This is driving me insane. What is the name of the 19th century American folk painter, called something like Franz Vogl, Kogl, Vogel, Fogel - something Austrian sounding - who drew very distinctive landscapes featuring buildings with mildly distorted perspectives and a lot of horizontal lines, usually titled below with calligraphic captions like "Miss Joanna Cunningham's House." [more inside]
posted by fire&wings on Nov 13, 2009 - 4 answers

My grandmother had a painting hanging in her bedroom for many years, and I'd like to find a print of it. Hoping that someone here can identify it for me. [more inside]
posted by thanotopsis on Sep 11, 2009 - 5 answers

Who painted the cover to Royal Trux' Accelerator album, and do they have any other work I can look at?
posted by mediareport on Aug 23, 2009 - 2 answers

IDThisBookFilter: I'm looking for a fantasy book by several authors which features a family of painters who can trap people in a painting if they mix their bodily fluids in with the paint. [more inside]
posted by snoogles on Aug 5, 2009 - 3 answers

Painting Filter: I am purchasing some second hand wicker chairs for my porch. What's the best way to repaint them? [more inside]
posted by Weaslegirl on Jun 6, 2009 - 7 answers

How will I know when I'm done scraping the paint off of this window molding? What are the final steps before painting? [more inside]
posted by OmieWise on May 7, 2009 - 9 answers

Painting ID question with hilariously scant details. [more inside]
posted by saladin on Mar 20, 2009 - 4 answers

Can you help me find a painting? [more inside]
posted by iconomy on Mar 19, 2009 - 22 answers

Help me identify this painting. [more inside]
posted by unidyne7 on Mar 8, 2009 - 7 answers

who painted the painting on the cover of this audiobook? Thanks!
posted by redheadeb on Feb 27, 2009 - 5 answers

Where in NYC can I see works by Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt on display right now? [more inside]
posted by D.Billy on Feb 14, 2009 - 6 answers

Does anyone know where I can find a high res image of Lucas Cranach's The Fall of Man? Or, alternatively, a high res version of another classic painting of the Adam/Eve/Apple/Garden of Eden/Devil image?
posted by crossoverman on Mar 18, 2008 - 4 answers

Is anyone familiar with a surreal painting that shows a man and a woman lying in a bed that is floating down a river? [more inside]
posted by kuujjuarapik on Jun 23, 2007 - 5 answers

I've got some Chinese paintings from my late grandfather, and I'm having trouble finding more information about them. Here's what he had to say about them (image, transcript inside) and here's a scan I made of one of them (image). I don't know enough about this subject to make educated guesses, and the information from my grandfather is either inaccurate or just a dead-end. So basically, I'd like to know anything that you know about this. I'd be happy to scan more of the prints as well if someone needs additional information. [more inside]
posted by j.edwards on Apr 19, 2005 - 6 answers