Who Painted This? #43

Who painted this? #43

Sorry this is late. I know how keenly or together with then of yous hold off for this weekly challenge!

I'd never seen this icon earlier together with yous mightiness bring or together with then difficulty tracking it down. However later concluding week's I'm certain or together with then of yous volition rising to the challenge!

It all depends on whether or non yous recognise the style, intend virtually the dates - together with bring been edifice upward a serial of links to possible sources.....

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Who Painted This #42 - The Answer

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Title of the artwork: Torre de los Picos / Los Picos Tower The Tower of the Seven Peaks Torre de los siete picos. La Alhambra, Granada.
Name of the creative mortal who created this artwork: Joaquín Sorolla
Date it was created: 1910
Media used: Oil on canvass 81.5 cm x 106
Where it lives now: Museo Sorolla, Madrid

This icon focuses on a persuasion of the outer fortifications of the Alhrambra.  The the Tower of the Seven Peaks is painted from Mihrab, The Captive Tower.  (The link is to a photograph of the same scene today)

I used a issue of courses to gear upward up a flick of this painting. However, the sources I establish for or together with then of the details of the paintings are inwards unwieldy sites amongst images which are far also large - therefore no links from here!

The prototype on Wikipedia has been overhyped amongst colour.  Hence I've toned it downward together with muted it.  There are or together with then online images of it inwards a frame hanging inwards an exhibition - together with it looks much nicer inwards those!

There was an exhibition of paintings of the Alhambra together with Granada past times Sorolla inwards 2011-12 together with I'd bring loved to bring seen it!

Who guessed correct?

Who painted this #42? Congratulations to John O'Grady who was outset amongst the cry of the creative mortal together with ALL the other available details. (Nicolas Borderies genuinely supplied the cry of the creative mortal outset - simply failed to render whatsoever other details)

It was dandy to run into a bunch of novel names getting the right answers this week. Others who got all the right answers were:

• Debra Keirce - who commented on how Sorolla painted white amongst lots of colours
• Barbara Jackson - who has stuided how Sorolla used lite together with has done lesson plans based on his work.
• Alyson Champ - whose hubby helped (Let's withdraw heed it for the hubbies!)
• Angelique - who commented that she loved Sorolla's paintings every bit they are a twosome betwixt impressionism together with realism amongst beautiful light.

However it completely stumped 2 of the regulars who provide answers for these challenges - together with then if yous didn't larn yous were inwards real adept company!

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Just for the tape - anybody who leaves a comment on the page which lists all the "who painted this?" rather than the specific blog postal service is non counted.  You bring been warned!

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