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DevonRex

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37. Oh no it wasnt easy. Not for me, anyway.

Sat Apr 13, 2013, 04:46 PM

Apr 2013

I just got stuck on Sickert and could not find #5 to save my life.http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/degas-sickert-and-toulouse-lautrec

I studied everything I could find at the Tate. I knew I had seen something there that reminded me of #2 and #5. Finally at the very bottom there's a reference to the Camden Town Group. But that painting isn't there. Nor the artist. As usual, it got late and my eyes were sore...

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Greetings, DUers! Ready for your Friday Afternoon Challenge? �Tis here: �London is Calling!� [View all] CTyankee Apr 2013 OP

#3: Niels Moeller Lund - The Heart of the Empire pinboy3niner Apr 2013 #1

I just saw this at the YCBA exhibit. Very impressive. Good job, Pinboy! CTyankee Apr 2013 #5

# 6 Seurat? librechik Apr 2013 #2

No, not Seurat... CTyankee Apr 2013 #6

"When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life." CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2013 #3

Thanks, Peggy! What a city... CTyankee Apr 2013 #8

#4 Andre Derain marions ghost Apr 2013 #4

Ah, did the color get it? Fauvism... CTyankee Apr 2013 #7

I know all the fauves marions ghost Apr 2013 #17

sweet. I thought it might be a bit obvious, but mostly because of the color because CTyankee Apr 2013 #20

#1: Canaletto - Northumberland House pinboy3niner Apr 2013 #9

Yes! Oh, thank you for resurrecting "capricci" and "vedute" as art terms! CTyankee Apr 2013 #12

I came across works similar to #1 and learned they were by Canaletto pinboy3niner Apr 2013 #15

He's an interesting artist, IMO...it gives us an eye onto the scene, as it were... CTyankee Apr 2013 #21

#1 is Caneletto: Northumberland House - 1752 ananda Apr 2013 #10

#6: Camille Pissarro - Hyde Park, London - (1890) nt pinboy3niner Apr 2013 #11

excellent! Did you know he had fled a rather unpleasant Paris to London in the mid-19th century? CTyankee Apr 2013 #13

#2 looks like a Winslow Homer Hissyspit Apr 2013 #14

actually, no Homer here... CTyankee Apr 2013 #18

Ha! Hissyspit Apr 2013 #23

Homer to me is the quintessential 19th century American artist, very deep into the CTyankee Apr 2013 #27

I love #5. I want it. DevonRex Apr 2013 #16

I love paintings that do that. You just can't take your eyes off of it... CTyankee Apr 2013 #19

I have had a similar feeling about other works of art. I saw "View of Delft" by Vermeer CTyankee Apr 2013 #22

K&R burrowowl Apr 2013 #24

#s 2 and 5 still unsolved? pinboy3niner Apr 2013 #25

You have the answers to both. How did you get #3? CTyankee Apr 2013 #26

Not 2 and 5--I couldn't find those pinboy3niner Apr 2013 #28

OK, but you are going to facepalm yourself when you catch on... CTyankee Apr 2013 #29

Is #2 Sickert? Hissyspit Apr 2013 #30

You, my dear Hissyspit, are CORRECT! CTyankee Apr 2013 #31

Saying he wasn't American helped, and I kind of picked up on the idea of Camden Town Hissyspit Apr 2013 #32

doyou have any idea about #5? CTyankee Apr 2013 #33

Well, I recognized All Soul's Church by John Nash which I have walked by, Hissyspit Apr 2013 #34

Once you research Sickert it's pretty easy...Camden Group was interesting... CTyankee Apr 2013 #35

Oh, yeah. I remember now. I've seen his name in reference to the group. Hissyspit Apr 2013 #36

Oh no it wasnt easy. Not for me, anyway. DevonRex Apr 2013 #37

Hissyspit's Reply #34 provides enough info to find #5 pinboy3niner Apr 2013 #38

I just love Ginner. His stuff fascinates me... CTyankee Apr 2013 #40

Oh, I'm sorry for the sore eyes (my husband thinks I am a tyrant on these threads). CTyankee Apr 2013 #39