Art Detectives

Top of the Day: Idle Hours - H. Siddons Mowbray , 1895 Today's Artwork: Idle Hours - H. Siddons Mowbray , 1895 -- link -- 'Bahram Gur Slays the Rhino-Wolf', Folio 586r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp - 'Abd al-'Aziz|Aqa Mirak|Abu'l Qasim Firdausi -- link -- Portrait of a Young Scholar - Jan van Scorel , 1531 -- link -- Portrait of Edward Shippen Burd of Philadelphia - Rembrandt Peale , ca. 1806-1808 -- link -- Melinois - Arsen Levonee , 2014 -- link -- Portrait of young Woman - Piero del Pollaiolo , Around 1470 -- link -- Still Life with Peaches, a Silver Goblet, Grapes, and Walnuts - Jean-Siméon Chardin , about 1759–1760 -- link -- The Hunt Breakfast - Carle (Charles André) Vanloo , ca. 1737 -- link -- Portrait of Rembrandt (1606-1669) with a Gorget - Rijn, Rembrandt van , after c. 1629 -- link -- ​

 We looked at two artists having nothing to do with each other except they were posted by my curator pal, the wonderful Joe Reorda!  Chen Danqing, Veil, 2017 Google Arts & Culture with a few Chen Danqing -- link --  ArtSpace has a couple of his fashion oriented work -- link --  Tang Contemporary Art Museum featuring Chen Danqing -- link --  YouTube video of Chen Danqing working -- link --  Will Barnet, Cat and Canary, 1977 Will Barnet likes Cats! -- link --  Will Barnet likes Cats A LOT! -- link --  Sooooo many Cats!!! -- link --  Woodcut ... Another Cat! -- link -- 

Top of the Day: Gipsy boy - August Pettenkofen , 1858 Today's Artwork: Farmhouse in Nuenen - Vincent van Gogh , 1885 -- link -- Portrait of Dolores del Río - Diego Rivera , 1938 -- link -- Gipsy boy - August Pettenkofen , 1858 -- link -- ​Spent a lot of time in the August Pettenkofen rabbit hole.  Here are more of his paintings:  https://www.wikiart.org/en/august-von-pettenkofen

Beloved Columbian Artist Fernando Botero passed away last week on the 15th. He was 91. We spent today reviewing and enjoying his work.  Fernando Botero, Couturier, 1990 We started with many many Botero sculptures ... we looked at so many, this is a google search so it has countless links for you to peruse -- link --  Fat Jesus! Some religious paintings of Botero from an online magazine that seems to be a Vatican paper -- link --  Katje recently saw this exhibit at the Museum of Latin American Art in L.A. -- link --  Society Woman, Katherine pointed it out to us -- link --  Woman with Fan (Thank you Diana for the fast translation) -- link --  Botero's version of Van Eyck's Gothic couple -- link --  A photographer takes a pic so we can see the size of the painting -- link --  Van Eyck's original Arnolfini painting -- link --  Dancing Couple -- link --  Botero's Obituary from BBC News -- link --  Bob's Big Boy restaurant (first one in Burbank); a funny associ

Top of the Day: The Excursionist - Pierre-Auguste Renoir , circa 1888 Today's Artwork: Tunnel Rock, Cape Schanck, Victoria - Nicholas Chevalier , 1862 -- link -- Wall - Arsen Levonee , 2014 -- link -- Elector Johann Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg on Horseback - Jan Frans Douven, called De Oude , 1703 -- link -- Madame Hilligsberg - John Hoppner , circa 1790-1795 -- link -- The Excursionist - Pierre-Auguste Renoir , circa 1888 -- link -- Schloss Kammer on Lake Attersee III - Gustav Klimt , 1909/1910 -- link -- ​

