Art

[summerisle]

 

[Rita_Poon]

Josef Herman. Fair play.

 

[Dixieslaces]

 

[stipe]

Soldier and Death, Hans Larwin (Austria-Hungary), WW1, 1917

 

[summerisle]

Soldier and Death, Hans Larwin (Austria-Hungary), WW1, 1917

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Reminiscent of Otto Dix.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Reminiscent of Otto Dix.

Goya

 

[Tommy Chong]

A self portrait of Joseph Ducreux, circa 1790 and one of the first of its kind:

Perhaps a 1790’s version of ‘I’m the man? No, you’re the man bro-heim!’?

 

[Rita_Poon]

A self portrait of Joseph Ducreux, circa 1790 and one of the first of its kind:
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Perhaps a 1790’s version of ‘I’m the man? No, you’re the man bro-heim!’?

Shame he wasn't as accomplished with his tooth brush...

 

[Tommy Chong]

Any thoughts on this lads?

I thought Francis Bacon was dead?!?

Too bad… A series of the ‘screaming king’ portraits would have been boss!

 

[Cels]

Any thoughts on this lads?

I thought Francis Bacon was dead?!?

Too bad… A series of the ‘screaming king’ portraits would have been boss!

Too much red for me. Maybe it's depicting him burning in hell

People try to be controversial so much these days that doing something "normal" would be considered an act of rebellion.

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[Tommy Chong]

Too much red for me. Maybe it's depicting him burning in hell

People try to be controversial so much these days that doing something "normal" would be considered an act of rebellion.

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Well, this is the first painting I thought of when I saw it:

You could be right mate. Maybe it’s a subtle dig at royalty?

 

[stipe]

Napoleon II (Napoleon's only son) in uniform of Austrian Imperial army, 1825. He would die in Vienna in 1832 at the age of 21.

 

[Tommy Chong]

Grumpy grumpy Beethoven composing in his studio 1827.
Late 19th century painting by C. Schloesser.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Stolen €5m Francis Bacon painting recovered by police in Spain

The work is one of five portraits of a banker stolen from his Madrid home in 2015.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Tommy Chong]

Stolen €5m Francis Bacon painting recovered by police in Spain

The work is one of five portraits of a banker stolen from his Madrid home in 2015.

www.bbc.co.uk

Idiots! They've been holding onto the paintings since 2015?

In any half-decent heist movie, from Gambit to Ocean's 11, rule no. 1 is you're suppose to organize a buyer/fence BEFORE the heist!

I bet they didn't even travel to Monte Carlo to plan the heist while driving long the cliffs of the mountains in a hired Ferrari.

Bloody amateur hour here lads...

Anyway...
I came across this painting while looking at some epic battle paintings.

It's the Cuirassiers Charging The Highlanders At The Battle Of Waterloo by Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux.

Napoleon's final battle so to speak.