Who Is the Artist?

It’s been a while since I’ve done a mystery artist post so we could play the artist guessing game. As a matter of fact, if you’ve come aboard during the last couple of years, you may not even know what I’m talking about because I haven’t featured a mystery artist since I moved to Squarespace.

Here’s how the game goes. I post a work done by a fairly well-known author/illustrator of classic children’s books—a piece that isn’t an illustration for a children’s book—and your job is to guess who the artist is. If no one guesses correctly with the first piece, I keep posting works until someone gets it right.

This first piece and first clue to today’s mystery artist is a microscopic study of a ground beetle.

Now it’s up to you. Who painted it?

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Previous mystery artist posts:

1. Wanda Gag
   Who Is the Artist?
   Who Is the Artist? More….
   Wanda Gag, Free to Imagine

2. Virginia Lee Burton
   Who Is the Artist?
   Virginia Lee Burton, Artist at Home

3. William Steig
   Another Mystery Artist
   Mystery Artist Again
   William Steig, the Late and Latest Mystery Artist

4. Louis Slobodkin
   Reprising the Mystery Artist Game
   Another Piece by the Mystery Artist
   Finally Featuring Louis Slobodkin

Comments

[Kim from Hiraeth]

This one will be hard! When I first glanced at these, I thought they were done by Albrecht Durer! I'm DEFINITELY going to need some more clues!

Glad you brought the old game back!

[Candy]

My first thought was Durer also, but then I realized....oh...illustrator of children's books. I am wondering if it is Chris Von Allsburg.

[rebecca]

Nope, not Chris Von Allsburg.

[rebecca]

And I'm 100% sure that you both know this author/illustrator.

[Mary]

Beatrix Potter, ‘Microscopic studies of a ground beetle’
I just happened in on your site. This is a fun game. Thank you