Last week, I was honored to learn that the number of readers who follow this blog had topped 100 people. I am grateful to all of you for your support and encouragement in this little endeavor of mine. Little did I know when I began this just over a year ago, how much I would enjoy producing these posts, or that I might meet so many other artists who would find something of value in what I had to say. I can only hope that the people who have examined this blog might have gotten at least a fraction from the reading of it, as I have gotten in the writing of it. Thank you all.
To celebrate passing the 100 mark, I've decided to run a contest. The first person who correctly identifies the artist and the title of the painting represented by the detail image below will receive a brand new
#4 Holbein Series SX Painting Knife. Best of luck!
5 comments:
I've figured it out, but I'm in England. Can I still enter or would you rather keep things more local? I don't want to ruin it by saying the answer if you'd rather not send something over here!
I left it open to everyone, including those living in England. I'll still ship it to you.
Hoorah! In that case, the painting is Lamia by John William Waterhouse!
It is actually Lamia by the Pond as there was more than one Lamia painting by Waterhouse. Give it to Simon though. :-)
Interesting, Michael. I had never heard Waterhouse's Lamia of 1909 referred to as "Lamia by the Pond." I believe it was submitted to the Royal Academy with only the one word title. Of course, so much of this information always gets lost or altered (just like A Tale from the Decameron is simply labelled The Decameron in some sources).
Waterhouse did as many as 5 paintings of Lamia, most of which were unusually large compared to the standard size of his work. It seems this version from 1909 is actually a reduction, the original being lost. Only this smaller copy, and the two-figure composition of Lamia and Lycius from 1905 are now located.
Thank you both for your responses.
Congratulations Simon! I'm not sure these painting knives are sold in the UK, so I am doubly happy to introduce them to you. Please send your address to my email (matthew@innisfineart.com) and I will send it out to you as soon as possible!
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