The morbidity of the crying girl portrait

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raveydavey wrote: Those are blooming horrible paintings.Why on earth would you want one of those in the house? Dead right - they are rotten awful.Another 'popular'one was of the eastern/Thai/ woman,seemed to be one in everyother house.
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dogduke wrote: raveydavey wrote: Those are blooming horrible paintings.Why on earth would you want one of those in the house? Dead right - they are rotten awful.Another 'popular'one was of the eastern/Thai/ woman,seemed to be one in everyother house. The one that was blue/green? and I do mean skin colour
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You also need to mention the horrible galloping horse across a gloomy dreary coastline.
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tyke bhoy wrote: dogduke wrote: raveydavey wrote: Those are blooming horrible paintings.Why on earth would you want one of those in the house? Dead right - they are rotten awful.Another 'popular'one was of the eastern/Thai/ woman,seemed to be one in everyother house. The one that was blue/green? and I do mean skin colour The Chinese Lady by Vladimir Tretchikoff, painted in 1950, and reputably the biggest selling art print of all time. Shame he never finished it...
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My auntie had this on her living room wall (or one very similar) in the 60s. She even had a print of the Mona Lisa.
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Si wrote: My auntie had this on her living room wall (or one very similar) in the 60s. She even had a print of the Mona Lisa. We had that in our "Front" room Si - I believe she was called Tina if memory serves me correctly
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They used to have these horrid kind of paintings on sale in the market. Anyone remember that stall?    
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Can anyone recall that "tasteful" print of the swan with the man and woman reclining beneath its outstretched wings?I seem to remember that was quite popular in the 70's as well...
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Double post, sorry - Opera is useless since the last update.....
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If you think the Blue Madonna and the crying kids are bad, you should see what I have to put up with. The picture of the horror, below, was bought by my other half. I'd sent him out with specific instructions on what to get and he came back with this damn thing. I didn't see it for a few years [because it was rolled up in a cardboard tube, and hadn't gotten around to having it framed] but blew my top when I went to collect it from the frame shop. It's eight foot x four and while it would fit in the living room, I don't want it in there. Actually, I don't want it in the house but there'll be trouble if it goes missing!    
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