Famous People Painting - with links

09/21/2013 12:54:41 PM · #1

This is another of those great ideas that could keep you occupied for hours.
It's a painting with many famous people in historic poses.
When the cursor hovers over each face, it's identified and when you click on the name, there's more.
Have fun with this one!

09/21/2013 06:48:04 PM · #2

Awww, can't let this go without at least one bump.
See if you can find Bill Clinton, Steven Spielberg and Marcel Duchamp.
My only 'grouch' is that there are so few women pictured. (I found less than 10)

09/21/2013 06:54:22 PM · #3

Found all those. I'm loving it. But we're kinda busy here gettin' ready for Stowe: we have to take Penny's sister to the airport from there, so she's outta here for good in a day and a half...

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

09/21/2013 08:16:16 PM · #4

I LOVE it. Especially the non-human celebrities: "LOL cat", "celebrities that look like camel", "Ford model T", "Dolly the cloned sheep", "phonograph", "Easter Island", "typewriter", "Gutenberg bible", "Stonehenge", "Tiananmen", and the "72 virgins" of Islamic paradise! And did you spot Lewis Caroll?

Incidentally, most of the celebrities are Chinese, and those that aren't, look Chinese. Probably because the artists are Chinese... AND they appear in the painting :-)

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

09/21/2013 08:34:10 PM · #5

But can you find *both* LOL Cats?

09/21/2013 08:37:14 PM · #6

Originally posted by kirbic:

But can you find *both* LOL Cats?

Ha! Made me go back, but yes, found it ;-)

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09/21/2013 11:04:49 PM · #7

Originally posted by tanguera:

Originally posted by kirbic:
But can you find *both* LOL Cats?

Ha! Made me go back, but yes, found it ;-)

Ha Ha Ha - you made me go back and find them too!

And Sam Walton's Dog is in there as well.

Pug-H

Pentax K10D

09/21/2013 11:15:04 PM · #8

Paris Hilton and Bette Midler are two of the celebrities who look like a camel.

09/21/2013 11:57:16 PM · #9

There's a "Photo by Cartier Bresson" in there :-)

09/22/2013 02:22:56 AM · #10

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

There's a "Photo by Cartier Bresson" in there :-)

I give up. Couldn't find it.

Leo

Apple iPhone Xr

09/22/2013 02:36:05 AM · #11

Originally posted by tanguera:

Originally posted by Bear_Music:
There's a "Photo by Cartier Bresson" in there :-)

I give up. Couldn't find it.

Hint: photo by HCB

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09/22/2013 02:59:30 AM · #12

Originally posted by Leo:

Originally posted by tanguera:

Originally posted by Bear_Music:
There's a "Photo by Cartier Bresson" in there :-)

I give up. Couldn't find it.

Hint: photo by HCB

Doh! Thanks :-)

jomari

Nikon D7000

09/22/2013 09:35:30 PM · #13

I was expecting to see famous people painting - the painting of famous people was a surprise. That was an interesting way to ~~waste~~ spend some time. How about the twofer - Charles Darwin OR Noah!

09/22/2013 09:44:42 PM · #14

Originally posted by jomari:

How about the twofer - Charles Darwin OR Noah!

That one's VERY weird. Also Sam Walton's dog...

09/22/2013 09:46:02 PM · #15

Originally posted by jomari:

I was expecting to see famous people painting - the painting of famous people was a surprise. That was an interesting way to ~~waste~~ spend some time. How about the twofer - Charles Darwin OR Noah!

Ah, yes, Marion, this is a time-waster indeed. Did you notice that if you click on the name, it takes you to the Wikipedia entry?

But even though I clicked, I could not find out why Alfred Nobel was depicted playing the trumpet!

And then there was the conversation between Sigmund Freud and Jack Kevorkian. What do you suppose they were talking about.

Indeed, the artists who designed this are amazing historians as well as artists.

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09/22/2013 09:47:45 PM · #16

Originally posted by sfalice:

But even though I clicked, I could not find out why Alfred Nobel was depicted playing the trumpet!

It's the "trump of doom": he invented dynamite :-)

Cory

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV

09/22/2013 10:54:27 PM · #17

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by jomari:
How about the twofer - Charles Darwin OR Noah!

That one's VERY weird. Also Sam Walton's dog...

Dunno about Ol' Roy, but the Darwin/Noah thing is easy to explain. One is for the secular folks, the other is for the religious folks..