High Brow Kollege Knowledge Contest

[noble_enough]

http://www.darkhorse.com/Zones/Hellboy

They have a winner posted so the contest is over, but I don't see a reference anywhere to who the painter was or what painting Guy was 'ripping off'.

Anyone know?

quite curious...

[Maija]

Caspar David Friedrich, The Wanderer above the Mists, c. 1817-18 (http://www.wga.hu/art/f/friedric/2/209fried.jpg)

[E. Spears]

Damnit! Maija beat me too it.

Didn't our own Jan Bentzen ape that painting for a past HB Forum Art Exchange?

[MarisaSmith]

Stop the presses!
HOW did I miss that!?
Friedrich's "Wanderer" is my FAVORITE painting! I've got a print of it right above my bed!!!
Dude......... Sadness...
Honestly, how did I miss that? When/where was this announced?

[noble_enough]

Stop the presses!
HOW did I miss that!?
Friedrich's "Wanderer" is my FAVORITE painting! I've got a print of it right above my bed!!!
Dude......... Sadness...
Honestly, how did I miss that? When/where was this announced?

oh man, that sucks...

I saw the contest on here a couple weeks back.
I entered but guessed wrong.... I said a goya painting, way off now that I see the wanderer...
Scott did send me a consolation prize though, Oddest Jobs, which I hadn't bought yet! :biggrin:

[Kees_L]

Yeah, cool contest thingy, remember seeing it a while back, but I must confess to have never seen this painting nor having heard the painters' name before.
So thanks for that :smile:. Looks to me like 1900-ish in-awe-of-nature romanticism stuff. Skillful anyway. And romanticism cuz much of 'those' paintings seem about awe-sharing and mood rather than about 'self-absorbed look at my style' stuff. Which wouldn't be bad necessarily, but it's cool, easy-going for art. A bit like how comics could be seen as easy-going art?
Anyhoo, to say: I like.

EDIT: Holy crap Noble & Scott A. That is some consolation! Next time I might enter also, even while well in the dark: "o.k. this is definately Goya...."

[MarisaSmith]

Looks to me like 1900-ish in-awe-of-nature romanticism stuff. Skillful anyway. And romanticism cuz much of 'those' paintings seem about awe-sharing and mood rather than about 'self-absorbed look at my style' stuff.

Kees:biggrin: ! That is exactly the reason why I like it... I'm a big Byron/Shelley, et. al. buff and ever since I saw that painting Junior year in High School, there was something about Romanticism that drew me in, and I think it's that exact feeling that Friedrich captured in "Wanderer."

I also recommend "Woman in Front of the Setting Sun" and "Old Heroes' Graves."

What Byron and Shelley captured on paper, Friedrich captured on canvas.

[Jan Bentzen]

Damnit! Maija beat me too it.

Didn't our own Jan Bentzen ape that painting for a past HB Forum Art Exchange?

"Ape" is such a strong word mr. Spears :tongue:

Here´s the link http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showpost.php?p=2052580&postcount=43

- JAN

[MarisaSmith]

"Ape" is such a strong word mr. Spears :tongue:

Here´s the link http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showpost.php?p=2052580&postcount=43

- JAN

Jan,
Speechless.....:eek:
That's amazing... So very, very cool...:biggrin: