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Allen Mullen

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Jan 14, 1996, 3:00:00 AM1/14/96
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I know. It looks like the hat is poking the guy at the top in the eye.
I rearranged the original painting a little too much this time.

Allen

Doris Ostendorf

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Jan 16, 1996, 3:00:00 AM1/16/96
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Rembrandt's "Night Watch"? Or "The Anatomy Lesson"? (not sure if that's
the correct name)

--
Doris Ostendorf
3d...@qlink.queensu.ca

"History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it".
--Winston Churchill


Allen Mullen

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Jan 22, 1996, 3:00:00 AM1/22/96
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Eric Chan (am...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) wrote:
:
: The Card Players but i can't remember the artist.

You are correct! Paul Cezanne is the painter. I think he painted about
five different versions of "The Card Players".

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Allen


Allen Mullen

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Jan 25, 1996, 3:00:00 AM1/25/96
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Misfit (Mis...@arena.leba.net) wrote:

: those last few pics you posted (especially that one) were incredible.. i
: was wondering, do you draw them freehand or use gif2ascii? and, would
: you be interested in drawing for my group, called apathy? let me know
: man.. or, mail me at mis...@arena.leba.net.. thanks

Thanks.
I use gifscii as one step in making the pictures after I draw or trace
them on my tablet. I also use some macros I've written and constantly
change (and improve I hope). I then hand edit to clean the pictures up.
I just do these pictures for fun when I have some spare time.

The last picture is based on Manet's "Le Dejeuner sur L'Herbe". I hope
I got the title right. I think it's one of the most memorable paintings
becuase it seems so strange for a naked female to be sitting at a picnic
with two fully clothed men. The men appear to be intent on their
conversation or perhaps the viewer who stumbled onto the scene. There's
also a female wading in a pond in the background that doesn't fit in the
picture either. I didn't show all these things in the ascii version.
Maybe some day.....

Here's another challenge picture. Can you identify it? I probably
should have deleted some of the things in the background to make the
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Allen Mullen

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Melody Buras (mbu...@hr.house.gov) wrote:

: Is it "The Kiss" You know, the one that's painted with gold paint?

That wasn't it (see my previous post) but here are some pictures of
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Allen

JPierre Leung

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On 25 Jan 1996, Allen Mullen wrote:

> Here's another challenge picture. Can you identify it? I probably
> should have deleted some of the things in the background to make the
> ascii picture better. Simpler pictures turn out better.

I am certain that this is by a post-romantic french artist. I think that
the painter is Paul Seurat, a painter who developed the pointillist
style. I do not remember the title of the work.

J Leung


marijane white

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On 25 Jan 1996, Allen Mullen wrote:

> Here's another challenge picture. Can you identify it? I probably
> should have deleted some of the things in the background to make the
> ascii picture better. Simpler pictures turn out better.

It's Seurat's A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. Not
very much of it, though :).

marijane
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idlewild

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In article <Pine.SUN.3.91.960126211628.23661A-100000-100000-100000-100000-100000@ume>,

JPierre Leung <jle...@med.ucalgary.ca> wrote:
>
>On 25 Jan 1996, Allen Mullen wrote:
>
>> Here's another challenge picture. Can you identify it? I probably
>> should have deleted some of the things in the background to make the
>> ascii picture better. Simpler pictures turn out better.
>
>I am certain that this is by a post-romantic french artist. I think that
>the painter is Paul Seurat, a painter who developed the pointillist
>style. I do not remember the title of the work.
>

it's seurat, the Sunday Afternoon on the Island of ... La Grande Jatte?
crap, i forget.

anyway, it's at the art institute of chicago.

-j.

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Allen Mullen

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JPierre Leung (jle...@med.ucalgary.ca) wrote:
:
: I am certain that this is by a post-romantic french artist. I think that
: the painter is Paul Seurat, a painter who developed the pointillist
: style. I do not remember the title of the work.

You are correct!
The English version of the title is "Sunday Afternoon on the Island of
the Grande Jatte".

The following picture didn't turn out very well so I'll identify it.
It's based on Las Meninas by Velazquez. I sort of cropped the girl on the
left awkwardly. The central figure in the picture didn't turn out very
well no matter how I edited it. I spent longer on this than any other
challenge picture I've posted. Some pictures just don't work. I might have
had more luck if I had done this in 130 column width.


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