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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumshubby figured out the art question which will be on tonight's "Jeopardy." I didn't...
Won't be a spoiler but it has to do with a glass window in American art. I had the wrong window and the wrong artist.
Welp...
Sanity Claws
(21,851 posts)so without knowing anything else, I would go for that.
If they gave some facts about geometric shapes, I'd guess Wright.
Spoil the surprise for me by sending me a personal message. I won't be able to catch Jeopardy tonight.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)MineralMan
(146,324 posts)I believe it's at the Chicago Art Institute Museum.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)However, the question is about an American work.
MineralMan
(146,324 posts)I stood for a very long time in front of it on my last visit to the museum.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)What a treasure!
Sanity Claws
(21,851 posts)Sounds like I misunderstood your opening post. I thought you were talking about artistic windows, like stained glass windows, not windows in an oil painting.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)appalachiablue
(41,168 posts)The widely known work of Thomas Hart Benton and Rockwell fit the Americana theme and time too.
Then I saw the Clue below which def leads to the most likely and popular Grant Wood 'American Gothic.'
Fun stuff! More art posts please when you can.
CatMor
(6,212 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)So hubby and I put in our guesses and then watch Jeopardy that night. It's fun comparing our answers. Sorry, I should have added that to my op.
It sounds like fun. I'm a avid Jeopardy watcher.
Orrex
(63,219 posts)Donkees
(31,447 posts)PERHAPS BOUGHT FROM A SEARS CATALOG, A WINDOW FOR AN 1880s FARMHOUSE INSPIRED THE NAME OF THIS 1930 PAINTING
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)I feel embarrassed.
Brother Buzz
(36,456 posts)Although some of us prefer to know just the category before the show airs, nevertheless it gives us Jeopardy! enthusiasts something to chew on.
Curious, were you thinking Andrew Wyeth?
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)and sorry, I realize it's not a spoiler...
Brother Buzz
(36,456 posts)But if I was to take a stab, I'd guess, "Wind from the Sea"
I was initially flashed on "Christina's World", but the windows are pretty insignificant.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)I have done essays on American artists such as Sargent, Hopper, Bellows, Warhol, Twombly, and Rockwell. I was going to do one on James MacNeil Whistler. I had it all written and was going to post it here but my memory of how I posted the images went bad on me...I truly forgot how I did it. I had to save the image to another of my files and do and upload/download procedure for each image. It was tricky and I gave up...
Brother Buzz
(36,456 posts)Hove you studied Thaddeus Welch or Grace Hudson?
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)Hey, this might be my next project! I'm getting my book on various artists ranging from the 13th to the 20th century (first published on DU) published in the spring. I was wondering what I would research/write on next. Thank you for the tip on Welch and Hudson.
Tell me what you think of them...
Brother Buzz
(36,456 posts)There are a slew of extensive biographies on her, all extraordinary reads. I guess Wikipedia is a good start:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hudson
Thaddeus Welch is a little more personal; he grew up in Oregon, but summered in my Podunk town in the Sacramento Valley. He, and his deaf and dumb cousin (from my town) studied art in Europe together. I have the only known surviving painting done by his cousin, and have been trying to weasel a Thaddeus Welch painting from MY cousin so I can hang them side by side.
Putting my quest aside, Thaddeus Welch was the quintessential Bohemian artist. That, and I can identify his work from thirty feet away (I did it at the Oakland art museum!).
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)interesting juxtaposition of her art portraying Native Americans and Welch which is so reminiscent of the Hudson River school of Albert Bierstadt. I am touched by Grace Hudson's little children, many swaddled so tenderly.
Thank you for opening a new art world for me to study and research.
P.S. California is dear to me as my daughter, son in law and grandson live there. I was thrilled to see Magritte's This is Not a Pipe at LACMA and also a rare lending of
the bust of Costanza by Gianlorenzo Bernini at the Getty. I saw the latter again at the Bargello in Florence.
Brother Buzz
(36,456 posts)cyberswede
(26,117 posts)lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)But I'll wait till this evening.
appalachiablue
(41,168 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,456 posts)It should be noted that George Lucas's Skywalker Ranch is a whooping six miles away from Frank Loyd Wright's opus.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)malaise
(269,151 posts)but it was not that hard. Happy Holidays