"The Gold Scab; Eruption in Frilthy Lucre (The Creditor)," James Abbott McNeill Whistler, 1879.
This painting has an interesting story. Whistler's relationship with his wealthy patron Frederick Leyland ended when Leyland was furious with Whistler's work on the now-famous "Peacock Room;" it seems Whistler was only supposed to finish work started by someone else, but instead totally redid the room. The two parted ways acrimoniously.
Not long after that blow-up, Whistler unadvisedly sued art critic John Ruskin for defamation, over a bad review of one of his paintings; while Whistler won the suit, he was awarded only a farthing in damages. The suit was so expensive that he had to declare bankruptcy....and Leyland was his chief creditor.
So we have Leyland as a peacock, sitting on his house. Whistler pokes fun as his frilled shirts ("Frilthy", get it?) and his piano playing; if you look close you can see a butterfly, Whistler's signature, about to sting Leyland. The color scheme is that of the Peacock Room.
Reminds me of illustrator Sidney Sime...
From the De Young Gallery, San Francisco.
"Tête á Tête on the 968th Floor of a Skyscraper," Moriz Jung, 1911.
Jung (1885-1915) was an Austrian artist, graphic designer, and caricaturist best known for his work with the Wiener Werkstätte, a Viennese art and design collective.
Noted for his satirical flair, he had quite a few illustrations published in various magazines, and also a lot of humorous postcards like this one, which pokes fun at the stylish fad for aviation.
I've written about the Wiener Werkstätte before; their output is fascinating and their work a forerunner of the Bauhaus and the Art Deco movement. Postcards were the lest pricy or luxurious of their output, but images like there were popular.
Jung's career, though prolific, was brief. He was conscripted into the Austro-Hungarian army in 1914, and was killed in action near the village of Łubne, in modern-day Poland, as part of the Carpathian Battle.
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Soigńe, great guitar playing and hassle by busybodies.
#musician #music #guitar #guitarplayer #beerfestival #caricature #CaldasDeRainha #Portugal
Tout le monde lui lèche le uk, il faut bien que quelqu'un se dévoue pour désacraliser pépé sensei.
(Ponyo est mon préféré )
From Taylor Swift to Timothée Chalamet: Derek Ortega’s Playful Caricatures https://theinspirationgrid.com/pop-culture-illustrations-caricatures-by-derek-ortega/ #art #MastoArt #illustration #caricature #PopCulture #ArtInspiration #ArtInspo #inspiration #InspirationGrid
So I was on Twitter again
and hey
I had a really good laugh...
I didn't make the caricatures, of course
Many thanks to all the great artists who express themselves so skillfully
Trying #caricature atm. I think i still need to push the exaggerating a few more degrees and yet still keep proportions recognizable #mastoart #illustration #sketch
New Post From My Pixelfed
A caricature of my wife and I we had done at Six Flags in Dallas about 9 years ago.
Day 3 of #365in25.
#365in2025 #Caricature #Drawing #Art
Check it out on Pixelfed: https://pixtagram.social/p/beardedtechguy/780814033487177745