Greetings, DUers! Ready for your Friday Afternoon Challenge? ‘Tis here: “London is Calling!”

[CTyankee]

Artists rendering of scenes of London for you to browse, enjoy and identify.

And as usual, cheating is “not done” here...so please don’t...

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[pinboy3niner]

1. #3: Niels Moeller Lund - The Heart of the Empire

.... The centrality of the City is also perfectly expressed by Niels Moeller Lund in the painting The Heart of the Empire 1904 (fig.8), a view of the City of London taken from the roof of the Royal Exchange where we also see Queen Victoria Street bustling with traffic and pedestrians, and dominated by the dome of St Paul’s Cathedral. ....

http://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/camden-town-group/maurizio-cinquegrani-empire-and-the-city-early-films-of-london-r1104356

[CTyankee]

5. I just saw this at the YCBA exhibit. Very impressive. Good job, Pinboy!

[librechik]

2. # 6 Seurat?

beautiful

[CTyankee]

6. No, not Seurat...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life."

I don't remember who said it, but it sure is accurate!

Likewise, I have no idea who painted all of these, but they are wonderful.

K&R

[CTyankee]

8. Thanks, Peggy! What a city...

[marions ghost]

4. #4 Andre Derain

Charing Cross Bridge 1906

André Derain (1880 – 1954), who was a French painter and co-founder of Fauvism with Henri Matisse. He was born in 1880 in Chatou, Yvelines, Île-de-France, just outside Paris. Derain did his best work, the colourful Fauvist works, in a very narrow period of his career, namely the first decade of the C20th. I particularly like the work he did over a period of only two years, 1906 and 1907 – the paintings from Collioure and London.

[CTyankee]

7. Ah, did the color get it? Fauvism...

[marions ghost]

17. I know all the fauves

I knew immediately it was Derain & that he did some paintings in London.

[CTyankee]

20. sweet. I thought it might be a bit obvious, but mostly because of the color because

the fauvists were known by their color. But I went with it anyway. I thought that anyone coming on to this post might be a "learner" in art and want to know more. This would be a place where they could learn from people like you about these schools in art...thanks so much for your contribution!

[pinboy3niner]

9. #1: Canaletto - Northumberland House

In the 1740s Canaletto's market was disrupted when the War of the Austrian Succession led to a reduction in the number of British visitors to Venice.[7] Smith also arranged for the publication of a series of etchings of "capricci" (or architectural phantasies) (capriccio Italian for fancy) in his vedute ideale,[3] but the returns were not high enough, and in 1746 Canaletto moved to London, to be closer to his market.[2]

He remained in England until 1755, producing views of London (including the new Westminster Bridge) and of his patrons' castles and houses. His 1754 painting of Old Walton Bridge includes an image of Canaletto himself.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaletto

[CTyankee]

12. Yes! Oh, thank you for resurrecting "capricci" and "vedute" as art terms!

Quite a lovely painting...how did you research it?

[pinboy3niner]

15. I came across works similar to #1 and learned they were by Canaletto

So I searched on the artist to see what else he had done and if #1 was among them. One of his similar works was a painting of the Thames at Westminster. http://www.canalettogallery.org/London,-the-Thames-at-Westminster-and-Whitehall-from-the-Terrace-of-Somerset-House,-c.1750-51.jpg

[CTyankee]

21. He's an interesting artist, IMO...it gives us an eye onto the scene, as it were...

[ananda]

10. #1 is Caneletto: Northumberland House - 1752

According to wiki, that's "the equestrian statue of Charles I by Hubert Le Sueur. It was cast in 1633, and placed in its present position in 1678."

[pinboy3niner]

11. #6: Camille Pissarro - Hyde Park, London - (1890) nt

[CTyankee]

13. excellent! Did you know he had fled a rather unpleasant Paris to London in the mid-19th century?

