Great paintings of sartorial interest

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Sun Aug 09, 2009 1:10 am

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Igor Strawinsky with spectators, by Jacques-Emile Blanche / 1915


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Sir Laurence Olivier with Garrick Club tie, by Bernard Hailstone (?)


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"A Young Dandy on the Beach" (detail), by Lucien Hector Jonas / 1929


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"The Circle of the Rue Royale", by James Jacques Joseph Tissot / 1868
Gruto

Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:17 pm

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Antonio Garcia on the Beach (1909), by Joaquín Sorolla



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Sommeraften ved Skagen Strand/Summer night on Skagen Beach (1899), by P.S. Krøyer
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Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:33 pm

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Et selskab af danskere kunstnere i Rom/Danish Artists in Rome (1837), by Constantin Hansen
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Tue Aug 11, 2009 12:59 am

Gruto:
These are great images! I took the liberty of copying into this thread the portrait of Erik Stömberg you have posted in another thread. Indeed, the image below was my inspiration to start a new thread on paintings of sartorial interest.

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As for Constantin Hansen’s painting, I have recognized it from a text I once read on the gradual evolution of pants. Here’s a short comment on it:

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Sat Sep 05, 2009 7:47 pm

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by Einar Hein (1894)
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Mon Nov 09, 2009 10:36 pm

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Aubrey Beardsley, 1894
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Walter Richard Sickert 1860-1942

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W. Graham Robertson, 1894
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John Singer Sargent 1856-1925

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Henry Cabot Lodge, 1890
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John Singer Sargent 1856-1925
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Sat Dec 12, 2009 1:31 pm

Perhaps impressionists are best at illustrating DRESS in their paintings - as a general perception - because you can't really make out the clothes.
Take Modigliani for example:

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Jean Cocteau!
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Sat Dec 12, 2009 1:51 pm

Very nice!
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Sat Dec 12, 2009 4:04 pm

I'm glad you like them!
Here is more:

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Sat Dec 12, 2009 4:06 pm

CEZANNE

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Sat Dec 12, 2009 4:08 pm

DEGAS

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The last one - for the excellent rendition of a silk plush top hat!
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Sat Dec 12, 2009 7:29 pm

Wonderful paintings! It's amazing how an artist's rendering is so much more appealing than a bald, lifeless photo.

Alot of drape going on in the paintings though some nice structured coats as well!

A fair, balanced post, I would say. :wink:
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Sat Dec 12, 2009 10:37 pm

Perception is most often not an objective process and memories are even farther from reality. I find it interesting how clothes can change the way we are perceived by others - the impression we leave in their minds. Take Modigliani's portraits of Jean Cocteau and Mario Varvogli for example:
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Cocteau certainly didn't have the shoulders of a scarecrow and Varvogli couldn't have been shoulderless. However, look what different impressions their respective clothes and allures made on Modigliani! If we understand this, we can use clothes to project a certain image, or at least lead others' perception in the direction we want (look authoritative, unapproachable, friendly, relaxed , impressive etc.) - much the way Michael explained in a recent video on dresswithstyle.com.

Here is Cocteau's portrait by Federico de Madrazo de Ochoa:
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The perception is not much different from Modigliani's, is it?

And here is the original, with his structured coats and built up shoulders (so much for a balanced and fair post, UC :P ):
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(Cocteau in musical surgery...)
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What's more, he really had no need for such built up, heavily padded coat shoulders at all!:
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Too bad Modigliani didn't introduce them to each other's tailors :wink:
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Thu Feb 04, 2010 1:37 pm

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A couple of paintings by Magritte. Franz Kafka used to dress this way. I've always loved the 1920's European look.
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Mon Mar 08, 2010 9:47 pm

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The Frenchman, by Edward Munch (1905).
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