Would it be an ancient Greek marble statue of a lion, the great Titian's portrait of King Philip IV of Spain or the shoulder mask by the Baga people of Guinea? The choice is yours in the People's Art Poll, in which people vote for the Cincinnati Art Museum's No. 1 work of art. The curator is filtered through a collection of 60,000 pieces to come up with the 25 candidates.
Top 10 will be announced August 6 and September 30 winners. Every Sunday, we profile the 25 candidates in A & E.
Beds, 1882-83
Artists: Benn Pitman (1822 -1910), Adelaide Nourse Pitman (1859 -1893), Elizabeth Nourse (1859 -1938).
Crossing the pond: Benn Pitman was a British expatriate who settled in Cincinnati in the early 1850s and is one of the fathers of Cincinnati Art-carved furniture movement.
May-December romance: In 1882, Benn was married to one of his woodcarving students, Adelaide Nourse, 37 years younger. To commemorate their wedding, she designed a grand mahogany bed, which was carved by Adelaide.
All in the family: twin Adelaide, Elizabeth, painted panels on the headboard. Elizabeth became the famous artist, traveled to Paris in 1887 to paint. He was one of the first American woman elected to the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts.
FOG ON GUERNSEY (GUERNSEY À BROUILLARD), 1883
Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 -1919), French
Isle idyll: oil painting is a view of sparkling look down the mist hovering over the blue waves of Moulin Huet Bay, a resort island off the southern coast of Guernsey.
The turning point: Renoir's beach vacation when he arrived at a very experimental. He painted 11 works for one month stay, four of them landscapes.
Did you know: This is the most expensive work of art museum has ever purchased. For various reasons, mainly security among them, the staff will not divulge the cost.
Top 10 will be announced August 6 and September 30 winners. Every Sunday, we profile the 25 candidates in A & E.
Beds, 1882-83
Artists: Benn Pitman (1822 -1910), Adelaide Nourse Pitman (1859 -1893), Elizabeth Nourse (1859 -1938).
Crossing the pond: Benn Pitman was a British expatriate who settled in Cincinnati in the early 1850s and is one of the fathers of Cincinnati Art-carved furniture movement.
May-December romance: In 1882, Benn was married to one of his woodcarving students, Adelaide Nourse, 37 years younger. To commemorate their wedding, she designed a grand mahogany bed, which was carved by Adelaide.
All in the family: twin Adelaide, Elizabeth, painted panels on the headboard. Elizabeth became the famous artist, traveled to Paris in 1887 to paint. He was one of the first American woman elected to the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts.
FOG ON GUERNSEY (GUERNSEY À BROUILLARD), 1883
Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 -1919), French
Isle idyll: oil painting is a view of sparkling look down the mist hovering over the blue waves of Moulin Huet Bay, a resort island off the southern coast of Guernsey.
The turning point: Renoir's beach vacation when he arrived at a very experimental. He painted 11 works for one month stay, four of them landscapes.
Did you know: This is the most expensive work of art museum has ever purchased. For various reasons, mainly security among them, the staff will not divulge the cost.
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