Mail Out - A Puzzle

[xx Jones]

In the last last couple of weeks I sent out quite a few letters with various things inside including a piece of a puzzle. It is a fragment of poster of a painting; all in all there are 16 pieces. I hope all the recipients will post their piece online. The first one to guess the artist/ subject matter of the painting will receive a special price. 

Katerina was the first one who received a piece and posted it on her page. You can all post your piece or a link here too. I hope this works and you don't think this is to silly of a game, but the solution is worth keeping an eye out for. Have fun guessing!

[vizma bruns]

Dearest xx, I remember writing a blog about you and now I can't find it anywhere, I must have logged off while it was still uploading, so SORRY SORRY mea culpa!! I feel awful! I promise I wasn't cheating just to win the prize!! Just found this blog minutes ago, so here's my contribution...the two bits at the bottom, as well as the lovely kid again art!! Man, I really have deja vu here, surely I thanked you before? Oh dear, I haven't even had 10 drinks like taidgh does!! (heh heh, sorry Taidghy!) But that's all the rage now anyway, with Drunkpo!! It's just a silly time of year, so forgive my loose brain, dear xx!!!

Anyway, I have no idea what this work is, maybe it wasn't famous in Oz?? xx (they are kisses, not your name!)

[E]

Bonjour à tous,

Je viens de recevoir ma partie de puzzle de XX Jones (Merci XX).

Je pense qu'il s'agit du tableau "Le Cri" de Edvard Munch, revisité par la famille Simpsons.

[Carina]

Hi there, here are my two pieces! Kandisky? Early expressionism, agh, some kind of nature morte with a drama?    

[xx Jones]

Katerina, the yellow cow is brilliant. I had never seen Marcs cows - only horses. This one is similar in overall colour composition to the piece we are looking for.

Taidgh, sorry, its not a Chagall either.

[Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)]

Ah, still like the yellow cow by the other Marc:

[Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)]

Well, I did say "Marc" in the beginning...but that was Franz Marc, 

though it could be a painting by MARC Chagall? Dean MARKs might know?

Chagall is 20th century, partly European, immigrated to the USA, 

and here he "not quite cut off a head". But do the parts fit the whole?

there's no Dean's mellow-yellow :-(

[taidgh]

Makes me think of Marc Chagall's paintings for some reason.

[Fleur Helsingor]

Two of the pieces have made it out to California! Here are mine:

[xx Jones]

Well, you are somewhat on the right track, there is some aspect of early 20th century Expressionism. 

[taidgh]

I took a quick snap of the puzzle piece. Shown in both portrait and landscape mode.