Art Detectives

Top of the Day:  Sigurjón Ólafsson,   Tracks in the Sand, 1982  Else Alfelt, The Blue Flower of the Lava, date unknown -- link --  Else Alfelt, The Blue Flower of the Lava in museum -- link --  Sigurjón Ólafsson,   The Viking, 1951 -- link --  Sigurjón Ólafsson,   The Woman in the House -- link --  Sabine Hasler, Stoneware / Ceramic, date unknown, -- link -- More treasures at the museum website: http://www.lso.is/index_e.htm

Article about Hrafnhildur Arnadottire -- link --   Hrafnhildur Arnadottir's website -- link --  Lots of her installations -- link --  Chromo Sapiens, her ground-breaking sound & texture, light & color installation -- link --  More special projects -- link -- 

  Barbara Árnason,  Börn að leik (Children Playing), 1952  --  link  --   Ingi Hrafn Hauksson , Fallandi gengi (Falling Exchange Rate), 1976 --  link  --  Another view of  Fallandi gengi  --  link  --  Snorri Arinbjarnar , Við Selsvör (Not sure of tranlation), circa 40s -- link --  Kristján Davíðsson ,  Glæður - Abstrakt mynd (Embers - Abstract image),1966 -- link --  Karólína Lárusdóttir , Án titils (Untitled), 1986 -- link --  Sigurjón Ólafsson ,    Íslandsmerki (The direct translation is "Icelandic Logo" but perhaps it means something more like "Icelandic Icon?") , 1972-1973 -- link --  Jerry's Original  Sigurjón Ólafsson  sculpture pick,  Blómgun (Flowering), 1978/1988 -- link -- 

Top of the Day: "Dame" (the carnation girl) - Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso, 1913 Today's Artwork: Totem Pole - Emily Carr (1871 - 1945), c. 1912 -- link -- Een manier van vliegen - Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, 1815/1820 -- link -- Christ with Cross - Jamini Roy (1887-1972) -- link -- "Dame" (the carnation girl) - Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso, 1913 -- link -- Still Life with Quinces - Vincent van Gogh, 1888 - 1889 -- link -- La Place Ary Scheffer, Dordrecht - Boudin, Eugène, 1884/1884 -- link -- ​

Top of the Day: Red, Yelloe and Blue Gongs - Alexander Calder, 1951 - 1951 Today's Artwork: Cleft from the series Dendroids - Roxy Paine, 2018 -- link -- The Broncho Buster - Frederic Remington -- link -- Red, Yelloe and Blue Gongs - Alexander Calder, 1951 - 1951 -- link -- Medusa - Vincenzo Gemito -- link -- ​apotropaic -- having the power to avert evil influences or bad luck (Thank you, Detective Ruth! I didn't see in the chat that you had already defined the word!) 

Top of the Day: Máscara de anciano - unknown, 0300/0850 Today's Artwork: Head of a Kore - Roman, 1st century -- link -- Máscara de anciano - unknown, 0300/0850 -- link -- Dada Head - Sophie Taeuber-Arp, 1920 -- link -- Griffin Protome from a Cauldron - Unidentified Artist, 650 BCE - 640 BCE -- link -- Breathing Machine IV - Lynn Hershman Leeson, 1968/1968 -- link -- ​Luba & Vera found this fantastic link to the colors that were used on the Greek / Roman statues which we've come to know with only alabaster hues. https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/museum/collections/peplos-kore

Top of the Day: The Buddha Shakyamuni in Abhaya-mudra - Unknown, late 6th century Today's Artwork: Rama kills demon Subahu and flings away demon Maricha into the ocean - Unknown, Late 18th Century -- link -- The Buddha Shakyamuni in Abhaya-mudra - Unknown, late 6th century -- link -- Pryp'jat' Plac Centralny Prypeci - Francesco Coppari, 2015 -- link -- The Birth of Mary - Anonymous (Germany), c. 1520 -- link -- Various Studies Including a Seated Nude, a Standing Woman, and an Embracing Couple - Paul Cézanne, 1855/1875 -- link -- ​Here is a link that Katje found to the Durer etching that the Birth of Mary painting we looked at was based on --  link --

