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[CTyankee]

Below are six works featuring/depicting animals, reflecting the deeply personal style, technique or era of the artist. Can you name each artist and the work?

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[xchrom]

1. Recommend

[CTyankee]

3. Thanks, xcchrom. Would you like to take a guess?

nt

[xchrom]

20. only possibly by nationality.

1 looks spanish?

2 looks ? i don't know where.

3 looks italian or french

4 looks calder?

5 looks spanish or french

6 looks dutch, flemish?

[CTyankee]

22. some of your guesses are really good...

[xchrom]

49. Lol! That was kind. Nt

[CTyankee]

53. Kind...but TRUE...as you'll see!!!

[panader0]

2. You got me. I have a few ideas but nothing for sure.

[CTyankee]

5. which one(s) do you think you know?

I'm interested in whether style is one of the identifying factors here...

[eleny]

4. The big cat sculpture is in Barcelona

Fernando Botero.

eta: corrected spelling. :blush:

[CTyankee]

7. Wow, you're good! Is it Botelo or Botero? I have the latter but I could be wrong.

And have you seen this sculpture?

I must say that I did not when I was in Barcelona in 08...

[eleny]

10. I remember seeing it on the web

But I couldn't remember the name of the sculptor. So I Googled for that. I think you're right about the spelling. God knows what happens between my brain and fingers on the keyboard.

I'll go back and correct it if time hasn't run out. Thanks!

[CTyankee]

14. no prob. I just didn't know the artist, sorry to say!

[MuseRider]

32. Botero!

I LOVE Botero! I have an excellent reproduction of one of his nude woman in the bathroom paintings hanging against a deep dark blue wall in my guest powder room. Love his interesting paintings and his sculptures are wonderful as well. Oooooh, this is a nice cat :)

[CTyankee]

34. Ain't he cute?

[progressoid]

47. Back in the day...

About 18 years ago, there were Boteros all over Paris for the summer. That was fun.

Ah, to be young and have a disposable income again.

[MuseRider]

68. Really?

:) Yes, that must have been fun!

[Manifestor_of_Light]

6. Is #1 Manet?

[CTyankee]

8. Not Manet...

[Manifestor_of_Light]

50. Monet?

I never get any of them right either, and I LOVE art history!!


:D

[CTyankee]

54. Nope. Not even the same era...(big hint).

[frazzled]

9. I can get the sculptures

The large cat is a Botero, in Barcelona (at the Raval Hotel).

The red sheet metal cow (I think it's a goat) is by Calder, and is presumably called La Vache.

[CTyankee]

12. Yep...

Good for you on both! (It is titled La Vache). Have you see either one in person?

[PassingFair]

45. It must be a cow...Vache is French for cow.

Chevre is goat.

[frazzled]

11. Okay, the cock and hens is by Audubon

Farmyard Fowl, 1827 John James Audubon

[CTyankee]

16. And I thought THAT one would be hard!

I didn't think it "looked" like an Audubon, for some reason...but you did...or did you just know the painting?

[frazzled]

19. I recognized it was 19th century American

I quick little google netted it for me.

[CTyankee]

21. Hm, to me it looked like it could be 18th or even 17th century European...

but vaguely...

[malaise]

42. Hard for me

I've really enjoyed these threads in 2010 - please continue in 2011. :toast:

[CTyankee]

55. Oh, you are welcome, Malaise! I have a few in the pipeline already!

Now that I'm retired, I can sit around and put together stuff like this...lotsa fun really...

[XemaSab]

46. It's definitely got his

interesting postures. :P

[blondeatlast]

13. GAH! I know number 3, but am having a drawn-out case of grey cell methane!

It's KILLING me! :banghead:

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

15. #5 Looks like Sargent.

[blondeatlast]

17. Agreed. nt

[CTyankee]

18. It kinda does...but...

[EFerrari]

23. Hey, thank you for the Friday challenges.

I never get anything right and love these threads. A place to rest your eyes. lol

[CTyankee]

27. Oh, they're fun if nothing else. I try to be a little quirky sometimes...

nt

[eleny]

24. #3 Daniel in the Lions Den - Rubens

[CTyankee]

25. Now, HOW did you get that?

boy, I'm impressed! It's a detail and I thought that someone would HAVE to know the work really well or just having Rubens down pat...it sure doesn't look like a lot of his religious stuff (in isolation from Daniel, as it is here).

