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Friday, January 30, 2015

The Blue Boy

 
This painting, parodied and reduced to paint-by-number, has been reproduced and hung in millions of homes over the decades. But there is much more to it than you might imagine. Check it out (here).


4 comments:

  1. I wonder if the kid would ever realize how many people would see his portrait

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  2. hahahaha i like the robin boy wonder parody....
    interesting back story on the pic....

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  3. Art History is probably the hardest class I took in college, but it was a remarkable experience. I think it's a class that everyone should experience.

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  4. Gainsborough could produce such wonderful paintings without any formal training.
    Like Adam said, did this boy ever think that he would be going round the globe at this speed.

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