Allusion to famous painting?

tc...@lsa.umich.edu

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Sep 23, 2001, 6:35:56 PM9/23/01

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I have (temporarily) posted the first panel of the 29 Aug 1993 strip at

http://www-math.mit.edu/~tchow/barscene.jpg

What I am wondering is if this picture derives from some famous painting.
It looks vaguely familiar but I can't place it. Can you help?
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brooke

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Sep 23, 2001, 7:10:52 PM9/23/01

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I believe it was Edward Hopper's "Nighthawks"(?). Does this look like it?

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/hopper/street/hopper.nighthawks.jpg

Brooke

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Chris Lee

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Sep 23, 2001, 7:44:36 PM9/23/01

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>> I have (temporarily) posted the first panel of the 29 Aug 1993 strip at
>>
>> http://www-math.mit.edu/~tchow/barscene.jpg
>>
>> What I am wondering is if this picture derives from some famous painting.
>> It looks vaguely familiar but I can't place it. Can you help?
>> --
>> Tim Chow

>I believe it was Edward Hopper's "Nighthawks"(?). Does this look like it?
>
>http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/hopper/street/hopper.nighthawks.jpg
>
>
>Brooke
>

In Peanuts: A Golden Celebration, Schulz confirms that it was an homage to
"Nighthawks".

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tc...@lsa.umich.edu

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Sep 24, 2001, 7:19:00 PM9/24/01

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In article <20010923194436...@mb-fa.aol.com>,

Chris Lee <ezcle...@aol.common> wrote:
<>I believe it was Edward Hopper's "Nighthawks"(?). Does this look like it?
<>http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/hopper/street/hopper.nighthawks.jpg
<>Brooke
<
<In Peanuts: A Golden Celebration, Schulz confirms that it was an homage to
<"Nighthawks".

Wonderful! Thanks a bundle.

Alison

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Sep 25, 2001, 6:09:39 PM9/25/01

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Wow, this is cool. The painting I thought of was also a tribute (but I
didn't know it until you posted this) - it's by Gottfried Helnwein and
called 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams'. It shows Hopper's scene peopled with
movie stars instead:
http://www.look4fineart.co.uk/Helnwein-Gottfried/Helnwein-Gottfried-Night-Ha
wks-2101248.html
Alison

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ali assa seen

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Oct 3, 2001, 6:19:05 AM10/3/01

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In article <9oqved$ta0$1...@news5.svr.pol.co.uk>, Alison
<snoopy@_nospam_alimo.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

> Wow, this is cool. The painting I thought of was also a tribute (but I
> didn't know it until you posted this) - it's by Gottfried Helnwein and
> called 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams'. It shows Hopper's scene peopled with
> movie stars instead:
> http://www.look4fineart.co.uk/Helnwein-Gottfried/Helnwein-Gottfried-Night-Ha
> wks-2101248.html
> Alison

These days, I'm pretty sure far more people know of the knockoff than
the original. Kinda strange, but not the first time such things have
happened.

- Dr Strangemind

> brooke <bro...@sonic.net> wrote in message
> news:0_tr7.3949$EB2....@typhoon.sonic.net...

> > I believe it was Edward Hopper's "Nighthawks".
> >
> > http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/hopper/street/hopper.nighthawks.jpg
> >
> >
> > Brooke