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| Who painted this? #37 |
But where are they - and who painted them? (...and the rest!)
My clue this week is that I once tried portraying the same scene but ended up opting for the architecture rather than the people - who I ended up sketching separately.
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Who Painted This #36 - The Answer
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Bouquet of Flowers on a Ledge
by Ambrosius Bosschaert
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- Title of the artwork: Bouquet of Flowers on a Ledge
- Name of the artist who created this artwork: Ambrosius Bosschaert (1573 - 1621) (Dutch "Golden Age" painter)
- Date it was created: (1619 - 1620)
- Media used: Oil on copper, 279.4 mm (11 in). Width: 228.6 mm (9 in); Framed: 15 1/2 x 14 x 2 in. (39.37 x 35.56 x 5.08 cm)
- Where it lives now: Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Currently on public view:
Ahmanson Building, floor 3 MAP IT
For those of you interested in paintings of flowers from the past, you might be interested in my website A History of Botanical Art.
Who guessed correct?
Who painted this #36? Congratulations to Bernadette Madden who found the right answer firstOthers who also got it right - in order - are:
- Sophie Ploeg
- Roger Brown My Botswana Art
- Barbara Jackson
- Jacqui Boyd
- Colours and Textures
- John O'Grady
- Patrick Connors
- Alyson Champ
If you'd like to study how people get the correct answer try studying past challenges which are listed in the Page Who painted this? - at the the top of the Page. Since of the requirements is to say how you found it, you can see the various ways people get to the answer.
Just for the record - anybody who leaves a comment on the page which lists all the "who painted this?" rather than the specific blog post is not counted. You have been warned!
Title .....Sunlight on the Piazzetta
ReplyDeleteArtist....Maurice Brazil Prendergast
When made....1898-1899
Medium.....Watercolour over graphite on paper
Where it is ...Museum of Fine Arts Boston
How I found it.. I recognised the Doges`palace , googled that and found a painting of Central Park that seemed similar in style, by Maurice Prendergast, looked him up and found the correct image
Bernadette Madden.
I`d never heard of Maurice Prendergast before now, so thank you for introducing me to him. I`ve just had a fascinating time looking at his work and hope to see some of them in reality one day....especially his monotypes.( an underrated medium, I think)
ReplyDeleteBernadette Madden
I did not have the time to search for the last one, #36, but I will have to go back up to see it this weekend. This post piqued my interest.
ReplyDeleteIronically I was just up at LACMA this past weekend... took the kids to LA Brea Tar Pits and Page Museum and of course our really BIG ROCK!
Challenge #37 I already know having seen this and similar ones from the artist over the years, big fan of these series.
Artist: Maurice Brazil Prendergast
ReplyDeleteTitle: Sunlight on the Piazetta
Medium: Watercolor and graphite pencil on paper
Date: 1899
Location: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Knowing the artist already I googled his name and watercolors.
I first found it on ARTINTHEPICTURE.COM but its location was not given for this one...
I then googled his name and title of the painting and found it on Wikimedia Commons.
I don't know why I don't start there in the first place!
He has a lot of great watercolor paintings.
Keep'um coming Katherine...
Maurice Prendergast (post impressionist)
ReplyDeleteSunshine on the Piazetta (St Mark's Square Venice)
watercolour over graphite pencil on paper
1899
Can't find where it is now, maybe no one knows, will add it later if I find it.
Googled Painting St Mark's Square Venice images, saw a similar one by Prendergast so put Prendergast in the search and found it as a poster at zazzle.com
Who painted this? #37,
ReplyDeleteMaurice Prendergast [1861-1924]
Sunlight on the Piazzetta
1899
Dimensions
Sheet: 31.4 x 52.4 cm (12 3/8 x 20 5/8 in.)
Watercolor and graphite pencil on paper
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Recently, I saw a reproduction of this, cannot remember where. It rekindled a earlier appreciation of the Prendergast Brothers: especially Maurice's watercolors & Charles' frames.
I am back with the rest of the info. from googling
ReplyDeletepaintings prendergast collection sunlight which goes to the Amica Library (www.davidrumsey.com)
It was painted 1888-9
It is at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston (it is not on view there at the moment)
Creator Name: Prendergast, Maurice, Brazil
Creator Nationality: American
Creator Dates/Places: American (born in Canada), 1858-1924
Creator Name-CRT: Maurice Brazil Prendergast
Title: Sunlight on the Piazzetta
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1898
Creation End Date: 1899
Creation Date: 1898-99
Object Type: Drawings and Watercolors
Materials and Techniques: Watercolor over graphite pencil on paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 31.5 x 52.4 cm (12 3/8 x 20 5/8 in.)
AMICA Contributor: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Owner Location: Boston
ID Number: 61.963
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William T. Aldrich
Hi Katherine,
ReplyDeleteThis is the first one I've recognized.
Title of the artwork: Sunlight on the Piazzetta, Venice
Name of the artist: Maurice Prendergast
Date it was created: ca 1898 - 99
Media used: Watercolour over graphite pencil on paper
Where it lives now: Museum of Fine Arts Boston
How do I know all this: I saw an exhibition of his work at the Peggy Guggenheim and looked this picture up in Prendergast in Italy.
All the best,
Mark
Hi Katherine:
ReplyDeleteTitle: Sunlight on the Piazzetta
Artist: Maurice Prendergast
Media: Watercolor over graphite on paper
Where is: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Research: Oh this was fun! I recognized a Prendergast watercolor right away (he is huge favorite of mine), but didn't know the exact painting. I read where you allow googling using words to look at images. Being more excited than careful, I googled JOHN Prendergast - paintings - and there was the image a few lines down (along with a real John Prendergast! Then followed the image to WikiCommons and then to Boston MFA.
Thanks for these minutes of visiting a favorite! Katy
Hi Katherine - I think I left the date off my answer, have no memory of typing it.
ReplyDeleteDate Painted (as signed) 1899 (Venice)
Thank you!
Katy
Maurice Prendergast
ReplyDeleteSunlight on the Piazetta 1899
Watercolor and graphite pencil on paper
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Found looking up victorian watercolor....and encountered his style in other paintings.
One of "The Eight" they were American painters who united in 1908 to upend established norms and stage their own exhibition of modernist art.
Maurice Prendergast, sunlight on the piazetta, Watercolor over graphite pencil on paper and it is the Museum of fine arts, Boston. It was made in 1998-99.
ReplyDeleteThe museum webpage - http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/sunlight-on-the-piazzetta-36490 - has quite a few of his sketchbook pages available to look at. Fascinating stuff, thank you.
Recognised the style immediately (I researched United States painting before my residency there last year, and he was one of the artists I was glad to come across). Recognised the Doge's palace as we have a copy of it in glasgow - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TempletonDogesPalace.jpg - as well as a copy of the golden house, which is similar - http://www.theglasgowstory.com/image.php?inum=TGSA05148will - have to make it to Venice some time to see the originals!