Any "fine" art experts? Please help.

[LadyZod]

We were watching the 1983 ABC Made For TV Classic (and I use the term "Classic" lightly) "The Day After"... when in the background we saw a most interesting painting.

I need to know the name.



This painting is just too goofy for words, and I think I now need a copy to hang in my hallway by the bathroom door.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[Cosmicman]

It would be more funny if it was hung in the bathroom.

[MegoSteve]

I wonder if it's just some kind of modern joke painting based on Gilbert Stuart's famous colonial portraiture... it looks an awful lot like one of his Thomas Jefferson portraits, but I cannot imagine him ever painting something whimsical like that.

[Mikey]

To me it resembles Alexander Hamilton

[megoscott]

It is very cool. I'll ask around.

[TheDoLittle]

It's "Le Discret," by Joseph Ducreux... it occasionally makes the round as an internet meme along with some of his other paintings:

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/joseph...ux-archaic-rap


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Ducreux

[LadyZod]

THANK YOU!

Now... my quest to find a print for my bathroom!

[toys2cool]

wow he actually painted like that back in the 1800's? pretty weird but cool

[shyndman]

Wow. Someone really knows their art!

[MegoSteve]

It's "Le Discret," by Joseph Ducreux... it occasionally makes the round as an internet meme along with some of his other paintings:

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/joseph...ux-archaic-rap


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Ducreux

Awesome eye. I remember seeing his self portrait floating around the internet for a while.

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

^ That self portrait is one that would stick in your mind...

[TheDoLittle]

Wow. Someone really knows their art!

Awesome eye. I remember seeing his self portrait floating around the internet for a while.

Considering almost all of my higher education came from U.S. Govt grants, and got my degree in communication arts, I figured I gotta pay back every cent when I can.

...and I think Ducreux is very underrated and he's not widely known. He has painted many works like this and it's obvious he had a lot of fun with his compositions. Whomever was the first person to conceive of his portrait to use as the lolcat inspired meme, I thank you!

[MegoSteve]

He really was ahead of his time, which is why I thought that was a modern parody.

[megoscott]

Hilarious and fascinating.

I declare him to be a time traveler from the 21st Century. It's the only reasonable conclusion.

[bizzaro megomauler]

there are far more whimsical paintings around the boroque era too, there are entire follies series of paintings. and LadyZod, i agree, a great lighthearted piece!