Art in the Simpsons
R H Menzel
Simpsons. I have not found one. Nor did I look for one. I am a lazy, lazy
man!
But that doesn't mean we can't make our own list here.
I'll start:
In "Crepes of Wrath" Bart travels through a few landscapes based on famous
paintings by Monet (bridge), Van Gogh (a field with birds flying out),
Rousseau (person with animals) and Manet ( artists having picnic with
model).
I would look up the actual titles, but as I've already stated....
-Bob
Dana
I missed a couple of those...or at least don't remember them. I'm going to
throw in the season one dvd and have a look again. I take it the episode
where Marge paints a portrait of Mr. Burns is full of takes on some famous
painters works...I'll have to give that another look as well.
How is your 9/11 exhibit coming?
Oh, by the way...DON"T post a reply unless you FIX that damn clock! (LOL)
Otherwise I won't be able to figure out how to read your messages and the
entire infrastructure of the world wide web will be thrown into complete
chaos!
Dana
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Katijaikat
>> paintings by Monet (bridge), Van Gogh (a field with birds flying out),
>> Rousseau (person with animals) and Manet ( artists having picnic with
>> model).
The Edouard Manet painting is "Le Déjeuner sur L'Herbe" (Luncheon on the
Grass).
In "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge" [7F09], we see Michelangelo's David.
Then there's the two Guernica "appearances" we talked about a few days ago.
Aaron Hirshberg
In the Barney helicopter episode, Bart and Lisa have a bunch of dogs
playing poker at the kitchen table.
In another episode, We see Homer through the window of a diner. He is
sitting at the counter. I looks exactly like a famous painting. I
think the painting is called "American Gothic"?
Space
R H Menzel
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"American Gothic" is the two farmers in front of the old farmhouse by Grant
Wood. The diner scene is by Edward Hooper. I can't remember the name. The
Rousseau is "The Dream". Still trying the find the name of the Van Gogh and
Monet. Unfortunately, our Gallery has a lousy reference library.
R H Menzel
> Hey...
>
> I missed a couple of those...or at least don't remember them. I'm going to
> throw in the season one dvd and have a look again. I take it the episode
> where Marge paints a portrait of Mr. Burns is full of takes on some famous
> painters works...I'll have to give that another look as well.
Let me know what you find!
> How is your 9/11 exhibit coming?
Unfortunately, posting the 9/11 relating gallery page is about fifteenth on
my list of things to do. I will let you all know when I'm finished.
> Oh, by the way...DON"T post a reply unless you FIX that damn clock! (LOL)
>
> Otherwise I won't be able to figure out how to read your messages and the
> entire infrastructure of the world wide web will be thrown into complete
> chaos!
>
> Dana
Uh-oh! Too late! I wrote this message four days ago, and posted it three
days in the future. Damn you, Einstein!!!
-Bob
hne.screaming.net
Grant
> Wood. The diner scene is by Edward Hooper. I can't remember the name. The
> Rousseau is "The Dream". Still trying the find the name of the Van Gogh
and
> Monet. Unfortunately, our Gallery has a lousy reference library.
'Nighthawks', I believe it's called. It's been used a couple of times,
hasn't it? American Gothic also featured, when Bart overcleaned it.
Daniel
<rhme...@brainlink.com> wrote:
>"American Gothic" is the two farmers in front of the old farmhouse by Grant
>Wood. The diner scene is by Edward Hooper. I can't remember the name. The
>Rousseau is "The Dream". Still trying the find the name of the Van Gogh and
>Monet. Unfortunately, our Gallery has a lousy reference library.
The Edward Hopper work is "Nighthawks."
I have not seen the episode, but I wonder if the writers might have
used the Gottfried Helnwein remake of "Nighthawks" in which the Hopper
figures were replaced with Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Elvis Presley,
and Humphrey Bogart. It was titled "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" and
sold millions in print.