  William Klein, photographer Wonderful website that Beth found -- link -- A variety of William Klein images via google -- link --  Some William Klein images from Google Arts & Culture -- link --  Ideel Art's William Klein Images -- link --  Artnet -- link --  Trigger Warning (no pun intended), William Klein created these gun-related photographs which have become iconic images of his work. He did these as a parody using a toy gun.  Gun 1 -- link --  Gun 2 -- link --  Gun 3 -- link -- Gun 4 -- link --  We started the day by showing this piece from (Greg's Art Curator Guru) Joe Reorda's page of artwork:   Gustave Moreau La Fiancée de la Nuit, also known as Le Cantique des Cantiques, c. 1892 (Oil on panel, signed by Moreau, lower right)

Top of the Day: Settler's Log House - Cornelius Krieghoff , 1856 Today's Artwork: My Children (Mary, Gerald, and Gladys Thayer) - Abbott Handerson Thayer, born Boston, MA 1849-died Dublin, NH 1921 , ca. 1897 -- link -- Luncheon - Diego Velazquez , 1617 -- link -- The Bash-Bish - John Frederick Kensett , 1855 -- link -- Landscape with Waterfall - Jacob Isaacksz van Ruisdael , Around 1668 -- link -- North Shore, Lake Superior - Franklin Carmichael , 1927 -- link -- Wall - Lee, Suk-ju , 1977 -- link -- Portrait of a Tailor - Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli , 1540-45 -- link -- Settler's Log House - Cornelius Krieghoff , 1856 -- link -- A summer morning - Rupert Bunny , circa 1908 -- link -- Two Elephants - Amrita Sher-Gil , 1940 -- link -- ​

Top of the Day: Vanitas - Still Life with Books and Manuscripts and a Skull - Edwaert Collier , 1663 Today's Artwork: The Mango Trees, Martinique - Paul Gauguin , 1887 -- link -- The Spring - Franz von Stuck , 1902 -- link -- Bowl of Apples on a Table - Henri Matisse , 1916 -- link -- Montmartre: windmills and allotments - Vincent van Gogh , March 1887 - April 1887 -- link -- Princess Maria Bárbara - Unknown author , 18th century -- link -- Sign of the Buffalo Scout - Frederic Remington (1861 1909) , 1907 -- link -- Vanitas - Still Life with Books and Manuscripts and a Skull - Edwaert Collier , 1663 -- link -- The wattles - Elioth Gruner , 1919 -- link -- ​

  Philadelphia's Magic Gardens!  Philadelphia's Magic Gardens website -- link --  Philadelphia travel site featuring the Magic Gardens -- link --  More wonderful photo from TripAdvisor -- link --  Wikipedia articles about the Magic Gardens -- link --  Isaiah Zagar's blog site -- link --  Wikipedia entry about him for more background -- link --  Isaiah Zagar's wonderfully sweet and weird instagram -- link --  On Thursday we'll look at La Maisson de Vaiselle Cassé (The Broken Crockery House) -- Robert Vasseur is one of the influences of Isaiah Zagar & his name was listed on one of the mozaic walls. While we looked at the Gardens, Katje looked the name up & we decided to peruse it more fully at our next meeting! -- link -- 

Top of the Day: Grand Canal from Palazzo Flangini to Palazzo Bembo - Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canale) , 1735/1745 Today's Artwork: Portrait of a coffee-drinking lady - Felix Maria Diogg , 1742-1827, 1789 -- link -- Portrait of Gumersinda Goicoechea y Galarza (Retrato de Gumersinda Goicoechea y Galarza) - Francisco de Goya y Lucientes , 1805 -- link -- Grand Canal from Palazzo Flangini to Palazzo Bembo - Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canale) , 1735/1745 -- link -- Olevano Romano, Itália - Modesto Brocos y Gomes , 1899 -- link -- The Destruction and Sack of the Temple of Jerusalem - Nicolas Poussin , 1925 - 1926 -- link -- Quarry at Bibémus (Carrière de Bibémus) - Paul Cézanne , 1898/1900 -- link -- Maternity - Auguste Renoir , 1885 -- link -- ​