Hi! When I was in England getting my MA, I had 2 posters up in my room of paintings. During the hectic leaving process, I left them behind & forgot to look to see who painted them. So, here are my discriptions if anyone thinks they recognize the paintings & know the painters' names, please let me know. I realize this is a long shot.... but....
1) a naked man sitting in profile, hunched over his knees (u can not see his face or anything xrated) sitting on a rock in the middle of an ocean or lake...
2) 2 women the 1st woman is facing forward, wearing somekind of turban looking head covering & has spectacular green eyes She looks like "she knows something that perhaps the other woman does not..." The second woman is crying & is leaning on the first woman for support.
It's not much.... but any leads might be helpful!!
Thanks for your help!!
2006-07-24 02:25:48 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
I am asking a serious question. There are lots of places to show how witty you are, please only serious responders. Thanks.
2006-07-24 03:49:31 · update #1
ABACUS: Thank you. 1) No, it is not a photo of the thinker. While the thinker is sitting more on a stump or something this young man is sitting more on a flat rock. His legs are pulled up & he is resting his arms & head on his knees. We see him in profile.
2) I went & looked at the 2 women picture you suggested. Unfortunatly it is not the one I am looking for. The colors are more vibrant, the women younger & it always had a more middle eastern feel to it for me. The most striking part for me were the vibrant green eyes of the woman facing forward.
THANKS ANYWAY!! :>)
2006-07-24 08:36:58 · update #2
Joyful paints: THANKS for the thought... I did go & look but most of their covers look like photographs. These were both prints of (oil??) paintings. :>)
2006-07-25 02:40:38 · update #3
Mashmagazine: Hi! Thanks to you as well!
I remember that photo now from Nat. Geo. Very different. Let's see how my memory goes. Not surreal more like European-Art61.jpg if you search yahoo images. (not exactly same style but more "realistic" than surreal)
They were inside, very "close" to the front of the picture. The background was darker my faded impression is more like a lush bedroom than a common area.
Talk about needle in a haystack! Thanks again for even taking a moment of your time to try & help me puzzle this out!! Cheers!
2006-07-26 09:36:28 · update #4
Don't know the first, but the second sounds like an award-winning cover from National Geographic Magazine.. do a google search for "National Geographic Cover"...
good fortune in your hunt
2006-07-24 16:48:42 · answer #1 · answered by joyfulpaints 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Joyful paints is talking about a cover of National Geographic of an Afghan woman taken maybe 15 years ago -- she has intensely striking eyes. it is an amazing photograph. It was just re-featured recently as the photographer went back and found the woman again, sadly she is not as amazingly beautiful as life in Afghanistan takes a lot out of you.
As for your posters, where are the two women sitting? are they in a room or outside? There are a huge number of English and French "Orientalists" that travelled to the Middle East in the 19th century and painted fabulous and exotic scenes.
Would you say the thinker poster was surrealist in style?
2006-07-26 14:49:39 · answer #2 · answered by mashmagazine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) The Great Toilet Bow of Life
2) The Manic-Depressive Muslim Woman
2006-07-24 09:31:55 · answer #3 · answered by The Man 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
#1..is it a ‘Thinker’ a picture of famous sculpture by Rodin? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thinker
and perhaps #2 is 'Two Women' by Mary Cassatt ..
please 'image search' for both the pointers I'm giving..perhaps you have these posters.
2006-07-24 12:09:28 · answer #4 · answered by abacus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