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38. I guess my hint helped!

Sat May 11, 2013, 10:38 AM

May 2013

I just learned about Pont-Aven a few weeks ago. I had no idea that was where he painted all those women in their Breton caps. I literally ran across the reference for the first time when I was researching Road Scholar trips to France. The connection with some American artists of the time was also a fascinating bit of art trivia...

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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 Trémalo, 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