Weaning the Calves

Amsterdam Street Scene

Today's puzzle is based on a oil on wood painting by Adrianus Eversen (painter) Dutch, 1818 - 1897. The artist is known for portraying the typical 19th century Dutch atmosphere in his work. In this painting he depicted a small street in Amsterdam. Curious to see how a street in Amsterdam looked back then? Click start, put the pieces back together and take a look.

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.

The Postman

Today's puzzle is based on Vincent Van Gogh's 1888 painting with the same name. Joseph Roulin, the main character of this painting, was a postal employee in Arles, became a surrogate "big brother" for the artist, caring for Vincent during the major onset of mental illness that came in 1888, and seeing him through the asylum months of early 1889.

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.

Mussel Fishers at Berneval

Another art themed puzzle is here. This new one is based on Pierre-Auguste Renoir's 1879 painting called "Pêcheuses de moules à Berneval, côte normand" (Mussel-Fishers at Berneval). Renoir painted this idyllic scene of a family gathering mussels during an 1879 visit to the Normandy coast. Marine mussels are abundant in the low and mid intertidal zone in temperate seas globally. People have used mussels as food for thousands of years. There are about 17 edible species of mussels that live in saltwater or freshwater habitats.

Still Life with Teapot and Fruit

This puzzle is based on a painting by Paul Gauguin. It depicts a teapot and some mangoes on a table, a Tahitian-style printed cloth in the background and human figure at the upper right, viewed through a door or window. The painting tries to emulate Cezanne's "Still Life with Fruit Dish" - painting that Gauguin owned at the time.

Garden at Sainte-Adresse

This puzzle is based on the painting with the same name by the French impressionist painter Claude Monet. Monet spent the summer of 1867 at the resort town of Sainte-Adresse on the English Channel, near Le Havre (France). It was there, in a garden with a view of Honfleur on the horizon, that he painted this picture. The models were probably Monet's father, Adolphe, in the foreground, Monet's cousin's wife Jeanne-Marguerite Lecadre at the fence; Adolphe, her father; and perhaps, Sophie, her sister, the woman seated with her back to the viewer. The painting is now in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Wooded Landscape with Travelers

This new puzzle is based on Jan Brueghel the Elder 1610 oil on panel painting "Wooded Landscape with Travelers". Jan Brueghel the Elder was a Flemish painter and draughtsman. He worked in many genres including history paintings, landscapes and seascapes, hunting pieces, village scenes, allegorical and mythological scenes, battle scenes and more. Wooded Landscape with Travelers depicts a rustic scene in the Flemish countryside. Farmers and their animals are depicted traveling to and from a city in the distance.

Old Bruton Church

Today we're going back to the 1890s and visiting the Bruton Church in the restored area of Colonial Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia. This puzzle is based on a oil on canvas painting by Alfred Wordsworth Thompson and it depicts the Bruton Parish Church. The church was constructed between 1711 and 1715. The building was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970 as a well-preserved early example of colonial religious architecture.

Fishing in Spring, the Pont de Clichy

This new art themed puzzle is base on Vincent van Gogh's 1887 oil on canvas painting called Fishing in Spring, the Pont de Clichy (Asnières). The setting of this work is the Seine River at the Pont de Clichy, near Asnières. The Seine has been an integral part of Parisian life for centuries for commerce, travel and entertainment and it has been the subject and location of the paintings that Vincent van Gogh made in 1887. Longing for tranquil settings, van Gogh began to paint beyond the city fortifications and along the banks of the Seine, in Asnières and the island of Grand Jatte. He experimented with a lighter, more colorful palette than used in his early Dutch paintings or Montmartre series.

Still Life with Monkey, Fruits, and Flowers

This new puzzle has it all - fruits, some beautiful flowers and a cute monkey. The game is base on a the painting with the same name by Jean Baptiste Oudry a French Rococo painter, engraver, and tapestry designer. The oil on canvas painting depicts a cute monkey trying to get a piece a fruit from a large ceramic container placed in the middle of a beautiful garden. Pick your difficulty level, click start and put the monkey, the fruit and the beautiful flowers back together and complete today's challenge. Have fun!

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.