Lias jigsaw puzzles: June 2015

2015-06-28

Finished 28th June 2015

500 Pieces

Mallorca (Spain) - by Bernd Natke for Art333

Marine life:

and humans having fun... somehow:

Finished (many years ago) - found 27th June 2015

Sometimes it's useful to turn around every wooden plate in my parent's house.

Just see what I found yesterday

I assembled it at least 15 years ago (I guess) and fixed it on a piece of wood.

Ascending and Descending, March 1960

M.C. Escher (Dutch, 1898 - 1972)

lithograph on wove paper
46.1 x 39.2 cm; image: 35 x 28.5 cm
Gift of George Escher, Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, 1983
National Gallery of Canada (no. 28455)
© Cordon Art B.V. - Baarn - Netherlands. Used by Permission. All rights reserved.

SOURCE

The jigsaw puzzle has 1008 Pieces

Manufacturer (by now) unknown

2015-06-23

Finished 22nd June 2015

500 Pieces (-1)

Erlangen (Franconia, Germany - close to Nurnberg)

A comic by Bernd Natke

Erlangen was first mentioned in official records in 1002 under the name of Villa Erlangon. While it was still part of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, the first French Huguenot refugees arrived in Erlangen in 1686. In 1742, Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, founded a university for his royal seat of Bayreuth, but due to the rebelliousness of the local students, the university was transferred to Erlangen.

The Bergkirchweih is an annual festival, similar to the Oktoberfest in Munich but smaller in scale. It takes place during the twelve days before and after Pentecost; this period is called the "fifth season" by the locals. The beer is served at wooden tables in one-litre stoneware jugs under the trees of the "Berg", a small, craggy, and wooded hill with old caves (beer cellars) owned by local breweries.

And Bernd Natke, the Artist of a funny series of comics, turned Erlangen into a Place-to-be during a Comic Salon ;-)