[Hissyspit]

14. #2 looks like a Winslow Homer

[CTyankee]

18. actually, no Homer here...

[Hissyspit]

23. Ha!

When I was looking at it on my iPhone, it looked like a Winslow Homer.

Now looking at it on my 17" laptop, it not only doesn't look like a Homer, I'm pretty sure it's not a watercolor.

[CTyankee]

27. Homer to me is the quintessential 19th century American artist, very deep into the

emerging American culture. He didn't seem to want much to do with Old Europe, like Sargent and Whistler, altho I am sure he studied the great European artists.

This painting was not done by an American artist.

[DevonRex]

16. I love #5. I want it.

I have no clue what it is. I guess I should figure that out. But it's just so nice I haven't stopped looking at it yet.

[CTyankee]

19. I love paintings that do that. You just can't take your eyes off of it...

there are hints in the picture of the era...the women's clothing, for instance. So you know the era.

HINT: it is the same era as the painting in #2...

[CTyankee]

22. I have had a similar feeling about other works of art. I saw "View of Delft" by Vermeer

in the Hague at the Mauritshaus and I couldn't take my eyes off of it. I was riveted. It was not the same picture that I had seen in photos off the Internet. The glisteining of the leaves on the trees and the departing clouds informed me that a brief shower had just happened and had passed. It was evanescent. Lovely. And so important...

[burrowowl]

24. K&R

[pinboy3niner]

25. #s 2 and 5 still unsolved?

I wish other solvers better luck than I had on these. I got nuthin'.

[CTyankee]

26. You have the answers to both. How did you get #3?

[pinboy3niner]

28. Not 2 and 5--I couldn't find those

#3 was the only one of these that turned up in a search focusing generally on paintings of London. The Pissarro (#6) turned up when I focused on impressionists.

I have to be away at an event for most of the day, but I'll check back afterward for the answers to 2 and 5.

[CTyankee]

29. OK, but you are going to facepalm yourself when you catch on...

[Hissyspit]

30. Is #2 Sickert?

Just a guess.

[CTyankee]

31. You, my dear Hissyspit, are CORRECT!

Did you get my hints?

[Hissyspit]

32. Saying he wasn't American helped, and I kind of picked up on the idea of Camden Town

which I have visited, but also when I could see the resolution much better on my laptop, I recognized his brushstroke style.

[CTyankee]

33. doyou have any idea about #5?

[Hissyspit]

34. Well, I recognized All Soul's Church by John Nash which I have walked by,

he of Brighton Pavilion fame (which I have also walked by, although it was covered with tarpaulin for restoration at the time).

So I looked up the painting and am actually not familiar with that artist (but, yes, I know who painted it).

[CTyankee]

35. Once you research Sickert it's pretty easy...Camden Group was interesting...

it was fun learning about them...

[Hissyspit]

36. Oh, yeah. I remember now. I've seen his name in reference to the group.

Didn't recognize any of his paintings, though.

[DevonRex]

37. Oh no it wasnt easy. Not for me, anyway.

I just got stuck on Sickert and could not find #5 to save my life.http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/degas-sickert-and-toulouse-lautrec

I studied everything I could find at the Tate. I knew I had seen something there that reminded me of #2 and #5. Finally at the very bottom there's a reference to the Camden Town Group. But that painting isn't there. Nor the artist. As usual, it got late and my eyes were sore...

[pinboy3niner]

38. Hissyspit's Reply #34 provides enough info to find #5

I could not have found it without that!

[CTyankee]

40. I just love Ginner. His stuff fascinates me...

[CTyankee]

39. Oh, I'm sorry for the sore eyes (my husband thinks I am a tyrant on these threads).

It took me a bit of time to find it, but I was looking specifically for artists who painted London scenes...I went through a lot of trash on Google but more real research yielded riches! Once I found the Camden Town Group I knew I had struck gold and did a lot just on that one group. Whatta journey that was! I had sore, but glad, eyes...