Comments on: Help me identify this painting please

Question: Help me identify this painting please

JoeyDee — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:59:57 -0800

Can you identify the painting on Steiner's Wall.

Can anyone identify the painting that appears on the wall above the man's shoulder between 1:33 and 1:35. We bought a homemade looking painting at a flea market. Never thought it was anything other than someone's home art project. But there I was watching La Dolce Vita and saw that my homemade painting was a copy of something. What is the original it is based on and who painted it? It is kind of ugly in an oddly alluring way. Thanks in advance.

By: supercres

supercres — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:17:25 -0800

For benefit of future hunters: this one?

Sorry, no idea :(

By: supercres

supercres — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:30:00 -0800

Cleaned up a bit.

Can you post a picture of your copy? It might be easier to identify (i.e., see details) that way.

By: JoeyDee

JoeyDee — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:35:49 -0800

Here is a photo

By: lee

lee — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:24:29 -0800

Looks like Picasso to me or an imitation of his blue period style.

By: LobsterMitten

LobsterMitten — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:41:19 -0800

It doesn't look to me like those are the same painting. Look at the angle of the line of the eyebrows.

By: elgilito

elgilito — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:17:27 -0800

It's L'apprenti ouvrier by Georges Rouault. It's a self-portrait and the style is slightly different from his usual one (which threw me off for a few minutes). Your version is obviously inspired by it.