#AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUnloved #Photography Battered siding plus bare branches

November's theme: Stolen Art VINCENT VAN GOGH (1853 - 1890), “Fortifications of Paris with Houses”, 1887. Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, UK. #arthistory #art #watercolor #VanGogh

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUnloved #Photography Old paint

November's theme: Stolen Art PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841 - 1919), “Landscape on the Banks of the Seine”, 1879. Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland US. #arthistory #art #Renoir

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUnloved #Photography Abandoned blast furnace

November's theme: Stolen Art BERTHE MORISOT (1841 – 1895), “Young Woman at the Ball”, 1875. Musée Marmottan, Paris, France. Morisot was the lone female artist who threw in her lot with the upstart French Impressionists at the beginning of their movement. #arthistory #art #Impressionism #Morisot

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUnloved #Photography

November's theme: Stolen Art J. M. W. TURNER (1775 - 1851), “Glaucus and Scylla”, 1841. Kimball Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas US. #arthistory #art #Turner

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUnloved #Photography #Pennsylvania Abandoned barn

November's theme: Stolen Art FRANCESCO GUARDI (1712 - 1793), “The Grand Canal in Venice with the Palazzo Bembo”, c. 1768. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California US. #arthistory #art #Guardi

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUnloved #Photography "No Forced Displacement" (went unheeded)

November's theme: Stolen Art (Attributed to) GIUSEPPI GHISLANDI (1655 - 1743), “Portrait of a lady”, 1743. Buenos Aires Holocaust Museum, Argentina (temporary hold).

Attention Alphabetters! Mon 17 Nov is the start of Week U and the theme for the #AlphabetChallenge is Unloved. So that’s pics of things that are run down and/or neglected. We’re heading into the difficult letters so expect themes to be harder as choices are limited! Use the # below and have fun😊

November's theme: Stolen Art REMBRANDT (1606 – 1669), “Self-Portrait with Beret and Gathered Shirt”, 1630. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden. #arthistory #art #Rembrandt #selfie

November's theme: Stolen Art PETER PAUL RUBENS (1577 - 1640), “The Descent from the Cross”, 1612. Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp, Belgium. Rubens’ “The Descent from the Cross” has the distinction of having been looted by both French forces (1794) and German forces (1914). #arthistory #art #Rubens

November's theme: Stolen Art (Workshop of) JAN BRUEGHEL THE ELDER (1568 - 1625), “Landscape with Vehicles and Cattle”, 1600-1616. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Quebec Canada. #arthistory #art #StolenArt

November's theme: Stolen Art PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER (c. 1525 - 1569), “The Peasant Dance”, 1567. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria. Bruegel’s “The Peasant Dance” is another masterpiece that was seized by Napoleon in 1808. It was returned to Austria in 1815. #arthistory #art #Bruegel

November's theme: Stolen Art ALBRECHT ALTDORFER (1480 - 1538), “The Battle of Alexander at Issus”, 1529. Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany. The German Albrecht Altdorfer's painting The Battle of Alexander at Issus was looted by Napoleon's army in 1800. #arthistory #art #AlexanderTheGreat #Napoleon

November's theme: Stolen Art LEONARDO DA VINCI (1452 - 1519), “Mona Lisa”, 1503-06. The Louvre, Paris, France. #arthistory #art #leonardo #MonaLisa

November's theme: Stolen Art PIETRO PERUGINO (1446 - 1523), “The Marriage of the Virgin”, 1500. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Caen, France. Perugino’s “The Marriage of the Virgin” was created for the Chapel of Santo Anello in the Cathedral of San Lorenzo in Perugia. #arthistory #art #Perugino

November's theme: Stolen Art PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA (c. 1415 - 1492), “The Senigallia Madonna”, 1474-78. Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino, Italy. #arthistory #art #Renaissance #Italy

Attention Alphabetters! Mon 10 Nov is the start of Week T and the theme for the #AlphabetChallenge is Television. Caption your pic with the name of a TV programme. Pic doesn’t need to relate to the plot- just to the title. A tricky one this week - so get creative! Use the # below and have fun😊

November's theme: Stolen Art HANS MEMLING (1430 - 1494), “The Last Judgment”, 1467-71. National Museum, Gdańsk, Poland. This beautiful Hans Memling triptych was stolen by Polish pirates in April 1473, making it the first recorded art heist in history. #arthistory #art #pirates #Memling

November's theme: Stolen Art ANDREA MANTEGNA (1431 - 1506), “The Resurrection”, 1456-59. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tours, France. In 1797, French troops stole the San Zeno Altarpiece by the Italian Renaissance master, Andrea Mantegno, from the Basilica of San Zeno in Verona, Italy. #arthistory #art

November's theme: Stolen Art FRA FILIPPO LIPPI (c. 1406 - 1469), “The Barbadori Altarpiece”, 1438. The Louvre, Paris, France. This is the central panel of an altarpiece commissioned for the Barbadori family chapel in Santo Spirito in Florence, Italy. #arthistory #art #ItalianRenaissance

November's theme: Stolen Art GIOTTO (c. 1267 - 1337), “St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata”, c. 1295. The Louvre, Paris, France. Giotto’s “St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata” is another masterwork looted from Italy during the Napoleonic Era. #arthistory #art #Giotto #Napoleon

November's theme: Stolen Art DURGA MAHISHASURAMARDINI, 8th century CE. This small stone statue of the Hindu goddess, Durga, was donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2015. The Museum returned it to India in 2018.

