Featured Drunk painted by a drunk ?

Discussion in 'Art' started by bosko69, Dec 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM.

  1. bosko69

    bosko69 Well-Known Member

    Saw this 12" tall painting yesterday and got a big kick out of it. It's a raucous lively piece and I get the feeling the artist painted this for a pint-like the spontaneity of the work-wonder if it hung on the wall of a pub somewhere a century ago (canvas dates to abt 1900) ?
    Not the most well-painted piece I've ever seen,but it sure has a lot of enthusiasm to it !
    Really like it,but at $250 ???
    Drunl Frnt Full CROP.jpg Drunk Frnt ClseUp2.jpg Drunk3.jpg WN Doc.jpg
     
  2. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    He certainly had fun painting it.
    That smock looks very English, as does the hat.
    Maybe for $150?
     
  3. bosko69

    bosko69 Well-Known Member

    Agree AJ-Really fun genre piece but at $250 seems a bit dear ?
     
  4. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    It's a fun painting - clay pipe and a pint and a happy face, but I wouldn't pay that much unless I had a bar to hang him in.
     
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  5. bosko69

    bosko69 Well-Known Member

    Exactly Ruth-The only thing I'm missin' is the Grade 1 Listed million pound pub and I don't have a 'Man Crypt' !
    PS-If I had a pub that could be a tax write-off ?
     
  6. wlwhittier

    wlwhittier Well-Known Member

    I'm surprised the tankard hasn't got a brewery name prominently displayed...It looks to be well done commercial art; whether it is or isn't, I like it, too!
     
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  7. Boland

    Boland Well-Known Member

    Painting makes me smile. He certainly looks content,like he’s got everything he ever needed. But it’s way too much green (bar or not)
     
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  8. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    I wondered whether the clay pipe was meant to make him a caricature of an Irishman? Poking about, I see there is a genre of Irishmen drinking, sometimes Guinness promotional pieces.
     
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  9. wlwhittier

    wlwhittier Well-Known Member

    My point exactly...
     
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  10. wlwhittier

    wlwhittier Well-Known Member

    The title seems to be Sinnington Rambler.
    Oh-Kay!
     
  11. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Mudlarks are forever fishing those pipes out of the mud on the Thames embankments. I think they were everywhere.
     
  12. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

    i know that full pint feeling ! :singing:
     
  13. Tiquer

    Tiquer Well-Known Member

    The first step in admitting you're an alcoholic:


    .....paint a picture of another one LOL
     
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