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Old 03-22-2005, 12:36 PM   #1
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Who painted this??




I'm using this image for a school project - got it in poster form, and it had no written info whatsoever. Does anyone know who painted it?

It's a cool project: I cut up the poster into 180 equal sized pieces, laminate them, shuffle them like a deck of cards, and distribute them to my 5 art classes - 180 students (high school). Students must reproduce their "piece" on a paper 9 times as large (in area) , using colored pencils - and having no clue as to what the image will be - until it is finally put together. Now it's together - and it is huge, about 7 X 10 feet!

It's going in a local art show and I would love to - need to - include info about the original. Help!!
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Old 03-22-2005, 02:34 PM   #2
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Sorry I can't help you with the name of the artist, but I have to ask if there is a place I can go to online to see the final project? It sounds really interesting.
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Old 03-22-2005, 02:34 PM   #3
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How Sweet to do Nothing.

Dolce Far Niente, by John Godward.
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Old 03-22-2005, 02:40 PM   #4
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Name: John William Godward
Born: London, England
9 August 1861
Died: London, England
13 December 1922

You can find more about him at http://www.mezzo-mondo.com/arts/mm/godward/godward.html

Hope it helps.
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Old 03-22-2005, 02:48 PM   #5
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A few of his paintings...
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Old 03-22-2005, 02:56 PM   #6
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I was guessing Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912), whose work is very similar.

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THANK YOU so much Claudemir. Is that the translation of the painting's title that you gave?..."How Sweet to do Nothing"?

And Janel, you are in luck!! I just took this photo, so here it is. It's gigantic - about 7 X 10 feet. Students are right now coming in to see it for the first time. They are so delighted with their work - as they should be. They worked hard - I pushed them hard, many were hesitant to go dark enough....I have reminded them that the quality of this piece represents the collective average of all the students - not just the best ones. Over 1800 "adolescent hours" went into it. I'm proud of them.

And these are all ART 1 students...(!)
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Old 03-22-2005, 03:20 PM   #8
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To give you some sense of scale:
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Old 03-22-2005, 03:30 PM   #9
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Wow! My high school Art1 teacher got fired for being drunk on the job. I would have loved to have you as a teacher.

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