[eleny]

28. I saw the indication that there were more lions in the painting and took a wild guess at the name

Then I Googled <Daniel Lions Den> to nail down the painter.

[CTyankee]

30. Hah, what a smarty pants you are! I love it!

[blondeatlast]

37. I was waaaaaay off... nt

[AlecBGreen]

38. I like how Daniel crossed his legs

"Oh God, dont let them bite my junk!"

[eleny]

41. Demur

[eleny]

26. #5 looks like the Papillon breed

[CTyankee]

29. Don't know the breed...the title of the work does not reveal it...

and I don't know enough about dogs to reply to your post...sorry...

[eleny]

36. One thing for sure - This dog is not playing cards!

[sabrina 1]

31. Rec'd for a fun and educational thread.

I don't know any of them though, but have read the few comments that do ~

[CTyankee]

33. Thanks! It's so wonderful to be able to transmit these beautiful images...

I just love the way they come out here on DU! You can get such gorgeous art on the Web, it's phenomenal...

[CTyankee]

35. Going out for a little dinner...back in about an hour...keep guessing...

[IcyPeas]

39. I own 3 art history books.... and other various art books...

they are starting to get worn out. LOL

Didn't get any of these. but I love these tests

[CTyankee]

56. Next week will be a nice workout for those books...heh, heh...

[eleny]

40. #5 Renoir - Head of a Dog

It looked like an Impressionist painting. So I hunted for <Impressionist paintings dog> because I thought it would be a detail. But the painting popped up.

[pinboy3niner]

43. Good find!

:toast:

Doggone...all I could find was this:



:rofl:

[eleny]

48. I hunted that picture for our pooch, dontcha know!

:fistbump:

[CTyankee]

51. I thought the brush stroke would give it away...but I realize that Sargent had that same

brushstroke so I guess it wasn't so special, really...

[alsame]

44. # 2 is "The Cat' in Barcelona. I don't know the

sculptor.

ETA: Fernando Botero is the artist. I cheated and used google :)

[CTyankee]

52. Now we're down to # 1.

Anybody have a good guess?

[eleny]

57. All I know is that people really like painting dogs sittng on Mona Lisa's lap!

You name the breed and someone has painted it like that.

This one looks like a Maltese or maybe a Bolonese. Is that a lady in a long black dress to the left or a table with a dark cloth topper? I know I'm stumped.

[CTyankee]

58. Again, I don't know dog breeds at all. It looks like a little yapper to me.

As for the black cloth, well...

[blondeatlast]

59. I thought maybe a Bichon Frise--and I echo your observations about the

dogs on ML's lap! :rofl:

[CTyankee]

61. This painter was NOT known for painting dogs or any animals, really. He is known

for his powerful portrayal of people...the dog is peripheral...

[horseshoecrab]

60. Maria Teresa de Borbon y Vallabriga

by Francisco de Goya

The bottom of the dark skirt made me think of Spanish portraits for some reason. That led me to Goya.


Nice as always CTyankee! Happy New Year everyone!


horseshoecrab

[CTyankee]

62. Yes, exactly! I thought the same thing about the skirt....and I thought someone would

catch it right away...and that was YOU!

Hooray for everyone! Ya done good on New Year's Eve...

Happy New Year...more Friday Afternoon Challenges to come in 2011!

See you next Friday!

[eleny]

64. Happy New Year, CTy!!!

Thanks for a fun year.

[CTyankee]

65. And the same to you, Eleny!

Thank you for your participation and your enthusiasm! I like the way we have new and different people participating in each Challenge. It's so much fun to interact and find out how they got interested in a particular artist. And we have a really smart art bunch here at DU, don't we?!

[eleny]

66. To be honest I've tried but was never fast or knowledgable enough

So I've been lurking and treating my eyeballs to all kinds of art works over the months. Thanks a million!

[eleny]

63. Cool!!!

[woo me with science]

67. Thank you for this. nt