Botticelli - Feb. 2016

Not John Brown.
Not St Bernard.
All I can think of is Benji, and I’m pretty sure that’s not it :D, so DQ.

Three DQs.

And three for you, as well.
B

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with B
  4. Dead
  5. Not originally American
  6. Died since 1964
  7. Best known for the arts
  8. Born in Europe
  9. Not known for the performing arts
  10. Known for the creative arts
  11. Did not die after 2000
  12. Not born in Great Britain
  13. Not a writer
  14. Not a composer or songwriter
  15. Not an artist*****
  16. From a Romance language country

***** Meaning that I am not a painter, illustrator, or creator of any other two-dimensional work of art.

Correct, Correct, and Mr. Belvedere.

DQ: Known for fashion?

IQs:

  1. Is your sculpture, Bird In Space in the Metropolitan Museum of Art?
  2. Were you noted for your sculptures of crushed automobiles?
  3. Are you a South American painter known for your “obese” versions of famous paintings?

Bobby Seale, Count Basie, Billie Holiday

holding 4 DQs

Three DQs for you, too.
B

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with B
  4. Dead
  5. Not originally American
  6. Died since 1964
  7. Best known for the arts
  8. Born in Europe
  9. Not known for the performing arts
  10. Known for the creative arts
  11. Did not die after 2000
  12. Not born in Great Britain
  13. Not a writer
  14. Not a composer or songwriter
  15. Not an artist*****
  16. From a Romance language country
  17. Not known for fashion

***** Meaning that I am not a painter, illustrator, or creator of any other two-dimensional work of art.

#1 was Constantin Brancusi. #2 was Cesar Baldaccini. #3 is Fernando Botero.

3 DQs reserved.

Previous IQs:

Were you a Civil War governor of Ohio who died in office? - John Brough
Were you a modern governor of Indiana who later went to the U.S. Senate? - Evan Bayh
Did you sing of a geometric shape in a granular medium? - Belinda Carlisle, who sang “Circle in the Sand”

DQs:

Greatest fame after 1950?
Best known as a sponsor, impresario, producer or the like?

One DQ reserved.

IQ: Did you design the Statue of Liberty?

DQ.
B

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with B
  4. Dead
  5. Not originally American
  6. Died since 1964
  7. Best known for the arts
  8. Born in Europe
  9. Not known for the performing arts
  10. Known for the creative arts
  11. Did not die after 2000
  12. Not born in Great Britain
  13. Not a writer
  14. Not a composer or songwriter
  15. Not an artist*****
  16. From a Romance language country
  17. Not known for fashion
  18. Greatest fame probably after 1950
  19. Not best known as a sponsor, impresario, producer or the like

***** Meaning that I am not a painter, illustrator, or creator of any other two-dimensional work of art.
That’s 19 DQs; by my count there are eight unasked ones out there. How about each of you ask one more DQ and we go into endgame? (Of course, if you want to ask another set of this-might-be-the-guy IQs along with your DQ, I’ll answer them as well. :))

Sculptors, architects, anyone working in three dimensions: this seems the most likely to me.

Ponder, ponder, ponder.

Hmmm. Nothing’s coming to me.

Frederic Bartholdi

That was actually my game guess.

What’s not an artist but still considered creative arts? Producer = no, writer = no, performer = no, composer = no, 2D artist = no, leaving the possibility of sculptor, but sculpting is considered art. That leaves (maybe) photographer, metal worker, industrial designer, architect, print maker, interior designer, stage manager…

DQ: Photographer?

B

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with B
  4. Dead
  5. Not originally American
  6. Died since 1964
  7. Best known for the arts
  8. Born in Europe
  9. Not known for the performing arts
  10. Known for the creative arts
  11. Did not die after 2000
  12. Not born in Great Britain
  13. Not a writer
  14. Not a composer or songwriter
  15. Not an artist*****
  16. From a Romance language country
  17. Not known for fashion
  18. Greatest fame probably after 1950
  19. Not best known as a sponsor, impresario, producer or the like
  20. Not a photographer

***** Meaning that I am not a painter, illustrator, or creator of any other two-dimensional work of art.

DQ: Architect or sculptor?

DQ:

Best known for a single work of art?

B

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with B
  4. Dead
  5. Not originally American
  6. Died since 1964
  7. Best known for the arts
  8. Born in Europe
  9. Not known for the performing arts
  10. Known for the creative arts
  11. Did not die after 2000
  12. Not born in Great Britain
  13. Not a writer
  14. Not a composer or songwriter
  15. Not a painter, illustrator, or creator of any other two-dimensional work of art
  16. From a Romance language country
  17. Not known for fashion
  18. Greatest fame probably after 1950
  19. Not best known as a sponsor, impresario, producer or the like
  20. Not a photographer
  21. Not an architect or sculptor
  22. Not best known for a single work of art

And that’s it. You have until 0800 Sunday to talk it over and ask your “Firstname Lastname” DQs. I will of course check in once a day and answer any that have been asked.
Food for thought:

I made a business of my art.
Of the three of you, my story is probably most relevant to EH.
I am actually best known by a variant spelling of my last name. (Either version will be accepted as a correct guess.)

…hmm, maybe a European ceramic artist then…

Pondering.

Are you Frederic Boucheron?

A gallery curator perhaps? Or the creator of Beanie Babies…

I doubt I’ll be able to think of anything, so if anybody wants a second guess, they can have mine.

I am not.