Trivia Tuesday is a weekly feature where I try and stump our readers with interesting art facts. Test your knowledge of the art world and let’s see if you have what it takes to be an art master.

Question: What famous museum hung Matisse’s ‘Le Bateau’ upside-down for 47 days before an art student noticed the error?

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**polls close next Tuesday, 7/7/09 and the correct answer will be shared then.

Last week’s poll answer: #3; Medium

Today is Jackson Pollock’s birthday. Google has a special logo for the day that features his iconic style, reminiscent of his Convergence painting.

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Jackson Pollock Biography

Nicknamed “Jack the Dripper,” Pollock would literally drip paint (of the most toxic variety) on his canvases in order to create his paintings. He was the first action painter, meaning that he would drip, pour, throw and splash his paint onto very large canvases which were often laid flat on the floor of his New York studio. Many say he would dance, as though in a trance, as he created his masterpieces.

Number 18 by Jackson Pollock

Born in 1912, Pollock was one of the most influential American Abstract Expressionist painters. By the time of his death on August 11, 1956, his work and example were exerting an enormous influence on his contemporaries both in the United States and western Europe. He was one of the few American painters to be recognized during his lifetime and afterward as the peer of 20th-century European masters of modern art.

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Here are some Emily and I made!

Pollock by Nate

Emily Loves Jackson by Emily

“Wyeth gave America a prim and flinty view of Puritan rectitude, starchily sentimental, through parched gray and brown pictures of spooky frame houses, desiccated fields, deserted beaches, circling buzzards and craggy-faced New Englanders.” – The New York Times

Cristina’s World by Andrew Wyeth

Andrew Wyeth’s artwork is a sharp contrast to the then widely popular movement of abstract art. Painting at a time with contemporaries such as Jackson Pollock and the infamous Andy Warhol, his style was aptly out of place. But, that is often the exact sentiment that makes his work so enduring.

Rural scenes inspired by his hometown of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania set Wyeth apart from other Modernist artist of the time. Often refered to as “a painter of the people” his work has also “sparked endless debates about the nature of modern art (NYT).”

Master Bedroom by Andrew Wyeth

The muted and somewhat bleak representations of familiar scenes stirs a sense of wonder and mystery as you view Wyeth’s paintings. The juxtaposition between common, usually inviting familial scenes and the emptiness and isolation creates the sense of a displacement that Wyeth often experienced in his own artistic life.

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Visit andrewwyeth.com for additional information about the artist.

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We continue to see the demand interior decorators and designers have in finding high quality framed artwork, at an affordable price. That is why Imagekind launched this service. By creating a one stop shop for framed and canvas artwork, decorators and designers can easily find artwork for businesses, hotels, offices, hospitals, hospitality organizations and other corporate settings.

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The portrait is one of the most striking forms of art. The ability to successfully represent such a complex subject has always astounded me. The portrait predominantly emphasizes a subject’s face and their expressions but is not limited to simply that. The portrait allows the artist to depict visually, what a person is experiencing in any given situation or moment in time.

Image: Tina
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