- link --  FOUND! A photo from the opposite side of the sculpture -- link --  Wave, 1943-44 -- link -- Study of Robin Hood's Bay, 1920 -- link --  A photo of Robin Hood's Bay, modern era -- link --  A photo of Robin Hood's Bay, 1890-1900 -- link --  Single Form, May 1963 -- link -- Single Form (Memorial) in Battersea Park, London -- link --  Wonderful photos of this Masterpiece at the U.N. and it's creation -- link --  The longer title is, Single Form (In Memory of Dag Hammarskj ö ld June 11, 1964 -- link --  Great article about Barbara Hepworth -- link --  Barbara Hepworth sculpture garden -- link --  Our Top of the Day mad

During Beth's sublime meeting Monday, Eliahou-Erik Bokobza was one of her featured artists. His bright color & illustrator's shape & lines made us want to take a longer look.  Top of the Day was this powerful meeting of military & religion, The Wall Guard from 2012.  The Book of Twins, July 2021 -- link -- includes a video animation of his paintings come to life Guignol Puppets, 2016 -- link --  Flora, January 2006 -- link --  Family, 2000 -- link --  New Angle, January 2018 -- link -- includes a video animation of the painting come to life  Summer, 2017 -- link --  Creation 9, 2018-2020 -- link --  Here's the painting from Monday's Beth-tacular that started it all, Landscape in Paris, 2016 -- link -- 

Top of the Day: Errinnerung an Venedig 4 (Ponte Rialto) (Memory of Venice 4 (Rialto Bridge)) - Kandinsky, Vassily, 1904 Today's Artwork: Branch Hill Pond, Hampstead - John Constable, 1819 -- link -- Lake Kugushi, Wakasa, from the series Souvenirs of Travels, First Collection - Artist: Kawase Hasui, Publisher: S. Watanabe Color Print Co., 1920 -- link -- Errinnerung an Venedig 4 (Ponte Rialto) (Memory of Venice 4 (Rialto Bridge)) - Kandinsky, Vassily, 1904 -- link -- Landscape in Paris - Night - Eliahou-Erik Bokobza, 2016 -- link -- The Voice / Summer Night - Edvard Munch, 1896 -- link -- Real Housewives of Old Oyo- Aja - Ayobola Kekere-Ekun, 2018 -- link -- ​

Top of the Day: Cliffs in L´Estaque - Paul Cézanne, 1882 - 1885 Today's Artwork: Death and Life - Gustav Klimt, 1910/15 -- link -- Eve ['The Nightmare'] (recto); Eve ['The Nightmare'] (verso) - Paul Gauguin -- link -- Cliffs in L´Estaque - Paul Cézanne, 1882 - 1885 -- link -- Untitled - Jaz, 2010/2014 -- link -- Mother and Child (The First Portrait) - William Merritt Chase, c. 1888 -- link -- Golden Age - Vaszary, János, 1898 -- link -- ​

We delved into the artistry of self-taught Maria Pryjmachenko, one of the most famous artists of Ukraine. Her vivid color, lively and imaginative shapes, symmetry or almost-symmetry, caused a rambunctious discussion.  Our Top of the Day is The Pretty Pig, 1965 & here's an article about her work with the painting featured (they spell her name without the 'j" in this article)  Wonderful article about her with great paintings we have yet to explore -- link --  Another article about her with a fantastic fairy-tale animal painting that has no attribution (no title, no date); Greg has looked, but perhaps another art detective will find out about it -- link --  An article about her work featuring a painting that caught our eye: Our Army, Our Protectors -- link --  ... that previous link also features another painting we discussed: Ukrainian Bull, Three Years Old, Went Walking Through the Woods and Gathers Strength, 1983 --  link  --  Autumn is Riding on a Horseback, 1984 -

Today we looked at the work of self-taught painter, Anna Mary Roberts Moses, also known as Grandma Moses. She began painting at 78 and became world renowned. Though some of her paintings in the auctions below are under $20,000 -- other works of this famed "naive" artist have sold for over a million!  Top of the Day is Grandma Moses's Apple Butter Making, from 1944-1947 -- link --   Here's a YouTube video called How to make Apple Butter the 1800s Way showing scenes similar to those in our Top of the Day painting -- link --  Waiting for Christmas, 1960 -- link --  The Burning of Troy in 1862, 1943 -- link --  Other Bridges by Grandma Moses:  Article about her painting of the Old Hoosick Bridge, no date -- link --  Untitled (Covered Bridge), ca 1943 -- link --   Old Covered Bridge -- link --  Here is the Wikipedia article about Grandma Moses -- link --  An article about a bridge she embroidered called the Old Bennington Bridge; the style of embroidery is called &

We love the colorful work of National Treasure Jacob Lawrence & took a cue from Monday's Top of the Day (see Monday, November 8th's blog) to dip back into his rich pool of brilliance! Top of the Day is the sporty, Strike, from 1949 -- link --  From the Portland Art Museum -- link --  From the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art -- link --  From the Smithsonian, Dreams No. 2, 1965 -- link --  From the Metropolitan Museum, The Photographer -- link --  So many wonderful works of his yet to discover -- we will visit Jacob Lawrence many times in the future! 

