Art History 101

Today’s display was a gallery of art for our players. The main banner image was Pablo Picasso’s bouquet of flowers with a quote which means “Everything you can imagine is real.”

The front banner was based on Piet Mondrian’s Broadway Boogie Woogie.

And then there were the two-sticks. Riveters painted a custom banner for each player, and we presented them to the players after the match.

Jackie Acevedo was based on Frida Kahlo’s “Self-portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird”.

Nadine Angerer was based on posters from the Bauhaus school, particularly the work of Joost Schmidt.

Michelle Betos was based on Fernand Leger’s “Woman with a Book”.

Vero Boquete was based on a detail from “Las Meninas” by Diego Velázquez.

Amber Brooks was based on Robert Indiana’s“LOVE”.

Steph Catley was based on Aboriginal dot paintings.

Sinead Farrelly was based on “Portrait of Maggie Wilson” by Frank Duveneck.

Tobin Heath was based on the work of Bob Ross.

Sarah Huffman was based on Raymond Kaskey’s Portlandia statue.

Angie Kerr was based on the work of Patrick Nagel.

Allie Long was based on Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroes.

Nikki Marshall was based on M.C. Escher’s “Hand with Reflecting Sphere”.

Emily Menges was based on the work of Keith Haring.

Jessica McDonald was based on Laylah Ali’s Greenheads series.

Alex Morgan was based on Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring”.

Rebecca Moros was based on old Samurai woodblock prints.

Courtney Niemiec was based on the work of Roy Lichtenstein.

Mana Shim was based on Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa”.

Christine Sinclair was based on Marcel Duchamp’s “Nude Descending a Staircase”.

Kat Tarr was based on Rosie the Riveter by Norman Rockwell.

Hanna Terry was based on “Woman with Braid” by Jacques Lipchitz.

And Rachel Van Hollebeke was based on Sandro Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus”.

We Louvre our Portland Thorns!

Edit: LOOK at these wonderful pictures on Twitter from @kellehel! If you didn’t see the two-sticks or the front banner, here they are.

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And this one from Amber Brooks shows the big banner, two-sticks, and front banner: looky