Art Detectives

Top of the Day: Galloping Horse - Edvard Munch, 1910/1912 Today's Artwork: Watching the Turkeys - Horatio Walker, born Listowel, Ontario 1858-died Ile d'Orleans, Quebec 1938, n.d. -- link -- Northeastern Migrants - Candido Portinari, 1944 -- link -- Thailand Seasonal - Supalak Tongsiri -- link -- Silhouette - Man Ray, 1930 -- link -- Gioventú - Eliseu Visconti, 1898 -- link -- The Sisters - Berthe Morisot, 1869 -- link -- Shakuntala with her Foster Mother Gautami at her Cottage - Unknown, Mid 19th Century -- link -- Explosão em Niterói - Lasar Segall, c. 1925 -- link -- Galloping Horse - Edvard Munch, 1910/1912 -- link -- ​We started out looking at the Van Gogh pictures that Katherine sent out to the group and compared them to Arts and Culture pictures. Then we started doing random art and when we got to Edvard Munch, we decided to do a look at his art, by date.  It appears that he had "issues" right from the beginning.

Top of the Day: Schwarzer Raster (Black Weft) - Kandinsky, Vassily, 1922 Today's Artwork: Sculpture of Cláudia Melo" (front) - Artist: Stella Nanni, Curator: Didu Losso & Camila Alves, and Project creator: Igor Cayres, 2020-10-01 -- link -- The Departure from the Stable' - Wouwerman, Philips, c. 1660 - 1670 -- link -- Blond Girl, Leaning forward with Black Stockings - Egon Schiele, 1912 -- link -- The Mier Expedition: The Drawing of the Black Bean - Frederic Remington, 1896 -- link -- Genesis Creation Sermon I: In the Beginning All Was Void - Jacob Lawrence, 1989 -- link -- "Antony" Chair (model 356) - Jean Prouvé, Produced for the University of Strasbourg, Germany, Produced by Les Ateliers Jean Prouvé, 1950 -- link -- Pair of clappers -- link -- Schwarzer Raster (Black Weft) - Kandinsky, Vassily, 1922 -- link -- ​

Top of the Day: Después de la tormenta - Vincent van Gogh, 1884 Today's Artwork: Después de la tormenta - Vincent van Gogh, 1884 -- link -- ​Today started with this rather dark van Gogh and that started us down the path.  We changed google arts and culture to a chronologic view (click the clock above the paintings) and we spent the hour looking at the progression of his painting style by looking at paintings we haent seen before.

Top of the Day: Magic Squares - IOANNIS SICUYA, 2016 - 2016 Today's Artwork: After The Flood - Paul Klee, 1936 -- link -- Le Devoir - Henri-Gabriel Ibels, 1893 -- link -- Something From Nothing - John Outterbridge, 1969/1970 -- link -- The Trout Pool - Worthington Whittredge, 1870 -- link -- No Title - Artem Levinsky, 2020 -- link -- Magic Squares - IOANNIS SICUYA, 2016 - 2016 -- link -- Folio from Tarikhnama (Book of history) by Bal’ami (d. circa 992-997): the election of 'Othman as the caliphate of Medina, ca. 1300 -- link -- Spring Haze, from the series View of Four Seasons - Artist: Yamamoto Shoun, Publisher: Matsuki Heikichi, 1906.12 -- link -- Portrait d'enfants - CADORET Fernand -- link -- Feathered Cup & Saucer - Williams, Neil -- link -- Untitled - Sidney Nolan, 1978 -- link -- Tense Moments - John E. Phillips, 1920/1964 -- link -- ​

Top of the Day: Bifrons Park, Kent - Formerly perhaps Jan Wyck, ca. 1645–1700, Dutch, active in Britain (from ca. 1664), Formerly unknown artist, seventeenth century-eighteenth century, Formerly attributed to John Wootton, 1682–1764, British, Formerly Jan Siberechts, 1627–ca. 1703, Flemish, active in Britain (from 1672), and Perhaps Jan van der Vaardt, 1647–1721, Dutch, active in Britain (from ca. 1674), between 1695 and 1705 Today's Artwork: An Alpine Valley with Trees and Boulders - Gustave Doré, 1876 -- link -- Christmas Eve in Siberia - Jacek Malczewski, 1892 -- link -- 10,000 Lines - Sol Lewitt -- link -- Women Picking Olives - Vincent van Gogh, 1889 -- link -- Queen Victoria opening the 1851 Universal Exhibition, at the Crystal Palace in London - Thomas Abel Prior, 1851 -- link -- The Rag Gatherers - James Abbott McNeill Whistler, 1858 -- link -- Bifrons Park, Kent - Formerly perhaps Jan Wyck, ca. 1645–1700, Dutch, active in Britain (from ca. 1664), Formerly

 Eric introduced us to pastel & oil artist Wolf Kahn & Diana even had one of his works to show us!  Here is the Top Few of the Day -- hahah -- not pastels, but vibrant color that left us all spellbound!  (Gg will add attribution here)  Midsummer, 1993 (Gg will add attribution here)  Wolf Kahn's official website -- link --  His pastels -- link --  His oil paintings -- link --  Miles McEnery Gallery -- link --  More Wolf Kahn works plus the pastels he used (made specifically for him) -- link --  Gorgeous browns and black color with blue & gold -- link --  Can you believe this????! -- link --  More brilliance! -- link --