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General Category => Literature, Music, Art & Entertainment => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on November 16, 2017, 06:16:51 AM

Title: 450M$ painting
Post by: Nearly Sane on November 16, 2017, 06:16:51 AM: People are weird

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42000696
Title: Re: 450M$ painting
Post by: Owlswing on November 16, 2017, 07:05:05 AM: Quote from: Nearly Sane on November 16, 2017, 06:16:51 AM

People are weird

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42000696

And just where did the money come from to pay for it?
Title: Re: 450M$ painting
Post by: Shaker on November 16, 2017, 08:14:29 AM: Quote
In 1958 it was sold at auction in London for a mere £45
You'd have thought they could have scraped it up to fifty quid.
Title: Re: 450M$ painting
Post by: floo on November 16, 2017, 08:21:02 AM: It does appear to be a bit pricey. Maybe my artwork will be worth that much one day! ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: 450M$ painting
Post by: Walter on November 16, 2017, 02:06:16 PM: Quote from: Nearly Sane on November 16, 2017, 06:16:51 AM
People are weird

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42000696
mind you , he was pretty good in Titanic I thought . Did you see that sketch he did of that woman with her threpnies out?
Title: Re: 450M$ painting
Post by: Shaker on November 16, 2017, 02:49:15 PM: I thought it was just like one of those French girls.
Title: Re: 450M$ painting
Post by: SusanDoris on November 16, 2017, 04:41:04 PM: I heard an interview (on Fivee Live I think) with an expert who says it is not an original Leonardo.
Title: Re: 450M$ painting
Post by: Walter on November 16, 2017, 08:04:06 PM: Quote from: SusanDoris on November 16, 2017, 04:41:04 PM
I heard an interview (on Fivee Live I think) with an expert who says it is not an original Leonardo.
so who was it in the film then?
Title: Re: 450M$ painting
Post by: Owlswing on November 16, 2017, 09:16:49 PM: Quote from: SusanDoris on November 16, 2017, 04:41:04 PM

I heard an interview (on Fivee Live I think) with an expert who says it is not an original Leonardo.

Yes, several "experts" have expressed doubt as to the attribition, some seem to think it was done by a stuident of Leonardo, not Leonardo himself.
Title: Re: 450M$ painting
Post by: Walter on November 16, 2017, 10:25:14 PM: Quote from: Owlswing on November 16, 2017, 09:16:49 PM
Yes, several "experts" have expressed doubt as to the attribition, some seem to think it was done by a stuident of Leonardo, not Leonardo himself.
wait what! You talking about that sketch of that woman with her threpnies out ?
You're wrong , I saw him do it , she looked very nice ! Phewaw
Title: Re: 450M$ painting
Post by: Owlswing on November 17, 2017, 09:56:01 AM: Quote from: Walter on November 16, 2017, 10:25:14 PM

wait what! You talking about that sketch of that woman with her threpnies out ?
You're wrong , I saw him do it , she looked very nice ! Phewaw

Oh FFS shut up! Your "jokes" are worse than mine and that is a statement that I never thought that I would make here!
Title: Re: 450M$ painting
Post by: Walter on November 17, 2017, 03:01:55 PM: Quote from: Owlswing on November 17, 2017, 09:56:01 AM
Oh FFS shut up! Your "jokes" are worse than mine and that is a statement that I never thought that I would make here!
gotcha! 8)
Title: Re: 450M$ painting
Post by: Owlswing on November 17, 2017, 11:26:38 PM: Quote from: Walter on November 17, 2017, 03:01:55 PM

gotcha! 8)

You are a WUM and troll.

Farewell!
Title: Re: 450M$ painting
Post by: Nearly Sane on November 19, 2017, 10:14:20 AM: Not entirely sure that there was a golden age just about taste at the high end of the art market but I think there are several valid criticisms of the current treatement of art.

https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/19/leonardo-billionaires-taste-wealth