Skinny Dippers Day

It's skinny dipppers day, and let's start with an all male nude 1970s pool party.

 

Floating bath house?

I think this was shot at a 1900-ish floating bath house.

Stockholm had a well known one.

 

Near a dam

There appears to be a dam in the background of this group of swimmers.

 

One guy

There's always that one guy.  This time he's the one who kept his shorts on.

 

More Swedes?

I have a hunch that these two fellows might be Swedes.

Some of the islets in the Stockholm Archipelago look like that.

 

Heading for the water

Several nice derrieres in this group heading for the water.

 

YMCA?

This might have been taken at a YMCA.  I've seen other photos 

of nude men on the same diving platform.

 

Fun group

I'm sure that these were a fun group of guys to hang out with.

Mr. Second-from-left is giving me the vapors.

 

Old favorite

This is a repeat of one of my all-time favorite skinny dipping pictures.

 

Lost in the crowd

We finish with a photo in which the point(s) of interest are almost lost in the crowd.

 

Brian E Contributions Day

It's time for a full set of photos contributed by Brian E.  We start with Gregg Palmer 

in what might be an AMG photo.  Thanks, as always, Brian, for your generosity.

 

Kevin Dea

Don Whitman of Western Photography Guild tooks this shot of Kevin Dea.

I have to say that I find his body hair to be delightful.

 

Charlie Day

It was a real treat getting this Pat Milo photo of Charlie Day from Brian.  

Mr. Day also worked for AMG under the name Bob Wilson.

 

Christian Dancale

Jean Ferrero took this photo of Christian Dancale.

Disclosure:  I added contrast to lower the overexposure.

 

Chuck Shields

Here we see Chuck Shields, aka Mike Kevin, in a photo I believe to be by Bruce of LA.

 

Mike Norlan and Paul Stevens

Our only color photo of today's series shows Mike Norlan (left) and Paul Stevens in a picture probably taken by Pat Rocco.  Mr. Stevens was a breath of fresh air as a more mature model.

 

Peter Rann

John Paignton Barrington took this photo of Peter Rann, sometimes spelled Ran.

The usual Barrington flaws are kept at a minimum in this one.

 

Jim "Sarge" Lindsay

Troy Saxon, aka Stuart "Pinkie" Rosenberg, took this photo 

of the always pleasing Jim "Sarge" Lindsay.

 

Walter Fife

This is Walter Fife by AMG with the punchbowl effect.

 

Jean-Marie Negri

Closing out the Brian E set with a second Jean Ferrero.  This time it's Jean-Marie Negri.

Many thanks to Brian for providing today's photos!

 

Jerry visits Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Part I - Non-Danish Sculptures

Carlsberg Brewery founder Carl Jacobsen spent a great deal of his fortune on art, primarily Classical sculpture.  While in Copenhagen last September, my friend Steve and I visted the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, a museum housing his collection and some subsequent acquisitions purchased through the endowment he left along with the art.  I'm posting two photos of this generous man, both in his later years.  There are earlier photos, but he is one of those men who looked better as he got older.  The most interesting part of the museum for me was the Danish sculptures which will take up parts two and three of this series.  We begin with some of the items which are not Danish.

 

Perseus with the Head of Medusa

We start with what I think is a copy of Canova's 1801 marble of Perseus 

holding the head of Medusa.  That broken sword puzzles me.

 

Rodin I

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If you think you've seen Adam, the Creation of Man by Rodin in other museums, you probably have.

It's one of several of Rodin's works that the artist created more than one copy of.

 

First Century Roman Hercules

This 1st C. Roman bronze of Hercules as a young man is one of the 

more subdued versions of the hero.  It was found near Tivoli.

 

Antinous as Dionysus

This is Roman Emperor Hadrian's lover Antinous shown as Dionysus.  

It was found in the ruins of the Villa Casali in 1700, and the sculptor is unknown.

 

Rodin II

The rear view of Rodin's Saint John the Baptist Preaching 

is better than anything I could get of the front.

 

Jerry visits Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Part II - Herman Wilhelm Bissen (and son)

Herman Wilhelm Bissen (1798-1868) was probably the best sculptor in the history of Denmark.  

His son Vilhelm was also a sculptor, but he didn't reach the same level of fame of the father.  As you 

will see, he did put the finishing touches on some of his father's unfinished work.  Herman Bissen 

has his own well deserved room at the Glyptotek, and part two focuses on that group of work.  

The portrait of Herman above is by Wilhelm Marstrand from 1867.

 

Philoctetes in Pain

Philoctetes was a Greek archer who possessed the bow and arrows of Heracles, aka Hercules.  On the way to the Trojan War, he was bitten by a snake and left to die on the island of Lemnos because the rest of the Greeks couldn't stand the stench of his festering wound.  So much for camaraderie.  Anyway, the Greeks soon learned they couldn't win the war without the magic archery set, so they sent Odysseus to fetch it, whereupon he found Philoctetes still living and rescued him.  He fully recovered, went to war, and later founded a Greek colony in Italy.  Herman Bissen sculpted him over the winter of 1854-55.  The title is sometimes given as The Wounded Philoctetes.

 

Paris

Here we see Paris with the Apple from 1835.

The light produced an ethereal blue hue.

 

Orestes

Herman W. Bissen sculpted Orestes Flees from the Eumenides in 1850.  This particular 

sculpture hall at the Glyptotek is popular with art students for sketching sessions.

 

Hylas

Hylas was a youth who was the servant and companion of Hercules.  It took both the Bissens 

and a very long time to complete this statue.  The modeling sessions were in 1846 for the elder, 

but he didn't begin sculpting until 1859, and son Vilhelm didn't finish it until 1867.

 

The Wrathful Achilles

Herman Bissen sculpted The Wrathful Achilles in 1865.  I managed to get a different 

view of Philoctes in Pain in the background, so I cropped it out and put it below.

 

Jerry visits Ny Carlsberg Glypotek, Part III - Danish sculptors who weren't Bissen

Part three of today's series consists of Danish sculptors other than Bissen.  This 1893 portait 

of Carl Jacobsen is by August Jerndorff.  Gotta love those green trousers.

 

Jens Adolf Jerichau I

Adam and Eve after the Fall (1849) by Jens Adolf Jerichau is, 

in my humble opinion, best seen from the rear.

 

Kal Nielsen

This is First Generation by Kal Nielsen from 1908.

The segmentation is odd, but I like it anyway.

 

Jens Adolf Jerichau II

This is The Panther Hunter by Jens Adolf Jerichau.  I'm only showing it 

from the rear because, frankly, the front is disappointing.

 

H.E. Freund

We close withThor Resting with His Hammer shown here from two angles.

H.E. Freund sculpted this in 1829.