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51. Hey, we all need something!

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Hello there, DU! Ready for today�s art quiz? It�s �Another Back Story Challenge!� [View all] CTyankee Dec 2013 OP

Damn. Another quiz that I am stumped by, panader0 Dec 2013 #1

Thank YOU! They are fun for me to put together! CTyankee Dec 2013 #2

Not me. I am never stumped. grantcart Dec 2013 #33

great answer! You have a good soul... CTyankee Dec 2013 #48

Don't know a single one, but I love to see them. broiles Dec 2013 #3

#3 - "Red Door District" by that Dutch Guy jberryhill Dec 2013 #4

Well, actually, I had a more recent example than that...altho you get points for that bit of history CTyankee Dec 2013 #5

I absolutely love this one Samantha Dec 2013 #56

I've seen #5 before, I think. longship Dec 2013 #6

Well, you might have. Do you go to art museums? CTyankee Dec 2013 #7

Been to DIA in Detroit, the Met, Frick, MOMA in NYC, the Huntington in CA. longship Dec 2013 #12

Wow! You are traveled, artwise! CTyankee Dec 2013 #16

Nope. The ones I mentioned are the ones I've been to. longship Dec 2013 #21

Fabulous! CTyankee Dec 2013 #24

Never been there. :( nt longship Dec 2013 #27

#1: Gustave Courbet, "Village Girl with Goat" pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #8

It is an interesting story...this guy Gurlitt was a real character...actually, I had read that CTyankee Dec 2013 #10

I just come here for the pretty pictures. Thank you. Luminous Animal Dec 2013 #9

More than pretty they are important and moving...I truly believe that art ennobles us... CTyankee Dec 2013 #11

I keeed I keeed! One of my favorite pastimes is going to museums and galleries.... Luminous Animal Dec 2013 #13

She LIKES museums? Wow, I am impressed. You raised her well! CTyankee Dec 2013 #17

She's 23 now and she loves them... Luminous Animal Dec 2013 #28

I don't blame her for feeling that way about the Mona Lisa... CTyankee Dec 2013 #41

Winged Victory is one of my favorites. It graced the cover of Luminous Animal Dec 2013 #54

#6: White House Mantel Clock with figure of Minerva by Thomire & Co., c. 1817 pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #14

Not recent. But how was it discovered? CTyankee Dec 2013 #15

President Monroe sent agents to France to replace furnishings destroyed by the British pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #32

Great history! You are leaving out one great discovery of this fabulous piece! CTyankee Dec 2013 #35

There you go again... pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #39

Yep. I am bad. CTyankee Dec 2013 #43

Okay, I'm stumped on that rediscovery pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #81

not the clock itself but the Bellange piertable. CTyankee Dec 2013 #83

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #18

Beat me to it, although I would include all of the endless porn threads. Kingofalldems Dec 2013 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #20

I think it's a Femen support painting and men might enjoy it so it's bad. The end. stevenleser Dec 2013 #22

I'm not sure what you are talking about...please explain more... CTyankee Dec 2013 #26

Sorry, private joke between me and Warren. nt stevenleser Dec 2013 #30

trashing feminists is a full time job BainsBane Dec 2013 #60

Well, the Challenge is no place for it (not that any place is). CTyankee Dec 2013 #71

I agree, that's why we didn't do that. nt stevenleser Dec 2013 #88

why are you keeping this up? CTyankee Dec 2013 #89

I'm guessing you dont really want me to respond, right? nt stevenleser Dec 2013 #99

You must be talking about what you do when you attack Femen. I agree, you should let up on it. nt stevenleser Dec 2013 #87

It's incredibly rude of you to disrupt this thread BainsBane Dec 2013 #94

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No, not at all. CTyankee Dec 2013 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #25

well, the title belies that idea. But really, I'm so used to this mild nudity in art that this just CTyankee Dec 2013 #31

I remember seeing that at the train station gallery in Paris in my 20s and... aikoaiko Dec 2013 #78

If I did post that, I'd prolly get banned from DU forever... CTyankee Dec 2013 #84

No you wouldn't BainsBane Dec 2013 #97

Well, did you take a look at it? CTyankee Dec 2013 #102

Oh, yes BainsBane Dec 2013 #103

Courbet was clearly in love with Joanna when he did that. CTyankee Dec 2013 #105

I find the issue of the face interesting BainsBane Dec 2013 #106

No, I think he didn't want Whistler to know it was her. He did other nice work of her face. CTyankee Dec 2013 #109

