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On the Bank of the Seine

Today's puzzle is based on a painting by the French artist Claude Monet called On the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourt. The painting depicts Claude Monet’s future wife, Camille Doncieux, sitting on an island in the Seine River next tot the town of Bennecourt. It is believed that she and Monet rowed to the island on one of their walks during a brief period that the couple spent in Bennecourt, near Paris.

The Basket of Apples

This new puzzle is based on Paul Cezanne 1893 painting "The Basket of Apples". This painting contains one of Cezanne's signature tilted tables, an impossible rectangle with no right angles. On the table you can see a basket of apples, a bottle of wine, a folded tablecloth and a plate of cookies. The painting is particularly remarkable for its creative composition, which rejected realistic representation in favor of distorting objects to create multiple perspectives.

Squire Jack Porter

Today's puzzle is based on Frank Blackwell Mayer's 1858 oil on paperboard painting called Independence (Squire Jack Porter). The painting depicts Jack Porter, a veteran of the War of 1812. "Squire Jack" was a self-sufficient landholder and businessman and embodied the independent spirit that had become an American ideal in the 1850s.

View of the Gulf of Pozzuoli from Solfatara

This new puzzle is base on a painting by the German artist Philipp Hackert(1737-1807) and it features a view of the Gulf of Pozzuoli from Solfatara (an area of volcanic steam vents). The Gulf of Pozzuoli is a small gulf in the northwestern end of the Gulf of Naples in the Tyrrhenian Sea. The countryside around Naples was very popular with 18th and 19th century painters due to its dramatic and impressive landscapes, volcanoes and classical ruins.

Madame Georges Charpentier And Her Children

Today's puzzle is based on a painting by Auguste Renoir. It depicts madame Georges Charpentier and her children, Georgette-Berthe and Paul-Emile-Charles in the Japanese-style sitting room of her Parisian townhouse.

In the Old Quarter

In today's new puzzle we're going back in time and visiting Sitka, Alaska in 1900. This puzzle is based on a oil on canvas, mounted on paperboard by Theodore J. Richardson and it depicts the old quarter of Sitka, a unified city-borough in the southeast portion of the U.S. state of Alaska. The landscape was painted in 1900.

Snap the Whip

Today's puzzle is based on Winslow Homer's Snap the Whip 1872 oil painting. The painting depicts a group o playing crack(snap) the whip. If you didn't know, crack the whip is a simple outdoor children's game played in small groups, either on grass or ice, usually grass. Homer spent several summers in New York's Hudson Valley, and is said to have been inspired to paint this scene by local boys playing at the Hurley schoolhouse.

The Art of Painting

This new puzzle is based on "The Art of Painting", also known as "The Allegory of Painting", or "Painter in his Studio", is a 17th-century oil on canvas painting by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. The painting depicts an artist painting a woman dressed in blue posing as a model in his studio. The painter was thought to be a self-portrait of the artist and it has been suggested that the young woman could be his daughter. The painting is considered a work with significance for Vermeer because he did not part with it or sell it, even when he was in debt.

Farmyard Fowls

Today's puzzle is based on a 1827 oil on canvas painting by John James Audubon an American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. The painting depicts two hens and a rooster in a chicken coop. Pick your difficulty, press start and give it a try!

Flower Garden and Bungalow

This new colorful puzzle is based on Winslow Homer's 1899 painting called "Flower Garden and Bungalow, Bermuda". This watercolor painting was made during Winslow's many winter visits to tropical locations. The painting depicts a bungalow surrounded by a beautiful flower garden in Bermuda.

Mountainous Landscape near Dusseldorf

Put the pieces back together and see how the mountainous landscape near Dusseldorf looked in the 1790s. The image featured in this puzzle is based on an oil on panel painting by Gerard van Nijmegen (a Dutch Old Masters artist). The painting depicts a mountainous landscape with ruins, a small waterfall and ox-wagon going over an old wooden bridge.

Grapes, Lemons, Pears, and Apples

Another art themed puzzle is here. Painted in the fall of 1887 by Vincent van Gogh, "Grapes, Lemons, Pears, and Apples" features seasonal fruit. In this painting, van Gogh employed more vibrant colors, and used a thicker, broader paint application than he had earlier.