Finished 30th September 2014

 100 Pieces

Adaption of Frank Llyod Wright - Liberty magazine cover design

Old fashioned window, 1927

&

100 Pieces

Frank Llyod Wright

Reception hall laylight, Oak Park Studio, 1897

Finished 30th September 2014

500 Pieces

Oslo

59° 54′N, 10° 45 E

Capital City of Norway with 640.000 inhabitants. It was founded in the year 1000.

The price level is very high and since 2006,  Oslo is more expensive than Tokio.

Sights to see: the royal palace and the town hall - the building on this jigsaw puzzle. It's the place where the nobel price for peace is granted every year.

The jigsaw puzzle was made by Ravensburger for its 'world wide series' in 1973.

Finished 29th September 2014

 400 Pieces

View of London with the Thames

by Antonio Canaletto

A vintage Waddington 'Vari-Piece'-jigsaw puzzle on Qualitex Board.

Finished 28th September 2014

 1000 Pieces

Nene Thomas: "A Chance Encounter"

Finished 25th September 2014

70 Pieces

Queen Elisabeth I.

A vintage Chad Valley Wooden Jigsaw Puzzle

Unfortunately I didn't find any information regarding the picture: no artist, no date, no theme...

Finished 22nd September 2014

9 Pieces

four cute Dogs have to be assembled correctly :-)

The white Terrier is called "Bello Bond" - according to childrens books edited in 1996-1998.

Finished 21st September 2014 - mission completed :-)

300 Pieces

Sidney Harbour Bridge with the P & O Liner "Strathaird" (1932-1961)

I assembled this jigsaw puzzle before, but it was incomplete.

This time I shared the fun assembling it with my husband :-)

 

 

 

 

Finished 21st September 2014 + updated 25th August 2016 (new picture)

  1000 Pieces

Masai Mara National Reserve

find out more here

The little Prince - a cute jigsaw puzzle book

Although the story told in this tiny book has been re-told for children, 

the illustrations are world-famous.

In fact, I really had to buy it!

Finished 20th September 2014 + updated 8th August 2015

 336 Pieces

Neuschwanstein Castle

by Bernd Natke, Germany

Art333

These are still missing (8/2015)

German places: Dusseldorf Honeymoon, Dusseldorf Sports, Hamburg, Kiel, Sylt, Straubing Tigers, Ruhrgebiet (Westgermany)

Places to be: Barcelona, New York, Dubai, Sidney

  Professions/sports: DEG Icehockey

Finished 18th September 2014 + updated 25th August 2016 (new picture)

1000 Pieces (-4)

Lion Sunset

Clementoni Ethnic Collection - I really like this series!

Finished 18th September 2014 + updated 25th August 2016 (new picture)

1000 Pieces (-4)

Lion Sunset

Clementoni Ethnic Collection - I really like this series!

Finished 15th September 2014

Finger exercises - they had to be assembled at once :-)

 each 75 Pieces

San Francisco by night

New York City Times Square

made by KS Games, Turkey

Exhibition - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

There's a remarkable exhibition held at the Emil-Schumacher-Museum at Hagen.

On display are sketches and graphic reproductions of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901)

To find out more about the painter:

ArtDirectory

Wikipedia

All pictures in this post were made by me and are published

with permission of the museum directory.

 Entry of the museum including the shop - the entrance fee is 9,00 €

Eingang zum Museum inklusiv Museumsshop - Eintritt für Erwachsene 9,00 €

The exhibition takes place in the roof light hall - the lights are curbed to conserve the work.

Die Ausstellung findet im Oberlichtsaal statt - das Licht ist gedimmt, um die kostbaren Werke zu schützen.

Worldfamous graphic reproductions of Aristide Bruants Comedies

on the left side: Le Photographe Sescau, 1894

 Some of the wonderful sketches 

 Jeanne Granier, 1898

 Detail of "Yvette Guilbert, Dans la Glu" 1898

Detail of "Blanchet et Noire", 1896

 

Detail of "Le Paddock", 1899

Detail of "Ce que dit la Pluie", 1895/96

Detail of "L'Amazone et le chien", 1898

 

Reine de la Joie (Queen of Joy), 1892

La Goulue, 1891

Detail of "Jane Avril",1899:

 

I'll visit the exhibition again...!

Finished 13th September 2014

204 Pieces

Tahiti, the South Seas
a Ravensburger with tiny pieces.

by now I solved all of them, I guess: