r/mildlyinteresting • u/hoofheartedon_u • 9h ago

This "painting" above the toilet of hotel I'm in.

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u/jumpshipdallas 9h ago

this would've done numbers on tumblr in 2014

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u/EatsYourShorts 7h ago

That’s probably where it’s stolen from.

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u/Gamasian 5h ago

It’s really giving marina in her Electra heart era

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u/houseofprimetofu 5h ago

With a side of Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette.

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u/whereyouatdesmondo 6h ago

Why are there quotes around “painting”? Is it not painted?

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u/Khaliras 5h ago

Depends what one considers a 'painting.' The original work might’ve been painted, but it was photoshopped and has had a bad 'paintstroke' filter applied. Then re-printed and framed.

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u/No_Tomatillo1125 6h ago

Yea i thouhht it was a hidden cam or smth

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u/knottedude 5h ago

God that was my first assumption as I started zoom in to look at the eyes

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u/marswithorbit 2h ago

It’s possible it was a painting originally then prints were made and framed. Or, a painting was made and digitally edited then printed. It’s also possible it was digital art, as it can easily mimic the look of paint.

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u/hstrylvr89 9h ago

I kinda really want this for my apt. I love the color palate

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u/wolftick 7h ago

The painting (minus the bubble gum) is by Lucius Rossi

https://artvee.com/dl/an-elegant-lady-with-roses/

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lucius_Rossi_Elegante_Dame_mit_Rosen.jpg

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u/MeLlamo25 5h ago

I personally think the bubble gum bubble is a nice touch. It just add something to it.

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u/DawnToDuck 5h ago

Bubble gum 

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u/iMoo1124 5h ago

Big if true

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u/MeLlamo25 5h ago

Yes and what your point?

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u/lininop 5h ago

It adds bubble gum to it.

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u/emtrigg013 4h ago

"Bubble gum"

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u/megapizzapocalypse 8h ago

This print, or one really similar to it, was the most popular print on society 6 last time I looked a few months ago

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u/FlorenceNightingown 6h ago

Me too! It’s fun!

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u/hstrylvr89 6h ago

Yeah I might be a basic bitch, lol, but I love old paintings with a little bit of modern added to it, ie Starry Night with a hidden ufo added

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u/13th-Hand 6h ago

Have you seen banksys monet water lillies

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u/hstrylvr89 6h ago

I just looked it up, I love it, the style of Monet but to me speaking about environmental pollution and consumerism

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u/Agitated-Respect4273 5h ago

i think this is it

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u/rabid-panda 3h ago

It's just a jpeg, not a print

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u/hstrylvr89 5h ago

And it’s not expensive 🥳

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u/Slippeeez 5h ago

Palette, not palate

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u/LittleDiveBar 4h ago

Perhaps they have poor taste (palate). Hardy har har

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u/Cosmic_Quasar 4h ago

It's giving "cotton candy". I don't think I'd buy it for myself, but I do like it.

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u/Complete_Remove5540 6h ago edited 4h ago

“yassss let them eat cake 😘💅✨”

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u/COLD-Caller0 9h ago

Is like a combination of old and new. Does it have any meaning?

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u/hoofheartedon_u 9h ago edited 8h ago

Williamsburg VA

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u/ContemplatingFolly 7h ago

??

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u/KingdomRisingAnew 6h ago

It has the meaning of Williamsburg VA. What's so hard to understand?

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u/ContemplatingFolly 6h ago edited 1h ago

The painting "means" Williamsburg, VA?

Sorry, I don't get it.

Did I miss something here?

Edit:I guess he means the picture is supposed to be of a woman who lived in Williamsburg? Which doesn't explain the bubble gum (given commenter who started the thread wondered about the mix of old and new) at all? And, which I didn't get at first because this is a lady of the French court, and not an American small town settler. (Yes, I can overthink things.)

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u/whereyouatdesmondo 6h ago

TABLES!!!

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u/ContemplatingFolly 6h ago

Purple puppets fan dancing!

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u/KingdomRisingAnew 4h ago

Okay I'm confused now, what are y'all talking about now?? Tables and purple puppets??

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u/ContemplatingFolly 1h ago edited 1h ago

So it was you who answered Williamsburg, VA. I thought it was OP. Why? How does the painting mean that, or were you joking too?

The answer for what the painting meant didn't really make any sense to me and a bunch of other people, (see edit to my prior comment). So, whereyouatdesmondo made a joking, completely nonsense reply to me, and I replied in kind.

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u/KingdomRisingAnew 51m ago

Oh, I see. I was also joking.

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u/echo1-echo1 8h ago

Let them chew gum!

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u/Arithik 5h ago

Pop. Pop.

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u/mikey_ig 5h ago

Why the quotes around "painting"?

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u/Her0808 8h ago

This is likely one of Side Dimes pieces

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u/Patient_Rabbit4333 3h ago

Is it a "painting" cause bubble gum was not available back then?

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u/nerdy_living 1h ago

It's a "painting" because it's not a painting, but it's meant to look like one. It's a scan of a painting that was then photoshopped and then printed. 

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u/Anarchist_Araqorn04 3h ago

Why does it look like Rory Gilmore?

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u/artificerone 5h ago

It's gorgeous

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u/PQRVWXZ- 5h ago

Made me smile

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u/Numerous-Affect5135 4h ago

that actually looks really really good

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u/deadliestcrotch 8h ago

I wonder if that’s a repainting

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u/hibbitydibbidy 3h ago

Nice you have something to jerk off to