Does this painting sound familiar?
May 23, 2009 12:45 PM Subscribe
Help me identify a painting I saw, loved, and forgot... A group of "bohemians" are eating/drinking/sitting under a bridge... there may or may not be a bonfire... it may or may not be night... I use the word "bohemian" because it has stuck in my mind... I don't know whether that's part of the title, whether the painting is German, or whether it just struck me as abstractly "bohemian" - I had just become an artist :> - I saw it in a museum, most likely in NY, San Francisco, or London - sorry for the slight reeds of info - anything sound familiar to anyone?
Luncheon of the Boating Party immediately came to mind. There is no bonfire or bridge, and I'm not sure these people would be depicted as "bohemian". This is probably not the painting you were thinking of because it is such a well-known painting, but I thought I'd answer just in case.
posted by Fairchild at 2:32 PM on May 23, 2009
posted by Fairchild at 2:32 PM on May 23, 2009
Response by poster: If pressed I'd say circa 1890-1930, Ian, but not with much confidence. Thanks for asking.
That's not it, Fairchild, but thanks to you too for humoring my search!
posted by LittlePumpkin at 3:20 PM on May 23, 2009
That's not it, Fairchild, but thanks to you too for humoring my search!
posted by LittlePumpkin at 3:20 PM on May 23, 2009
Dejeuner sur l'herbe is the other obvious choice: bohemians, food, but no bridge.
posted by doubtfulpalace at 4:15 PM on May 23, 2009
posted by doubtfulpalace at 4:15 PM on May 23, 2009
Response by poster: I know, Sys, and wish I could remember -- alas, not.
Yeah, Doubtful, definitely a bridge.
Thanks all.
posted by LittlePumpkin at 4:59 PM on May 23, 2009
Yeah, Doubtful, definitely a bridge.
Thanks all.
posted by LittlePumpkin at 4:59 PM on May 23, 2009
Stab in the dark - could it be "Hobo Camp Under Bridge" by Theodore Czebotar about 2/3rds of the way down this page?
posted by lunaazul at 10:30 PM on May 23, 2009
posted by lunaazul at 10:30 PM on May 23, 2009
Response by poster: Not it, lun, but that's a great, sad painting - thanks for introducing me to Czebotar!
posted by LittlePumpkin at 5:21 AM on May 24, 2009
posted by LittlePumpkin at 5:21 AM on May 24, 2009
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Was it realist? Abstract? Older painting? Newer? Circa 1950s? Circa 1700s?
posted by ian1977 at 1:13 PM on May 23, 2009