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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2009 0:39:15 GMT
I took these two famous paintings at the Fine Arts Museum in Montreal. Any idea what they are called? This one is by Leonardo de Vinci:  And this one is by Picasso:  |
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Post by nic on Jul 20, 2009 4:00:13 GMT
They don't have info placards next to them?
Anyway, the Picasso is called "Embrace." Unfortunately I can't really see the Da Vinci 'cause of the flash. Do you have a different snap?
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 20, 2009 4:01:48 GMT
The top one is hard to see because of the reflection, but I am positive it's not a Da Vinci. I'm thinking Gauguin.
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Post by bjd on Jul 20, 2009 12:22:50 GMT
Don't thay have guards in museums in Montreal telling people not to use a flash? lt's hard to see anything because of the flash, but what's visible certainly doesn't look like da Vinci.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2009 13:20:27 GMT
Come to think about it the first one was by Van Goth, not De Vinci.
Well done nic.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2009 13:46:31 GMT
I hopped on a plane to Montréal and took a new picture of the Van Gogh so that you can all see what Deyana's photo was supposed to look like.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2009 13:52:36 GMT
Oh great  You've been there too? |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2009 13:57:21 GMT
Not to the museum.  I Googled it. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2009 14:06:29 GMT
No fair!
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 20, 2009 17:43:07 GMT
Thanks! I was edging towards Van Gogh because of the sky, but the brushwork in the foreground doesn't have his trademark squiggliness.
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Post by hwinpp on Jul 21, 2009 9:54:05 GMT
And there's no sun and no wheat, and no blue sky! Must be one of his inferior early works...  |
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 22, 2009 14:53:36 GMT
Don't you start with me! You do know that Van Gogh was influenced by his friend Gauguin, do you not? And yes, that probably is one of Van Gogh's earlier works, which hardly makes it "inferior". Humph. (  ) |
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Post by Jazz on Jul 22, 2009 16:50:29 GMT
This is an early work of Van Gogh's, The Potato Eaters, 1885 and it was considered his first masterpiece. It fascinates me because of the differences from his later work.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2009 17:14:15 GMT
Jazz, that is an interesting painting. I noticed it in this song about the artist himself.
Vincent:
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Post by Jazz on Jul 22, 2009 18:38:18 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2009 19:21:12 GMT
Thanks for the link, Jazz. I had no idea there was a thread about him. |
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You've been there too?
I Googled it. 
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