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32. You can see this if you come to NYC at the Neue Galerie.

Sat May 11, 2013, 03:32 AM

May 2013

I saw it last summer. The back story on this painting is fascinating....a new book entitled "The Lady in Gold" outlines the history, which you will find riveting...an incredible and sometimes horrifying tale, but with a good ending at long last, when it became part of the permanent collection (thanks to Ron Lauder) at the Galerie...

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Ah, I see you are back for MORE of the Friday Afternoon Challenge! Today: Inspiration! [View all] CTyankee May 2013 OP

#1 - The Crucifixion of Bob jberryhill May 2013 #1

#1 is old, just not THAT old... CTyankee May 2013 #3

#3 inspired.... jberryhill May 2013 #2

You are actually closer than you think, in a way... CTyankee May 2013 #4

#6 is tricky jberryhill May 2013 #5

There is nothing new under the sun... CTyankee May 2013 #6

I wish it hadn't MattBaggins May 2013 #36

Ah, but he had another inspiration to create his MASTERPIECE... pinboy3niner May 2013 #37

#4: Goya - Majas on a Balcony pinboy3niner May 2013 #7

sounds like you know these two works...right? CTyankee May 2013 #8

I recognized both, but had to look up the connection pinboy3niner May 2013 #10

I remembered that Magritte when I putting this together...love Magritte... CTyankee May 2013 #12

No. 3 inspired Normal Rockwell. Brickbat May 2013 #9

and I just love it! Thanks... CTyankee May 2013 #11

I do, too. She's fantastic. Brickbat May 2013 #13

#6 is Theodora, from the Basilica of San Vitale. Warren DeMontague May 2013 #14

Sure is, but who was inspired by this mosaic and what did he paint as a result? CTyankee May 2013 #15

You got me there. Warren DeMontague May 2013 #16

Let me think. Klimt? Warren DeMontague May 2013 #17

that was fast! Klimt is right...which work of his? CTyankee May 2013 #18

To go any further I would have to cheat. Warren DeMontague May 2013 #19

It made a huge impression on Klimt. A major impact in the world of art, IMO... CTyankee May 2013 #20

A lot of Klimt's stuff looks like that, for sure. Warren DeMontague May 2013 #22

Here is the one that was a direct result... CTyankee May 2013 #25

It's Klimt's Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I pinboy3niner May 2013 #24

You can see this if you come to NYC at the Neue Galerie. CTyankee May 2013 #32

#5: Rubens - Deposition from the Cross (inspiration for Rembrandt) pinboy3niner May 2013 #21

I saw the Rubens in the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp last October... CTyankee May 2013 #23

#2: Andrea Mantegna - Lamentation of Christ (aka Dead Christ or Lamentation over the Dead Christ) pinboy3niner May 2013 #26

try a century later than Mantegna... CTyankee May 2013 #27

Ah, thanks. Mantegna inspired The Dead Christ (1582) by Annibale Carracci. pinboy3niner May 2013 #29

good for you, Pinboy! You did your "homework." CTyankee May 2013 #30

#1 HINT: Inspired by a crucifix in a chapel for his later painting, this artist CTyankee May 2013 #28

I can't remember his name... jberryhill May 2013 #31

You may be confusing the school CTyankee is thinking of... pinboy3niner May 2013 #34

Bush? He flunked out of this one jberryhill May 2013 #45

#1 remains to be guessed. Another hint: This "school" was in a coastal section of France CTyankee May 2013 #33

#1 is The Crucifix of Tr�malo, Pont-Aven, an anonymous wood sculpture that inspired Gaugin pinboy3niner May 2013 #35

I guess my hint helped! CTyankee May 2013 #38

Even with that, this was a tough one! pinboy3niner May 2013 #39

Holy Shit jberryhill May 2013 #44

What--you missed 'Escape, Evasion and Art Appreciation'? pinboy3niner May 2013 #46

ANSWERS: pinboy3niner May 2013 #40

thank you for doing this! CTyankee May 2013 #41

You're welcome pinboy3niner May 2013 #42

Thanks for the encouragement, Pinboy! CTyankee May 2013 #43