Could you identify these paintings for me?

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October 25, 2008, 09:47:58 AM Last Edit: October 25, 2008, 04:08:41 PM by Ciel_Rouge
When you go to Profile/Forum Profile Information, you can see there is a sizeable collection of famous paintings that can be selected under [Art] (along with other choices such as composers and national flags). I admit to my ignorance in visual arts and would like to ask you to identify the following pictures for me - as marked in the options menu:

20041208
20050508
20051025
20051108
20051112

vandermolen

#1
January 07, 2009, 07:58:18 AM
The last one is Botticelli's Portrait of a Young Woman.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

The new erato

#3
January 07, 2009, 10:53:30 AM
20051025  Seems like something by Velasques; but boy are these thumbnails small

Ciel_Rouge

#4
January 07, 2009, 03:38:02 PM
Thanks vandermolen, erato. I am a total beginner in the field of famous paintings so your help is greatly appreciated. I was also wondering whether there were any artists painting musical instruments. This may be especially useful with older instruments which have become extinct. And I have stumbled upon a viola da gamba depicted by  Raffaello - Sancta Cecilia, ca. 1518. Are there any other examples of paintings depicting musicians or musical instruments? Perhaps this could be a good thread to name the artists and paintings which are strongly associated with music.

J.Z. Herrenberg

#5
January 07, 2009, 03:50:24 PM
20050508 - Goya
20051025 - Frans Hals
Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything. -- Plato

vandermolen

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January 07, 2009, 03:52:05 PM Last Edit: January 07, 2009, 03:54:18 PM by vandermolen
Quote from: Ciel_Rouge on January 07, 2009, 03:38:02 PM
Thanks vandermolen, erato. I am a total beginner in the field of famous paintings so your help is greatly appreciated. I was also wondering whether there were any artists painting musical instruments. This may be especially useful with older instruments which have become extinct. And I have stumbled upon a viola da gamba depicted by  Raffaello - Sancta Cecilia, ca. 1518. Are there any other examples of paintings depicting musicians or musical instruments? Perhaps this could be a good thread to name the artists and paintings which are strongly associated with music.

There are several by Vermeer, such as 'Woman with a Guitar':

"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

PerfectWagnerite

#7
January 07, 2009, 04:28:46 PM
Quote from: vandermolen on January 07, 2009, 03:52:05 PM
There are several by Vermeer, such as 'Woman with a Guitar':


That's a woman? Vermeer couldn't paint much then.

Guido

#8
January 07, 2009, 04:51:27 PM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on January 07, 2009, 04:28:46 PM
That's a woman? Vermeer couldn't paint much then.
It's barely even recognisable as a mammal.
Geologist.

The large print giveth, and the small print taketh away

Ciel_Rouge

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January 07, 2009, 05:20:29 PM Last Edit: January 07, 2009, 05:25:15 PM by Ciel_Rouge
I beg to differ. Vermeer managed to capture a great moment which inspired a whole film based on this painting (Girl with a Pearl).

But let us not derail the thread. Vermeer is one suggestion of an artist depicting musical instruments and musicians. I am looking forward to further examples.

Ten thumbs

#10
January 08, 2009, 08:18:29 AM
Here is a famous one by Renoir: there are other variations on this theme.
A day may be a destiny; for life
Lives in but little—but that little teems
With some one chance, the balance of all time:
A look—a word—and we are wholly changed.

vandermolen

#11
January 10, 2009, 01:48:00 PM
By Magritte:

"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Ciel_Rouge

#12
February 13, 2009, 12:34:58 PM
I have another painting identification request :) If possible, please identify the following:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvpMyZzqelM&NR=1

Florestan

#13
February 13, 2009, 12:42:41 PM
Quote from: Ciel_Rouge on February 13, 2009, 12:34:58 PM
I have another painting identification request :) If possible, please identify the following:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvpMyZzqelM&NR=1

It's very similar to a painting by Aivazovsky.
"Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part." - Claude Debussy

Drasko

#14
February 13, 2009, 12:46:16 PM
Quote from: Ciel_Rouge on February 13, 2009, 12:34:58 PM
I have another painting identification request :) If possible, please identify the following:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvpMyZzqelM&NR=1

Ludolf Backhuysen - Ships Running Aground in a Storm

http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/b/backhuys/storm.html

Ciel_Rouge

#15
February 13, 2009, 04:59:54 PM
Hi Drasko, Florestan - thanks a lot, I like both Aivazovsky and Backhuysen.

Opus106

#16
April 28, 2009, 11:33:06 AM Last Edit: April 28, 2009, 11:34:45 AM by opus67
Identification required.



One of Sarge's latest purchases. :)
Regards,
Navneeth

Lethevich

#17
April 28, 2009, 12:17:07 PM
Quote from: opus67 on April 28, 2009, 11:33:06 AM
Identification required.



One of Sarge's latest purchases. :)

It looked a lot like Waterhouse, so I checked WP and apparently it's called Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May.

I love Wikipedia - talent or memory no longer required :P
Peanut butter, flour and sugar do not make cookies. They make FIRE.

Opus106

#18
April 28, 2009, 12:20:56 PM
Quote from: Lethe on April 28, 2009, 12:17:07 PM
It looked a lot like Waterhouse, so I checked WP and apparently it's called Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May.

I love Wikipedia - talent or memory no longer required :P

Thanks! 1909, huh? Would've never guessed.
Regards,
Navneeth

Ciel_Rouge

#19
June 04, 2009, 07:36:49 PM
Could you identify the painting in my avatar? :) I found it when I found a 19th century painter I was previously not aware of. He painted a lot of women, especially wearing hats and mostly wealthy :) There is also one of a woman with black clothes, very slim and with white hair (although she does not look old).
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