European Crossword Puzzle #7
 

Here is the continuation of http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34515838

Clue: This Italian had one of his works sell at Christie's in 1990 for $1.5 Million.

Italian: 2 words, 1st word is 8 letters, 2nd word is 12 letters with the 3rd letter an "A" from Piano.

Hometown: 1 word, 7 letters with the 2nd letter an "R" from Foster.

Correction: Italian: 2 words, 1st word is 8 letters, 2nd word is 12 letters with the 4th letter an "A" from Piano.

I'm taking a guess, as I can't really Italian artists with names that seem to fit the clue.

Antonius (should this be Antonio, but that has 7 letters?) Stradivarius

Cremona

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Good guess. I avoid the word artist so it would be a tad bit more challenging.

Antonius Stradivarius is correct. Usually Antonio is only used with the bastardized Antonio Stradivari.

Right. I guess, as usual, once you figure out what the real thing is, it's not too difficult to make an educated guess.

Clue: The end result of this act committed by (person: first name = 9 letters, second name = 6 letters, 2nd = "o") over two hundred years ago is well-documented by a famous painting located in this city (city: 8 letters).

Ok, maybe I'm a little too obscure. Let's just make it easier. A woman committed this act.

Hint: Though I've been thinking of using this as a clue for a while, I decided to use it when I found out, to my surprise, that she's related to a famous person who just died.

That definitely made it a lot easier!
Charlotte Corday
Brussels
Painting is The Death of Marat by Jaques-Louis David

It appears that Edvard Munch has also painted the same subject as well.

Yes, of course. She's related to Henri-Cartier Bresson. How interesting.

Any references to Jacques-Louis David, Marat or the French Revolution would have made this clue too easy. :-)

So you can go next.

I was not aware that Munch had painted on the same subject. That's interesting. I thought about making an effort to see the original in Brussels, but since I didn't have enough time, I didn't bother. :-)

Are you always in such a rush when you travel? BTW, have to decided where you're going next month?


Next clue:
This hotel/restaurant is most famous for its collection of art. Multiple artists apperently paid for their meals with their artwork instead of money. Next to the pool in this hotel stands a sculpture by this artist (who has made his debut in previous crossword thread).

Hotel/restaurant: 3 words, 2,7,3
The 3rd word contains a punctuation mark. "a" lies in the 2nd position of 1st word
Artist: last name 6 letters. "a" lies in the 2nd position.

Ok, Calder and La Colombe d'Or.

(The Calder clue made it obvious.) :-)

Yes! Almost seems like we are "recycling" our clues these days!

Well it's difficult to come with things that are challenging and interesting.

Clue: The shapes of France and Germany can be traced back to this treaty (name of treaty = 6 letters) that partitioned this empire into three parts. (name of empire = 11 letters, 2nd = "a")

By the way, I don't know Colombe d'Or, but I'll have to check it out if I find myself in that part of the world.

Still haven't decided where I'm going yet. I'm still leaning towards a Rhine cruise and the Bernina Express and Venice, but we'll see.

I've been thinking of going to Paris over Labor Day weekend though, but, of course, when I checked prices again today, they've gone up by $200. So the flights I want are about $860. Oh well. I don't know what I'm going to do yet.

In any case, within the past couple of years, I haven't taken trips that are longer than two weeks. So they're always rushed, unfortunately. But it really is possible to see a lot in a short period of time if you put your mind to it. :-)

Verdun Treaty of 843 divided the Carolingian Empire into 3 kingdoms between Louis the Pious' 3 sons (of which France and Germany were shaped from).

I actually knew this without Google - I love Medieval History! :)

Yay! Now someone else can give us a clue. :-) (I noticed that you came up Orleans very quickly the other time.)

I know that I can't get your clues though -- they're usually on pirates and people I've not heard of. :-)

Anyway, I've been sort of reading up on this. It's interesting but confusing. I can never keep the list of characters straight -- and everyone seems to be called Charles, Henry or Louis.

Ok, this is a rather long, but interesting clue...... :)

This series of wars (5 letters, 2nd letter is "U" from Verdun) were fought between these two warring republics (8 letters and 5 letters, respectively).

One of the leaders (8 letters, 7th letter is "A" from Carolingian) wreaked havoc throughout Italy, especially at this lake in Umbria (9 letters), which resulted in over 15,000 soldiers dead in 3 hours!