Decamps satirical portrait of his cheif rival; LeRoi Titmouse..(Titmouse stopped painting shortly after this but went on to a successful career as chief talent agent for the Moulin Rouge.)
Enlarged image can be found here (along with a brief description), or at Mr. Melcher’s blog entry.The Monkey Painter (AKA Interior of a Studio ) is only shown online by its current-location page at present, the source of the different coloration framed title image. Another different coloration, click-to-enlarge image can be found here. Another The Monkey Painter by this artist can be found here, and a sample (doesn’t include The Monkey Connoisseurs) of his other simian themed works can be found here; but there are many examples available online. His Wikipedia page (Google translated French Wikipedia page has more) and collection.So far, 2 works by this artist have appeared in Mr. Melcher’s blog.
margueritem almost 12 years ago
He is considered the king of the art.
bluskies almost 12 years ago
Bobo’s bearly recognizable here.
runar almost 12 years ago
He’s just aping other artists’ techniques.
zero almost 12 years ago
Monkey see, monkey dada…
pcolli almost 12 years ago
I think he’s responsible for a lot of films and TV, too.
orinoco womble almost 12 years ago
Next on the Discovery Channel…the Swinging Artist Goes Bananas!
finale almost 12 years ago
Decamps satirical portrait of his cheif rival; LeRoi Titmouse..(Titmouse stopped painting shortly after this but went on to a successful career as chief talent agent for the Moulin Rouge.)
mabrndt Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Enlarged image can be found here (along with a brief description), or at Mr. Melcher’s blog entry.The Monkey Painter (AKA Interior of a Studio ) is only shown online by its current-location page at present, the source of the different coloration framed title image. Another different coloration, click-to-enlarge image can be found here. Another The Monkey Painter by this artist can be found here, and a sample (doesn’t include The Monkey Connoisseurs) of his other simian themed works can be found here; but there are many examples available online. His Wikipedia page (Google translated French Wikipedia page has more) and collection.So far, 2 works by this artist have appeared in Mr. Melcher’s blog.
J Short almost 12 years ago
I always keep a loaded gun by my monkey too.
J Short almost 12 years ago
Right next to the straight razor.
ransomdstone almost 12 years ago
No. Reagan played with the Bonzo in the movie.
mkahn almost 12 years ago
Portrait of the artist as a young monkey
Call me Ishmael almost 12 years ago
He soon moved on to poker-playing dogs, and made his fortune.
Linguist almost 12 years ago
I bet he’s a cousin of @SheriffMonkeyBlues, or maybe it’s the ole Monkee himself, in one of his more artistic moods.
pcolli almost 12 years ago
Is he painting the “Fighting Temeraire”? And is that a porcupine next to him and a piglet coming down the steps?.
mabrndt Premium Member about 11 years ago
Here is another work by this artist.