November's theme: Stolen Art BYZANTINE MOSAIC OF ST. MARK, 6th Century CE. Byzantine Museum, Nicosia, Cyprus. A sixth-century Byzantine mosaic of St. Mark was stolen from the Panayia Kanakaria Church, in Lythrangomi, Cyprus, following the Turkish invasion of 1974. #arthistory #art #Cyprus #mosaic

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekRforRocks #Photography #Spain Montserrat, Spain

Attention Alphabetters! Mon 3 Nov is the start of Week S and the theme for the #AlphabetChallenge is Shadows. Any pic with a shadow or shadows as the subject or prominent feature. Simple or arty farty - your choice. But no silhouettes- just shadows. Use the # below and have fun😊

November's theme: Stolen Art CAPITOLINE BRUTUS BUST, late 4th – 3rd centuries BCE. Capitoline Museums, Rome, Italy. This bust is the first of many items we will look at this month that were looted by Napoleonic troops and officials beginning around 1794. #arthistory #art #sculpture #AncientRome

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekRforRock #Photography #BlockIsland Rocky beach leading to the North Lighthouse, Block Island, Rhode Island US.

November's theme: Stolen Art LAPIS LAZULI SPHINX BRACELET INLAY, c. 1323 BCE. Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt. This small artifact was excavated from Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922 by Howard Carter, who liked it so much he kept it. #arthistory #art #StolenArt #Egypt #Tutankhamun

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekRforRock #Photography THE Rock (Alcatraz Island)

October's theme: Fabulous Gowns in Art AMY SHERALD (born 1973), “First Lady Michelle Obama”, 2018. National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC. #arthistory #art #MichelleObama #AmySherald #portrait

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekRforRock #Photography Milwaukee Botanical Garden, Wisconsin US

October's theme: Fabulous Gowns in Art DIEGO RIVERA (1886 - 1957), “Retrato de la Señora Amparo Rugarcía de Espinosa”, 1952. Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico. #arthistory #art #Mexico #DiegoRivera #portrait

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekRforRock #BlockIsland #Hiking A rocky trail being conquered (go, Ohtani!)

October's theme: Fabulous Gowns in Art TAMARA DE LEMPICKA (1894 - 1980), “Young Lady with Gloves”, 1927. Centre Pompidou, Paris, France. Behold the modern woman of the 1920s! #arthistory #art #RoaringTwenties #Lempicka

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekRforRock #Waders How New England is this?? Rock wall with fishing waders drying on the clothes line.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekRforRock #SouthDakota The Crazy Horse Memorial (in 2010).

October's theme: Fabulous Gowns in Art HERMEN ANGLADA CAMARASA (1871 - 1959), “Woman from Granada”, c. 1914. Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. #arthistory #art #catalan

Attention Alphabetters! Mon 27 Oct is the start of Week R and the theme for the #AlphabetChallenge is Rock. An actual rock or rocks, rock music, sticks of rock, things that rock - basically any interpretation of the word. The choice is yours. Use the # below and have fun😊

October's theme: Fabulous Gowns in Art RAIMUNDO DE MADRAZO Y GARRETA (1841 – 1920), “Portrait of Maria Hahn”, 1901. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain. #arthistory #art #portrait #cosplay

October's theme: Fabulous Gowns in Art GIOVANNI BOLDONI (1842 - 1931), “Marchesa Luisa Casati with Greyhound”, 1908. Private collection. Meet the “Master of Swish”, the Italian artist Giovanni Boldoni who found his niche as a portrait painter of the rich and glamorous. #arthistory #art #portrait

October's theme: Fabulous Gowns in Art JOHN SINGER SARGENT (1856 – 1925), “Portrait of Mrs. Hugh Hammersley”, 1892. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City US. This gown was the inspiration for a costume on HBO’s “The Gilded Age” worn by Bertha Russell. #arthistory #art #JohnSingerSargent

October's theme: Fabulous Gowns in Art JAMES TISSOT (1836 – 1902), “Seaside (July: Specimen of a Portrait), 1878. Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio US. Does this gown look familiar to my fellow HBO “The Gilded Age” fans? #arthistory #art #Tissot #GladysRussell

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekQForQuiet Milwaukee Art Museum

October's theme: Fabulous Gowns in Art PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841 - 1919), “La Loge (The Theatre Box)”, 1874. Courtauld Institute of Art, London UK. This was the first of at least fourteen paintings for which Renoir used the young model, Nini Lopez. #arthistory #art #Renoir

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekQForQuiet Montauk, New York