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Guess the Artist
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:46:00 +0200
Your clues this week are:
The artist was not born in the US, but became a citizen in 1920.
The Art Students League in New York, with instructors William Merritt...
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René Magritte
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:49:00 +0200
Thanks to the recent exhibition René Magritte: The Pleasure Principle, and the unforgivable fact that there was no Magritte biography written (!), I spent a few weeks getting cozy with...
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Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:39:00 +0200
Did you miss the Show of Shows at London's National Gallery? Oh, it's not over yet -- not until this Sunday -- but we hear that all hope of getting...
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Guess the Artist
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:16:00 +0200
Your clues this week are:
The artist was Italian, and the second child of a master baker from Ferrara. (Hey, quit giggling. I said "baker.")
Best known for a vast...
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Guess the Artist
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:56:00 +0200
Your clues this week are:
The artist was American, but moved to Europe at age 27 and, with the exception of one brief return trip to the US, lived as...
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Guess the Artist
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:59:00 +0200
Your clues this week are:
Though this is a drawing and the artist is best known for painting, the first formal art instruction this French artist received was in sculpture.
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Guess the Artist
Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:06:00 +0200
Your clues this week are:
The artist was a French Huguenot, born and raised in Switzerland following the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes.
The artist was famous for portraiture...
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Guess the Artist
Mon, 02 Jan 2012 04:55:00 +0200
Your first clues for 2012 are:
The artist was born in France, but only according to modern boundaries.
A "Northerner," this artist was the first non-Italian to travel to Rome...
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I Guess They ARE Making New Leonardos
Sat, 31 Dec 2011 22:51:00 +0200
I kid, I kid! Once upon a time Yours Truly jokingly said, "They're not making new Leonardos these days," never guessing that "they" might, however, discover some. Here I will...
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On Miss Frankenthaler's Passing
Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:20:00 +0200
Helen Frankenthaler died on December 27, 2011. A spokesperson said her passing came "after a lengthy illness," so it likely wasn't peaceful, or tranquil, or any of those words of...
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