If you’ve peeked inside Detective Stanley and the Mystery at the Museum, you will have likely spotted plenty of famous-artwork-inspired pieces adorning the background! We asked illustrator Erica Harrison to shine a spotlight on a few of them, letting us know her inspirations behind her fun creations and reproductions. We also teamed up on this World Map of Artwork, showing you where you can find the paintings – or something similar – in real life.
Artworks listed L-R, top row then bottom row!
1. The Snail, by Henri Matisse: See this at the Tate Gallery, London.
2. Piece inspired by the work of Piet Mondrian: You can find many of Mondrian’s artworks in The Kunstmuseum in The Hague, Netherlands. He ain’t no Bleat Mondrian, but we still like him!
3. Girl with a Pearl Earring, by Johannes Vermeer: This masterpiece (sans dog) can be seen in the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague, Netherlands
4. Piece inspired by the portraits of Pablo Picasso: You can find many of Picasso’s artworks at the Picasso museum, Barcelona.
5. Self Portrait II, by Frida Kahlo: This piece resides at the Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City
6. The Starry Night, by Vincent van Gogh: Spot this beauty at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
7. Bleat Mondrian Portrait: “The Bleat Mondrian portrait is totally made up and just based a little on a photo of Mondrian I found!” – Erica Harrison
8. Snake Painting: “The Snake painting is very loosely based on Aboriginal Australian dot paintings but not a particular artist.” – Erica Harrison
Detective Stanley and the Mystery at the Museum
by Hannah Tunnicliffe and Erica Harrison
Chaos at the Narlybone Museum, can Detective Stanley solve the case?
A highly illustrated animal detective mystery for young readers. Detective Stanley has barely sat down for his breakfast pancakes when he receives an invitation he cannot refuse. The Narlybone Museum has been raided on the opening day of the Bleat Mondrian show and Stan has been called to investigate. The most perplexing thing about the case: Nothing has been stolen! But now Stanley finds himself in a tight spot even his powers of deduction could not detect. Can he get himself out of trouble and can he solve the mystery of the Narlybone Museum?
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