Katijaikat
>Wood. The diner scene is by Edward Hooper. I can't remember the name.
Edward Hopper, "Nighthawks."
>Still trying the find the name of the Van Gogh and
>Monet.
It's Edouard Manet, not Monet, which is probably why you're not finding
anything. "Le Déjeuner sur L'Herbe" (Luncheon on the Grass).
R H Menzel
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As the two previous posters will attest, you are right on the Hooper.
I DO know Manet from Monet!
Look at the original post. I listed Monet, Van Gogh, Rousseau and Manet.
The Monet in question is the one with the small bridge over one of his lily
ponds.
-Bob
Dave Conroy
>Wood.
Wasn't there one episode where Bart, while cleaning the living room, starts
scrubbing American Gothic, and the paint smears, untill finally, it says "If
you can read this, you've scrubbed too hard"?
david
Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground, When I know you're not around...
Dana
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Delaware, and Whistler's Arrangement in Gray and Black (Portrait of Burns'
Mother).
The Stonecutters' shortcut to the plant is lined with Mona Lisas.
There's a scene in Hell which is based on a Heironymous Bosch painting.
Hans Sprungfeld tears the bottom off that famous picture of Washington by
whatsisname.
That painting Lisa went to see when she thought she was dumbening, was that
a real one?
hne.screaming.net
R H Menzel
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> The Trouble with Trillions features a tableau of Burns crossing the
> Delaware, and Whistler's Arrangement in Gray and Black (Portrait of Burns'
> Mother).
>
> The Stonecutters' shortcut to the plant is lined with Mona Lisas.
>
> There's a scene in Hell which is based on a Heironymous Bosch painting.
>
> Hans Sprungfeld tears the bottom off that famous picture of Washington by
> whatsisname.
Good eye, and good memory! Apparently there are a lot of subtle or quick
fine art references.
Alan Hamilton
<rhme...@brainlink.com> wrote:
>Good eye, and good memory! Apparently there are a lot of subtle or quick
>fine art references.
There are several in the opening for THOH IV:
- The paintings in the gallery, part one:
- Marge shadow on wall (in the style of de Chirico)
- Homer (Van Gogh's self portrait)
- Maggie with melted pacifiers (Dali's "Persistence of Memory")
- Lisa playing sax (Picasso's "Three Musicians")
- Homer chasing Bart (Escher's "Ascending and Descending")
- Lisa (Munch's "The Scream")
- The paintings in the gallery, part two:
- Homer with list, "Duff Chips Pork" (David's "Death of Marat
Sade")
- Lisa (Picasso's "Three Musicians")
- Bart behind an apple (Magritte's self-portrait, "The Son of
Man")
- that stupid "Dogs Playing Poker" picture
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Philip J. Fry
<rhme...@brainlink.com> wrote:
>A few weeks ago Fishy asked if there was a list of art references in the
>Simpsons. I have not found one. Nor did I look for one. I am a lazy, lazy
>man!
>
>But that doesn't mean we can't make our own list here.
>
>I'll start:
>
>In "Crepes of Wrath" Bart travels through a few landscapes based on famous
>paintings by Monet (bridge), Van Gogh (a field with birds flying out),
>Rousseau (person with animals) and Manet ( artists having picnic with
>model).
I think it's from a picture from Escher.
Fry
Philip J. Fry
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Benjamin Robinson
>I think it's [the opening for "The PTA Disbands (2F19)"] from a picture from Escher.
According to the capsule for that episode, you're right. The picture -- the
one with the staircases coming from all angles -- is called "Relativity." A
note in the capsule mentions this same opening was also used in "Homer the
Great (2F09)."
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of the mirror is lifted from a Rockwell painting I had in my room as a
kid (confirmed on the DVD commentary).
Michael Morbius
("Composition in Red, Yellow, and Blue") that appeared in the episode
where Homer went to the art gallery I would be grateful if I could add it
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