Odds and Ends Again

It's time for some more leftovers or odds and ends.  We start with a guy who looks 

like he knows that we want more . . . and just might give it to us.

 

No clue

I don't know what you call that exercise he's doing, but it certainly seems to work for him.

 

Wowza

All I can say is O.M.G.

 

Prairie Highjinks

Several of you like these sorts of photos, so here's another.

 

Brotherly love

My source labeled this one "brotherly love," 

but they look like pretend cannibals to me.

"Eat 'em up! Eat 'em up! Rah! Rah! Rah!"

 

Moonbeams

Here we have some moonbeams.  A sunbeam will be along momentarily.

 

Prison Daily News

I think they used this for the prison newspaper,

or perhaps they had a yearbook.

 

Sunbeam

"I got my sunbeam.  I got my running stream.  Ain't life grand."

 

Primate grooming

My anthropology professor said mutual grooming was central to primate social cohesion.

In this case, whatever is in that bottle seems to be helping things along.

 

Number please

And finally, if anyone has this guy's phone number, I need it.

 

Great Danes in Art I - Kristian Zahrtmann

Today will be the first of several series featuring important figures from Danish art.  Kristian Zahrtmann (1843-1917) was a pre-eminent figure in late 19th and early 20th Denmark, not only completing a number of successful works himself, but also by teaching and mentoring.  We will be looking at his male nudes and semi-nudes today.  I don't have a photographer attribution for the photo above, but the handsome portrait below is by Johan Rohde from 1896.

 

Job and His Friends

If Job is the naked guy in Job and His Friends, he looks like he's dying.

 

Two Versions of Adam

Zahrtmann did two versions of Adam.  He called the one above Adam in the Garden of Eden

and the one below Adam in Paradise.  I guess paradise didn't have snakes.  These paintings, 

despite the vines covering the crotches, were considered too erotic for public exhibition,

and they went straight into the hands of private collections.

 

Nero's Dancer

Mr. Zahrtmann used a rather masculine model for Nero's Dancer.

 

Prodigal Son

The Prodigal Son shows how Kristian Zahrtmann went back and forth 

between Classical and biblical themes when it came to painting nude men.

 

Socrates and Alcibiades

Kristian Zahrtmann did two very different takes 

on the story of Socrates and Alcibiades.

 

Teacher and mentor

 Mr. Zahrtmann was also a teacher and mentor to other Danish artists.  

This painting of his teaching studio is by Poul Christiansen from 1899.

 

Cain

This representation of Cain captures the crux of the story rather well.

 

Prometheus

This is Mr. Zahrtmann's take on Prometheus.

 

Self Portrait

Closing out the set with a self portrait from late in Mr. Zahrtmann's life.

 

Physique Model "Sailors"

In the world of 1950s and 60s physique photography, all one had to do to be a sailor was to put 

on a swabbie cap.  I'm not saying that none of today's models could have been real sailors,

but most probably weren't.  We start with an AMG guy at the low end of believability.

 

Hairy

This hairy brute might be looking for a bunkmate.

 

 

Larry Madden

Here we have Larry Madden and what may be a bayonet in a Bobco photo.

 

Colt Gangway

Jim French of Colt did a photo set called Gangway that included this picture.

Unfortunately, I've never been able to find the names of the models.

 

Earl Lawrence

This smiling character is Earl Lawrence in a photo donated by Brian E.

Thanks, Brian!

 

AMG?

I get a late AMG vibe from this pair.

 

Rick Slusher

This is Rick Slusher (and his happy trail) by AMG.

 

Forward

This model is putting his best attriabute forward.

 

Driftwood

That piece of driftwood looks familiar, but I still can't place the model of photographer.

 

Smoldering

Our last physique model sailor is giving us one of those smoldering looks.