# What is the name of this picture? Who painted it?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 11, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-picture-who-painted-it/609208 "2012-01-11T21:25:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-picture-who-painted-it/609208/1 "2012-01-11T21:25:09Z")

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Can anybody here tell me the name of this painting, [http://www.amazon.com/Please-Table-Anya-von-Bremzen/dp/0894807536](http://www.amazon.com/Please-Table-Anya-von-Bremzen/dp/0894807536) and who created it? Somebody told me it was Maxim Gorky, but, I couldn’t find it under the image section of Google for his works, so, I’m at a loss.  
It is, of course, the one at the top of the page which is used in the Cookbook “Please to the Table.”

Thanks,  
hh

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**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-picture-who-painted-it/609208/2 "2012-01-11T21:26:02Z")

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It looks like Marc Chagall to me.

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-picture-who-painted-it/609208/3 "2012-01-11T21:27:39Z")

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The “Look inside the book” feature lets you see that the artist’s name was Patty Dryden (see the copyright page).

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**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-picture-who-painted-it/609208/4 "2012-01-11T21:28:18Z")

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A [Chagall](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Chagall). Or a modern painting in his style.

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**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-picture-who-painted-it/609208/5 "2012-01-11T22:39:37Z")

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Thanks, guys!

hh