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Old 02-06-2009, 01:55 PM   #41
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Andrea, can you tell us who made the other paintings in the hotel? Maybe that's a hint.
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Oh, wow, you people are really fussing around a lot over this.

Perhaps you should just try to contact someone on the development team of the game and ask about it?
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Old 02-07-2009, 01:18 AM   #43
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I don't know any member of the development team...
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Andrea, can you tell us who made the other paintings in the hotel? Maybe that's a hint.
It was actually said in the thread that they're mainly quite famous French impressionists,
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I counted three Renoir, one Manet and four Degas.

Indeed no Monet, at least no Monet that I can clearly recognize!
Which would be one more hint (in addition to many people having a hunch) that it is in fact a Monet painting, or a piece of a larger Monet, as a few suggested.
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Which would be one more hint (in addition to many people having a hunch) that it is in fact a Monet painting, or a piece of a larger Monet, as a few suggested.
Yes. That's what I think.
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Old 02-07-2009, 10:35 AM   #46
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I was looking at a site called Moby Games and they have a list of people who worked on it, I am not sure who [the technically term] is responsible for the artwork on the walls but the Lead 3D Environment Artist is Aubrey Pullman and it looks like you can get in contact with him, maybe asking him if he knows.
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Old 02-07-2009, 01:11 PM   #47
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Pfff,I looked through more than 50 pages of Monets on Europeana but I haven't found her. I guess our painting is no Monet. I wonder if it isn't a Van Gogh. I know he was Dutch but he lived in France for a long time and made a lot of paintings in the style of the one we are looking for.
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Old 03-01-2009, 09:15 PM   #48
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I totally forgot to tell you that I have an answer from the art expert I told you about (the mother of the girl friend I visited). She says that she can't find a Monet with the girl in it, and we could try Berthe Morisot or Mary Cassatt, who is the American girlfriend of Degas.
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Did a large-ish search on Morisot and a smaller search on Cassatt, but couldn't find anything... I think Morisot looks more promising, especially since she fits the profile of a French impressionist (Cassatt being American, as tsa said).
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I likewise tried Morisot but with no luck. Later today, I have to try Cassat...
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BBP from the Gabriel Knight 4 Campaign forum, found the picture:

http://www.gabrielknight4campaign.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=138&p=2032#p2030

Federico Zandomeneghi (1841 Venice - 1917 Paris)
Signora nel prato (Woman in the field), 1893
Oil on canvas, 46 by 38 cm. From private collection.

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Old 03-20-2009, 10:44 AM   #52
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That is so cool! Congratulations, us! And thanks, Andrea, for posting!

Edit: here is a lot more info about the painter. Make sure you unblock your popup-blocker for the site.

Edit II: "translation" here.

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BBP from the Gabriel Knight 4 Campaign forum, found the picture:

http://www.gabrielknight4campaign.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=138&p=2032#p2030

Federico Zandomeneghi (1841 Venice - 1917 Paris)
Signora nel prato (Woman in the field), 1893
Oil on canvas, 46 by 38 cm. From private collection.



Frederico Zandomeneghi? Wow. I love art, but I was leaning towards a Dega myself.

Glad you guys figured it out. We have such sharp folks here.
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Old 03-20-2009, 09:51 PM   #54
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Persistance is king. It only took 5 months to find it out!
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Wow. I feel empty now...
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Yeah, shall we do another one?
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Old 03-21-2009, 09:17 AM   #57
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That was an excellent mystery and a great find - just like an adventure game! While I was reading the thread, I had thought it might be Lilla Cabot Perry because of some similarities in style.

This is the first I've heard of Zandomeneghi, but I really like his work. It seems that the majority of his paintings and drawings are of females. Over the years I've bought, from various museum shops, notecards and calendars with women reading as the theme. I'm surprised that I haven't seen any of his works used because he has many that would be appropriate.
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