Details competition no 433
In which painting by which painter can you find this sun?
Answers on a postcard, to arrive by Friday 21 May: DETAILS 433, IoS, 1 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5DL. Three winners will each receive a bottle of champagne
Details 431 came from George Caleb Bingham's Fur Trappers Descending the Missouri (c1845). European artists are good at moody solitudes, but it always feels like a day trip. Only the Americans manage absolute remoteness, isolation, the sense of being miles from anywhere. In this picture, as the trapper catches the viewer's eye with a wary gaze, he might be looking at the first stranger he's seen for ages - or perhaps just looking out, in the direction of some suspicious noise or movement. The tethered creature is not a puss, but a bear cub. The picture is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
The first three correct entries came from: M Zunec-Mathieson, Hove; E Miles, London NW8; and E Bishop, London SW19
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