Oh, so he himself displayed it without the face? BainsBane Dec 2013 #110

No, she modeled for him in other paintings...sorry, I didn't mean to be confusing... CTyankee Dec 2013 #111

but if you search google images BainsBane Dec 2013 #112

Really? I didn't know that...thanks...I'll do a search... CTyankee Dec 2013 #113

I see Franz Hals! elleng Dec 2013 #29

Not Hals but pretty close...just not the Netherlands in this case... CTyankee Dec 2013 #36

Will do so. elleng Dec 2013 #38

I wish the best for your daughter and the baby...what a tense time it must be for you! CTyankee Dec 2013 #42

Thanks, I'm fine. elleng Dec 2013 #44

good for you! I hope you'll post some of your photographs here! CTyankee Dec 2013 #46

I've posted a bunch in 'Photography' here, yank. elleng Dec 2013 #47

will do! CTyankee Dec 2013 #50

#4. 11 yr old Charles Gitnick wows Miami Art Basel with gun art. longship Dec 2013 #34

I absolutely love this story! Isn't he fabulous? His art is inspired and wonderful. CTyankee Dec 2013 #37

It is pretty damned good. longship Dec 2013 #40

He has a real aesthetic sense. Perhaps that is because he has a cultural advantage, but maybe CTyankee Dec 2013 #45

I am very happy that I could contribute this week. longship Dec 2013 #49

Hey, we all need something! CTyankee Dec 2013 #51

I really like that one BainsBane Dec 2013 #61

Is one Carravaggio? kentuck Dec 2013 #52

Do you mean #5? CTyankee Dec 2013 #53

#2: Fragonard Portrait of Fran�ois-Henri d'Harcourt sells for $28 million For UNICEF pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #55

#5: Gerrit van Honthorst masterpiece seized by Nazis sells for record $3.4m pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #57

I was in that museum in Montreal in October. They had given "The Duet," spoilated from the Jewish CTyankee Dec 2013 #69

There's definitely a Dutch guy in there BainsBane Dec 2013 #58

I'll bet it's that renowned Dutch Master... pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #59

Oh yeah, it's a Dutch guy. #3 Iterate Dec 2013 #62

Nice call! pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #66

Brick by brick Iterate Dec 2013 #80

Could this be the back story? countryjake Dec 2013 #68

It is probably one of many back stories on this exquisite work! CTyankee Dec 2013 #72

I did find a cute little children's book... countryjake Dec 2013 #73

I have to get that book for my grandson! CTyankee Dec 2013 #74

Interesting article Iterate Dec 2013 #77

Number 5 is definitely by Bob Ross. edbermac Dec 2013 #63

Nobody's got #3 yet? longship Dec 2013 #64

Iterate got it as a Vermeer in #62 pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #65

Got it. It takes some time to enter a post from an iPhone. longship Dec 2013 #67

To get what I am driving at, consider this work as an inspiration for another famous piece just CTyankee Dec 2013 #70

#3 "The Little Street" backstories Iterate Dec 2013 #75

Yes! That's what I was driving at. CTyankee Dec 2013 #76

Clearly, he must have been. Iterate Dec 2013 #79

Is Rockwell condemning Vermeer or his own American iconography? CTyankee Dec 2013 #82

Well, one figure serenely attempts art and the other struggles with a tax deadline Iterate Dec 2013 #85

What I get out of it is order vs disorder Benton D Struckcheon Dec 2013 #86

I see what you mean! He is drawing a parallel between the tidiness of the Dutch street with CTyankee Dec 2013 #90

Actually I was commenting on the 2nd set of paintings, Benton D Struckcheon Dec 2013 #93

the more I read about art the more I see one artist copying another... CTyankee Dec 2013 #96

Very interesting parallel there too, Benton D Struckcheon Dec 2013 #114

Yep. I didn't make it up...I read it somewhere... CTyankee Dec 2013 #115

Ha! I'll take your word for it. You definitely know your stuff. n/t Benton D Struckcheon Dec 2013 #116

I didn't know that little factoid until about a month ago when I saw that painting CTyankee Dec 2013 #117

I'm going to venture a guess, that these are pieces from the recently discovered collection of... DrewFlorida Dec 2013 #91

See post #8 by Pinboy. You are right! CTyankee Dec 2013 #92

I stumbled upon this, and found it very interesting, thank you. DrewFlorida Dec 2013 #95

glad to have you here! We're a merry little band of art lovers (usually...we do get a few CTyankee Dec 2013 #98

I would say Andy Warhol, followed by Pablo Picasso. DrewFlorida Dec 2013 #101

that must pose a challenge to you...what a creative endeavor! CTyankee Dec 2013 #104

I have been in the business for 28 years, I'm well versed in frame design etc. DrewFlorida Dec 2013 #107

Dealing with the public in general is difficult and not for everybody, but I know what you are CTyankee Dec 2013 #108