Its always amazed me that Artists choose some pretty weird subjects to paint. In those days, you prepared the canvas, stretched it, mixed your own paints, painted in a room that was probably freezing, or broiling, and you choose to paint a guy picking his foot!!??
During a brief stint in college as a live model, I was told that the artists didn’t see me as a person, but “a challenging combination of curves, planes, and shadows.” It was that word “challenging” that bothered me. I’d have preferred “interesting” or “intriguing” or something of that sort.
A somewhat enlarged image can be found at Mr. Melcher’s blog entry (yesterday). Again, this is a slightly cropped image. A somewhat enlarged image of the full painting can be found here.If you who pay attention to such details, you will notice that the signature at the lower right bares no resemblance to the signature at the lower right of the full painting, attributed to this artist, in a prior strip. That’s because it is actually by Léon Bonnat (I really wish Mr. Melcher would start looking at the signature).An Arab Plucking A Thorn From His Foot is privately owned.The end of this page, in an online book preview, says it used to hang in a NYC 5th Ave. mansion, demolished in 1945, to erect a commercial building. The actual artist also painted (click for full size)
with roughly the same title, found here (Google translated). His Wikipedia page (Google translated French Wikipedia page has more) and collection (more under Subcategories).Fourth, of the 4 works, currently attributed to this artist by Mr. Melcher, that have, so far, appeared in Mr. Melcher’s blog, to also appear here. The count will change if Mr. Melcher corrects the name there.Second work, by the actual artist, to appear here, 1 of which, so far, has also appeared in Mr. Melcher’s blog, under the actual artist’s name. Again, the count may change.
But you would hope someone would actually buy the painting, (so you can continue to paint!)And I can’t imagine this on my wall!“Who painted that” “Oh some starving artist” “Ok, then”Nope
The artist of this is Leon Bonnat (Leon Bonnat (1833-1922)An Arab removing a thorn from his footOil on canvas (http://www.artrenewal.org/pages/artwork.php?artworkid=15835&size=large)
BE THIS GUY about 10 years ago
I don’t think, you can tell your fortune by reading the bottom of your foot.
Last Rose Of Summer Premium Member about 10 years ago
Its always amazed me that Artists choose some pretty weird subjects to paint. In those days, you prepared the canvas, stretched it, mixed your own paints, painted in a room that was probably freezing, or broiling, and you choose to paint a guy picking his foot!!??
sottwell about 10 years ago
Interesting. Leon Bonnat did at least two variations of the same thing. “Arab removing a thorn from his foot”.
orinoco womble about 10 years ago
During a brief stint in college as a live model, I was told that the artists didn’t see me as a person, but “a challenging combination of curves, planes, and shadows.” It was that word “challenging” that bothered me. I’d have preferred “interesting” or “intriguing” or something of that sort.
pcolli about 10 years ago
Androcles finally knows how the lion felt.
puddlesplatt about 10 years ago
looks and smells like toe jam…yup!
Honorable Mention In The Banjo Toss Premium Member about 10 years ago
Maybe I shouldn’t have thrown my shoe at Dubya after all.
J Short about 10 years ago
Podiatry exam final.
Fuddy Duddy about 10 years ago
Nikola Pekovic, injured and on the bench, in mufti again, as the Timberwolves lose . . . again.
mabrndt Premium Member about 10 years ago
A somewhat enlarged image can be found at Mr. Melcher’s blog entry (yesterday). Again, this is a slightly cropped image. A somewhat enlarged image of the full painting can be found here.If you who pay attention to such details, you will notice that the signature at the lower right bares no resemblance to the signature at the lower right of the full painting, attributed to this artist, in a prior strip. That’s because it is actually by Léon Bonnat (I really wish Mr. Melcher would start looking at the signature).An Arab Plucking A Thorn From His Foot is privately owned.The end of this page, in an online book preview, says it used to hang in a NYC 5th Ave. mansion, demolished in 1945, to erect a commercial building. The actual artist also painted (click for full size)
with roughly the same title, found here (Google translated). His Wikipedia page (Google translated French Wikipedia page has more) and collection (more under Subcategories).Fourth, of the 4 works, currently attributed to this artist by Mr. Melcher, that have, so far, appeared in Mr. Melcher’s blog, to also appear here. The count will change if Mr. Melcher corrects the name there.Second work, by the actual artist, to appear here, 1 of which, so far, has also appeared in Mr. Melcher’s blog, under the actual artist’s name. Again, the count may change.Last Rose Of Summer Premium Member about 10 years ago
But you would hope someone would actually buy the painting, (so you can continue to paint!)And I can’t imagine this on my wall!“Who painted that” “Oh some starving artist” “Ok, then”Nope
emjaycee about 10 years ago
Substitute “Hot Wheels track in the middle of the night” and you have my house.
Ms Max Premium Member about 10 years ago
The artist of this is Leon Bonnat (Leon Bonnat (1833-1922)An Arab removing a thorn from his footOil on canvas (http://www.artrenewal.org/pages/artwork.php?artworkid=15835&size=large)
Call me Ishmael about 10 years ago
“11, 12, 13, 14, 15…now to the other foot…”