  Top of the Day: Ass-headed Demons, Glazed Ceramic Tile, 1400 / 1499 Spouted Jug with Dragon Handle, 1510-03-11/1510-03-11 -- link --  Anthropoid Sarcophagi, Unknown Late Canaanite period, 14th century BCE - 13th century BCE -- link --  Large Bowl, Birds and Flowers in Overglaze Enamel, Edo period, 17th century -- link --  Pottery Singerie: The Chicken’s Wedding Pottery of Manuel Francisco 1660 / 1667 -- link --  Pottery in the Form of Ram, Unknown 1350 - 800 BCE -- link -- Jar (Olla) with Feathers & Avanyu, Maria Martinez 1930 - 1943 -- link --  Ass-headed Demons, Glazed Ceramic Tile, 1400 / 1499 -- link -- 

Top of the Day: Composition with Bust - Diego Rivera, 1916 Today's Artwork: Composition with Bust - Diego Rivera, 1916 -- link -- Farming Village at Twilight - Vincent van Gogh, 1884/1884 -- link -- Don Quixote Series: Sancho Panza Lying Down - Candido Portinari, ca. 1956 -- link -- Sitting Settler Woman - Candido Portinari, 1935 -- link -- Cows in a River - Aelbert Cuyp, ca. 1650 -- link -- Portrait of the Artist's Sister-in-Law, Adele Harms, 1917 - Egon Schiele, 1917 -- link -- ​

Top of the Day: Martha and Mary Magdalene - Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, 1598 Today's Artwork: Kathreiner’s Morgenlatte - Sigmar Polke, 1969–79 -- link -- Martha and Mary Magdalene - Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, 1598 -- link -- Two heads - Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, 1920 -- link -- The Dream - Henri Rousseau, 1910 -- link -- ​ Beth found an article describing some of our first piece of art: Kathreiner’s Morgenlatte by Sigmar Polke -- link --

 Top of the Day: Chuah Thean Teng, Sarong Making Shop, 1960 Chuah Thean Teng, Sarong Making Shop, 1960 -- link -- Chuah Thean Teng, Morning, 1960-63 -- link -- Ong Kim Seng, Wharf, 1974 -- link -- Georgette Chen, Singapore Waterfront, 1963 -- link -- Cheong Soo Pieng, Still Life, 1957 -- link --

  Top of the Day: Street Vender in Los Angeles, 2021 Angela Davis, Ascot Avenue Elementary, 1999   -- link -- Close up view of Angela Davis  -- link -- Resist, Candelas Guitars, East Los Angeles  -- link -- Hillside, 2021  -- link -- La Tierra y El Cielo, 2021  -- link -- Street Vender in Los Angeles, 2021  -- link -- Jardineros en Los Angeles, 2012* (this is under 2021 paintings so that year might be a mistake)  -- link --

 Top of the Day: Claude Monet, Nymphéas [Waterlillies], c. 1914-17 Sidney Nolan, Township - Ned Kelly Series, 1947  -- link -- Albert Tucker, Victory Girls, 1943  -- link -- Claude Monet, Nymphéas [Waterlillies], c. 1914-17  -- link -- Paul Cézanne, L'Après-midi à Naples [Afternoon in Naples], c. 1875  -- link -- William Barak, Corroboree, 1895  -- link --

  Top of the Day: Lagbaja - No One in Particular I, Joseph Obanubi Osborne Macharia, No Touch Am (series), 2017 -- link -- Joseph Obanubi, The Rendezvous, 2017 -- link -- Joseph Obanubi, Lagbaja -- No One in Particular, 2017 -- link -- Robert Pruitt, Flux, 2011 -- link --