Top of the Day: Tahitian Landscape - Paul Gauguin, 1891 Today's Artwork: Tahitian Landscape - Paul Gauguin, 1891 -- link -- Wheatfield under Thunderclouds - Vincent van Gogh, July 1890 - 1890 -- link -- On the Road to Belmont - T C. Steele (American, 1847-1926), 1910 -- link -- Ragazzo a Cavallo - Carlo Carrà, 1936 -- link -- Wave - Maurice Denis, 1916 -- link -- ​

Top of the Day: The Card Game - Jacob Lawrence, 1953 Today's Artwork: The Black Pigs - Paul Gauguin, 1891 -- link -- (Landscape) - J. Alden Weir, born West Point, NY 1852-died New York City 1919, after 1900 -- link -- Woman Ironing - Edgar Degas, begun c. 1876, completed c. 1887 -- link -- Madame Marthe X―Bordeaux - Henri-Marie-Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1900 -- link -- Woman in Profile - Man Ray, 1930 -- link -- The Card Game - Jacob Lawrence, 1953 -- link -- ​Leslie Anne saw Frida Kahlo in ManRay's Woman in Profile --  link  -- (scroll down for some views of Frida that look like the photo)  Vera thought ManRay's Woman in Profile looked a lot like Gloria Holden --  link  -- (scroll down for some views of Gloria that look like the photo)  I saw Greta Garbo in ManRay's photo --  link  --  Jacob Lawrence's The Library, 1960 --  link  -- 

Top of the Day: The Card Game - Jacob Lawrence, 1953 Today's Artwork: The Black Pigs - Paul Gauguin, 1891 -- link -- (Landscape) - J. Alden Weir, born West Point, NY 1852-died New York City 1919, after 1900 -- link -- Woman Ironing - Edgar Degas, begun c. 1876, completed c. 1887 -- link -- Madame Marthe X―Bordeaux - Henri-Marie-Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1900 -- link -- Woman in Profile - Man Ray, 1930 -- link -- The Card Game - Jacob Lawrence, 1953 -- link -- ​Leslie Anne saw Frida Kahlo in ManRay's Woman in Profile --  link  -- (scroll down for some views of Frida that look like the photo)  Vera thought ManRay's Woman in Profile looked a lot like Gloria Holden --  link  -- (scroll down for some views of Gloria that look like the photo)  I saw Greta Garbo in ManRay's photo --  link  --  Jacob Lawrence's The Library, 1960 --  link  -- 

Jockeys on Horseback before Distant Hills - Edgar Degas  1884 Today's Artwork: Mrs. Charles Thursby - John Singer Sargent, ca. 1897 -- link -- The Star - Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, French, 1834 - 1917, c. 1876-1878 -- link -- ​The day started as a random day but we took a turn down paintings by Degas.  It was fun to see his paintings of things other than ballerinas.  You can follow us down the Degas path  here .

Diana introduced us to the fascinating Harold Garde, now 98, who has been painting since the 50s and still paints today.  Our Top of the Day is his unusually titled Growthing (Grow-Thing? Growth-ing?), a vibrant acrylic on canvas from 2006. We got so excited at Luba's suggestion, we turned it around to examine every aspect -- it becomes 4 paintings!  Here are the other "versions":  Here is another one we turned on its side to form a whole new painting  The original, entitled, Untitled (Puppets), 1993  With it on its side, it looks as if the woman is lying on a blue couch cradling the head of her (Frankenstein) boyfriend. Elaine thought the guy in the back with the potholder (fish puppet) must be getting the pizza out of the oven! Hahah! We had fun with Harold Garde's imaginative, evocative art!  Another of his works is Judgement from 1994 -- it sparked a great deal of discussion, who is judging whom? The "judge" or the statue head on a pedestal on the left,

  Top of the Day is   the piece that first got us excited about  Jenaro Pérez Villaamil. His breathtaking work,  The Benavente Chapel at Medina de Rioseco, 1842. It's also on yesterday's blog --   link   --  Jenaro Pérez Villaamil,  Interior of the Church of St. Jacques, Louvain, 1807 - 54 -- link --  Jenaro Pérez Villaamil, The Torre del Oro, Seville ( Diptych with 42 Views of Spanish Cities), no date, -- link --  España Artística y Monumental (more fully realized artwork of  Jenaro Pérez Villaamil, publication 1842  -- link --  Page illustration -- link --  Page illustration -- link --  Page illustration (this is the sideways page)  Courtyard of the Infantado Palace in Guadalajara (Spain), 1837 -- link -- 

Top of the Day is this hilarious & detailed Detail of "Las Calacas de Occidente" Day of the Dead Offering, from the Museo Dolores Olmedo, 2012 --  link  -- We decided it must be the entry to a tequila tasting space. Elaine said she was putting it in front of her cantina for when we all visit.  Girl with Death Mask (Niña con m á scara de calavera), Frida Kahlo, 1938 -- link --  "Catrina" doll, Unknown, 2003 -- link --  La Catrina, Francisco Franco, 2011 -- link --  The Benavente Chapel at Medina de Rioseco, Jenaro Pérez Villaamil, 1842 -- link -- 

Top of the Day is a combo of photos - one from Elaine of this magical mask  & Ruth's photo of an elaborate Frida Kahlo altar. Elaine sent this wonderful video from Coco by singer / artist Miguel featuring Natalie Lafourcade