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| What is the name of the Cos Cob artists whose work resembles the painting attached to the QR code ( The painting attached is by French Impressionist Claude Monet. ) What characteristics are found in the one painting and not in the other? | Robert Lewis Reid-Summer Breezes- The woman in Reid's painting is not holding a parasol. Trees appear in the background of Reid's and Monet's work includes a boy. By including the umbrella the girl seems more feminine
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| | This New Hope Pennsylvania artist was known for using a technique in painting called impasto. Impasto is where paint is applied or laid on very thickly to show texture. This painting not only shows texture but also was made in plein air when the days were cold in the valley. Name the artist and tell me how he sometimes might have held up his canvasses to paint. | Edward Willis Redfield, strapped canvasses to the trees knee deep in snow
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| | Although you may not see any goats in Daniel Garber's Goat Hill, what you do see is a river. What is the name of this river and what is so presidential about it? | Delaware River, President George Washington crossed it with his troops during Revolutionary War.
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| | This large portrait was painted by a Boston schooled artist. Tragically this artist lost many of his art work to a fire in 1904. Who was this artist and what is the lady holding in her portrait? What other piece of art work in the collection has a woman holding the same object? | William Worcester Churchill, holding a fan, Portrait of Mrs. Reid by George Agnew Reid
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| | These two artist colonies in the exhibit were not from the east coast. Name the two colonies and a piece of art work. | Taos ( New Mexico ) California, Indian Hunter by Eanger Irving Couse
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| | This artist's seascape painted in Maine was not originally signed nor dated. Who was the artist and why didn't he sign and date his work? | Edward Willis Redfield-Booth Bay, Maine. Redfield had no money sold the painting and then rediscovered it in a museum where it was confirmed it was his.
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| | This current photo attached to the QR code shows a bridge in Schuyikill County, Pennsylvania. What painting shows the same bridge? Who is the artist and what is seen in the painting that is not in the photo? When was the bridge built? | Joseph Trevitts-Reading in Dry Winter, can see trees in the painting, bridge built 1913
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| | Guy Wiggins art work shares a common name with a local town in Virginia. This town in Virginia is located across the York River and is home to many fishermen. What is the name of the town and what is the state that shares the same name with Virginia? | Glouchester , Massachusetts
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| | The artist of this painting dedicated this work to his teacher. Name the artist and the teacher it was dedicated to. | Charles Webster Hawthorne dedicated to William Merritt Chase
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| | Whose palette is in the exhibit? Is it the same palette that he painted? What is a palette? | William Merritt Chase, no , a palette is used by an artist to hold and mix paint. |
