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| Who painted this? #39 |
This was not helped by 'Word' going wonky and needing to be uninstalled and reinstalled. Did you know there are 25,000 files in Microsoft Word 2011 and it takes hours to uninstall!
Anyway, here's this week's challenge. This one was a complete and utter surprise to me. It's a place I know well and yet I've never seen a painting of it before, Nor did I know that this artist had painted this place (which he has and more than once) and it's certainly not the most obvious view.........
I've lightened the image I found because it seemed too dark and over-saturated and that simply isn't the style of this artist - and you needed to see the style because that's as much help as you're getting!
For those who've not risen to the challenge before please take a minute to read the rules - see below.
How to participate in "Who painted this? #39"
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In short:
- use your brains not software to find the answer
- search using words only on a database of images
- leave your answer as a comment on this blog
- if correct it will not be published until the next post - which provides the answer
- if wrong it will be published
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- the winner - who gets a mention and a link on/from this blog - is the first person to give me a completely correct answer for ALL the things I want to know
Who Painted This #38 - The Answer
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| The Merode Altarpiece by Robert Campin |
- Title of the artwork: Merode Altarpiece (see a high resolution version here)
- Name of the artist who created this artwork: Robert Campin (the Master of Flemalle)
- Date it was created: c. 1425-1428
- Media used: Triptych, oil on wood, 119.8 x 148.5 cm (Center panel 25 1/4 x 24 7/8 in; Left wing 25 3/8 x 10 3/4 in.; Right wing 25 3/8 x 11 in.)
- Where it lives now: The Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Who guessed correct?
Who painted this #38? My congratulations to Jacqui Boyd who knew it from her art studies
A long long time ago I did my thesis on symbolism, Van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait, The Ambassador by Holbein and The Donne Triptych by Hans Memling,(hand written, as no typewriter for a penniless art art student) so this image was very familiar to me. However, I have to confess, 33 yrs have past since then so the name was not on the tip of my tongue.Others who also got it right - in order - are as follows. It was amazing how many of you had seen it in person - but no surprise it made such a strong impression.
- bernadettemadden.ie
- Linda Nevill
- Colours and Textures
- theartistsday
- Alastair Fraser
- John O'Grady
- Sandra Robinson
- Patrick Connors
- Hilary Dunk You only need to post once Hilary - it won't show up as I moderate each Friday and that's when the comments are published. Otherwise it wouldn;t be a challenge! :)
- Alyson Champ
- Ka Gray
- Barbara Jackson
- jane
- Glynis Yexley - who had the most unusual reason for knowing the right answer
It is called the Merode Triptych. The artist is The Master of Flemalle, it was painted, using oils, a new medium at the time, around 1430. It lives in the Cloisters Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. I know this because last night I listened to the first couple of chapters in a new 'Art to Hear'(text on CD) book about The Master of Flemalle and Rogier van der Weyden (one of my fave artists). This work was the one I 'read' about just before I went to sleep!
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!
I thought this looked like a Pissarro so I googled Pissarro, oil paintings garden and there it was.
ReplyDeleteKew Gardens - Path between the Pond and the Palm House
by Camille Pissarro
oil
1892
Private collection
PS Oil on canvas.
ReplyDeleteWho Painted this? #39 Camille Pissarro [1830-1903]
ReplyDeleteTitle: Kew Gardens - Path between the Pond and the Palm House by Camille Pissarro
Date:circa 1892
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: unknown
Private Collection
Recognzed Pissarro's style but unfamiliar with the painting. Google
Pissarro painting gardens and found the correct image. Side note, it is very popular as a reproduced oil painting.
Hi Katherine,
ReplyDeleteWho painted this #39 is Kew Gardens, Path between the Pond and the Palm House, created in 1892 by Camille Pissaro. It's an oil of canvas. It's in a private collection.
I thought the clouds looked like Pissaro clouds so I searched for Camille Pissaro's garden paintings.
John
Kew Gardens: Path between the Pond and the Palm House by Camille Pissarro, painted in oils in 1892 and currently it seems to be in a private collection.
ReplyDeleteRecognised it as a Pissarro and guessed from your comments and the style of the garden that it was likely to be in London, especially he spent some time there around 1870, escaping the situation in Paris.
A search for Pissarro, london and gardens through up the image fairly quickly - however, it seems to be a very, very popular image as a reproduction painting and as a print, so it took ages to track down where it is now!
Artist.....Camille Pissarro
ReplyDeleteTitle...Kew Gardens Path between the Pond and the Palm house
Where it is ...Private Collection
Date...circa 1892
Medium...Oil on canvas
How I found it... I took a long time on this one,thought it might be Sisley, then Pissarro ( but tossed him aside as we had him a few weeks ago....big mistake! ) I tried every word I could think of to google without success, then thought ..maybe it is Pissarro...it looked so like his work... and found it.I enjoyed the chase!
Hmm...knew the artist, but couldn't find accurate details about the painting anywhere. It seems to have many different titles. Finally dug this up:
ReplyDeleteKew Gardens, Path to the Great Glasshouse
Camille Pissarro
1892
oil/canvas
64.8 cm X 54 cm
Private collection
Just a wild guess – Auguste Renoir
ReplyDeleteCoincidentally I spent the day sorting through photos I took in the Botanic Gardens here in Dublin, I have to make a screenprint for an exhibition of prints which will take place in the gallery attached to the Gardens in the Autumn. . The show, called A Natural Selection,will have 100 prints, by 100 artists, in editions of 100 @ €100 each. All the work must be the same size and inspired by the gardens.
ReplyDeleteBernadette Madden
I hope your eye problems are all now in the past
Wow, this was quite frustrating as I recognised the style immediately, guessing Pissarro, and I had a good idea of the place, even though I have only visited it about twice, despite my Aunt living down the road for most of my teenage/early 20's. I did look up French painters in London, 1890's but of course, the main concentration was in the 1870's. I even typed in Pissarro, several times but came up blank. Very frustrating, when I knew it must be him. But eventually via a blog called Fabulous Masterpieces in London, I found it!
ReplyDeleteArtist: Camille Pissarro
Year: 1892
Oil on Canvas
title: Kew Gardens - Path to the Great Glasshouse, 1892 or Path between the Pond and the Palm House
where: Private Collection
Camille Pissarro
ReplyDeleteKew Gardens Path between Pond and Palm House
Circa 1892
Oil on canvas
Private collection
Started with Seurat .....but style not quite pointalist. Re-read post and decided it was Kew Gardens. Searched Kew
Gardens post impressionist landscape and that brought up
the painting.
Hi Katherine,
ReplyDeleteThis is an interesting one.
Title of the artwork: Kew, the Path to the Main Conservatory (Le Jardin de Kew - Allee de la Grande Serre)
Name of the artist: Camille Pissarro
Date it was created: 1892
Media used: Oil on canvas
Where it lives now: Private Collection
How do I know all this: I used your clues and searched for “pointillism kew” in Google images. This returned many different versions of the picture – including two wiki painting pages.
Cheers,
Mark
The picture is by Camille Pissaro called Kew Gardens: Path between the Garden and the Palm House.
ReplyDeletePainted in 1892, oil on canvas, in a private collection.
I thought it looked like a Monet but I didn't think you would use an easy one like him. So I searched for paintings of Hampton Court Palace and Kensington Palace in the1800's because I thought the gardens had similar features and the clothes were from that era. I found some garden paintings of Pissaro and Voila! There she was.