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  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039

    I agree, I have always found it to be a very unsettling painting, there is a sense of unease.

    I have always assumed it was a painting about loneliness.

    "they are drinking a drink that's called loneliness, but it's better than drinking alone" [ 10  points for the song, no googling ]

    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • Billy Joel's Piano Man ............ one of my favourites ......... always gets turned up loud when it comes on the radio and I sing along!  Fantastic song!


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • OH says the opening lines of that song always make him think of opening up the farm shop on a Saturday morning ... I know it's am and not pm, but that made me laugh image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505

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    This is one I always visit when I'm in the National Gallery.

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,543
    LG the L says:

    Madpenguin, HOW did I miss out Holbein?!! Wonderful. Though again, it's his drawings that do it for me, really. 

    See original post'
    The drawings are wonderful.I was lucky enough to see many of the originals at a Holbein exhibition at the Tate a few years ago.My favourite artist. 
    He did a painting of Charles de Solier and it is my Dad!! Every time I look at the painting (and I have really looked hard) all I can see is my Dad.It is uncanny the likeness right down to the beard,eyes,nose,mouth and build!!
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    Last edited: 11 December 2017 16:11:42

    “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
  • madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,543

    Where did all those quotes come from!!! image

    “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039

    Spot on Dove.

    You know your musicimage

    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • I am a lover of French Impressionist paintings, I love the three dance scenes painted by Renoir (he painted in Guernsey too - most of his beach scenes use the same Moulin Huet rocks) and the Boating Party and Monet too.  I am not so keen on formal paintings preferring something a little more relaxed.

    I am not sure how to download googled pictures, but I think you can find Renoir quite easily.

  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360

    Madpenguin, have you seen this: https://mymodernmet.com/museum-doppelgangers/

    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
    - Cicero
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