Art Detectives

Top of the Day: Crouching Woman with Green Headscarf - Egon Schiele, 1914 Today's Artwork: Le Jugement de Pâris - Paul Baudry, 1866/1874 -- link -- The Beast Acheron - Simon Marmion, 1475 -- link -- The Violinist - Candido Portinari, 1931 -- link -- Girl with a Baby Among Birch Trees - Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1905 -- link -- An August Morning - Francis Augustus Silva, 1876 -- link -- The Little Fourteen-year-old Dance - Edgar Degas, 1878 - 1881 -- link -- Gibbon reaching for reflection of the moon - Artist: Ohara Koson, Publisher: Matsuki Heikichi, ca. 1910-1930s -- link -- Crouching Woman with Green Headscarf - Egon Schiele, 1914 -- link -- Egon Schiele was an Austrian Expressionist painter who lived from 1890 to 1918². He was a protégé of Gustav Klimt and a major figurative painter of the early 20th century³. His work is noted for its intensity and its raw sexuality, and for the many self-portraits he produced, including nude self-portraits²³. Source: Conv

Top of the Day: Trees in France - Emily Carr (1871 - 1945), c. 1911 Today's Artwork: Night and day - Howard Hodgkin, (1997-1999) -- link -- Trees in France - Emily Carr (1871 - 1945), c. 1911 -- link -- Refugiados - Lasar Segall, 1922 -- link -- Composizione TA (Natura morta metafisica) - Carlo Carrà, 1916-1918 -- link -- Oval Stool with Incised Carving - Unknown, -1 -- link -- Mice - Artist: Ohara Koson, ca. 1900 -- link -- October Noon - George Inness, 1891 -- link -- The Seven Acts of Mercy - Michelangelo Merisi detto Caravaggio, 1607 -- link -- Chalice of Saint John the Evangelist [reverse] - Hans Memling, c. 1470/1475 -- link -- Happy Happy - Choi, Jeonghwa, 2010 -- link -- ​

Top of the Day: Peasants Dancing at an Inn - Steen, Jan, c. 1646 - 1648 Today's Artwork: Peasants Dancing at an Inn - Steen, Jan, c. 1646 - 1648 -- link -- PH-160 - Clyfford Still, 1957 -- link -- At the Moulin Rouge - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864-1901), 1892/95 -- link -- St. John the Baptist Preaching - Mattia Preti (Il Cavaliere Calabrese) -- link -- Bust of Stadholder William V (1748-1806) - Falconet, née Collot, Marie-Anne, 1782 -- link -- In the Outskirts of Toledo (The Old Men) - Diego Rivera, 1912 -- link -- ​Jan Steen (1626-1679) was a Dutch painter known for his lively and humorous scenes of daily life, often with a moralizing message. He was born in Leiden, Netherlands, and was the son of a brewer. Although he received a degree in theology, he decided to pursue art and became a student of the Dutch painter Nicolaes Knüpfer. Steen's paintings often depict chaotic and humorous scenes of everyday life, such as taverns, households, and feast

Top of the Day: The Wire Drawing Mill - Albrecht Dürer, c. 1489/1494 - 1494 Today's Artwork: Landscape with an Aqueduct - Nicolas-Antoine Taunay, 1810 -- link -- The Toddy Tapper - Raja Ravi Varma -- link -- Jasmine - Dmitry Nalbandyan, 1985 - 1985 -- link -- Woman and Child with Serving Maid - Pieter de Hooch, 1663/1665 -- link -- The Christ child sitting on clouds - Julius Hübner, 1837 -- link -- The Wire Drawing Mill - Albrecht Dürer, c. 1489/1494 - 1494 -- link -- Democritus in Meditation - Salvator Rosa, 1662 -- link -- Fortune Favors the Brave - Juuri "Julie" Robertson, 2014-10-22 -- link -- ​And just to add text, here is what ChatGPT had to say about Albrecht Durer: Albrecht Dürer was a German Renaissance artist who lived from 1471 to 1528. He was born in Nuremberg, Germany, and was one of the most important artists of the Northern Renaissance. Dürer was a versatile artist who worked in a variety of media, including engraving, woodcuts, drawi

Top of the Day: Soir Bleu - Edward Hopper, 1914 Today's Artwork: The Laughing Boy (Jopie van Slouten) - Robert Henri, 1910 -- link -- Soir Bleu - Edward Hopper, 1914 -- link -- Dress bodice - Unknown -- link -- Frozen North Pole No.28 - Wang Guang Yi, 1985 -- link -- The Blueprint Drawings - Keith Haring, 1990 -- link -- Peacocks - Gaston Lachaise, 1922 -- link -- Yogi Gopichandra - Ravi Varma Press Karla Lonavala and Raja Ravi Varma, Circa 1910 -- link -- Suzon - Auguste Rodin, circa 1872 -- link -- Fan - Unknown, 1775/1790 -- link -- NSF ADBC EPICC TCN - Mr. H. W. Turner -- link -- Bull-fighter's apprentices - Manuel González Serrano, 1948 -- link -- Malati Receives a Visitor, Folio from a Malati-Madhava series - Bhagvan Das, 1798 -- link -- The Client - Jean-Louis Forain, 1878 -- link -- Auf Weiss II (On White II) - Kandinsky, Vassily, 1923 -- link -- ​

Top of the Day: The flight of Madeline and Porphyro during the drunkenness attending the revelry (The Eve of St. Agnes) - William Holman Hunt, 1847/1857 Today's Artwork: ANG PIPIT - ANTHONY PALOMO, 2015 - 2015 -- link -- Panel from an Ivory Casket with the Story of Adam and Eve -- link -- Louis Guillaume - Paul Cézanne, c. 1882 -- link -- The flight of Madeline and Porphyro during the drunkenness attending the revelry (The Eve of St. Agnes) - William Holman Hunt, 1847/1857 -- link -- ​

Top of the Day: Champs-Elysees - Henri-Edmond Cross, 1898 Today's Artwork: The Miser - Raja Ravi Varma -- link -- Sunset 15 - Diego Rivera, 1956 -- link -- The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds - Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn), 1634 -- link -- Sem título - Polke, Sigmar, 1965 -- link -- Champs-Elysees - Henri-Edmond Cross, 1898 -- link -- Bild auf hellem Grund (Paiting with Clear Background) - Kandinsky, Vassily, 1916 -- link -- New Jersey Beach - William Trost Richards, 1901 -- link -- The Riding School - Franz Marc, 1913 -- link -- ​We went down several "rabbit holes" today and had a great time.