Kings new painting opinions

WelshBloke · May 15, 2024

So the king got a painting done.

Anyone else hear a faint chant of "blood for the blood god" when they see this?

It's a disturbingly creepy painting. I kinda like it but it's not one I'd commission for myself if I didn't want to look like I was wading through a sea of blood to my throne of skulls. Maybe that's what he was going for.

[DHT]Osiris · May 15, 2024

WelshBloke said:
So the king got a painting done.

Anyone else hear a faint chant of "blood for the blood god" when they see this?

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It's a disturbingly creepy painting. I kinda like it but it's not one I'd commission for myself if I didn't want to look like I was wading through a sea of blood to my throne of skulls. Maybe that's what he was going for.

Getting some real Vigo the Carpathian vibes off that thing. Be sure not to look directly at it.

lxskllr · May 15, 2024

It's awfully bright. A few centuries of aging should improve it. Maybe hang it over a working fireplace to accelerate the aging.

WelshBloke · May 15, 2024

lxskllr said:
It's awfully bright. A few centuries of aging should improve it. Maybe hang it over a working fireplace to accelerate the aging.

Yeah, we should do that with him but what about the painting?

GodisanAtheist · May 15, 2024

I personally like this painting of Charles better...

WelshBloke · May 15, 2024

GodisanAtheist said:
I personally like this painting of Charles better...

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That's actually Prince Philip!

[DHT]Osiris · May 15, 2024

Oh good, I wasn't the only one who thought this. Stupid forum software!

Code:

https://imgur.com/gallery/charlie-carpathian-1UyYn7i

IronWing · May 15, 2024

I think it captures Charles' life quite well, forever fading into the draperies.

nakedfrog · May 15, 2024

[DHT]Osiris said:
Getting some real Vigo the Carpathian vibes off that thing. Be sure not to look directly at it.
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This is exactly what I thought of when I first saw it too.

WilliamM2 · May 15, 2024

Only thought I had was "Who cares?".

sdifox · May 15, 2024

Vigo Von Homburg Deutschendorf

DigDog · May 16, 2024

it's fucking ghastly. It may be "internet cool" but this painting, for this person, needs to be "stately", not "artistic".

pmv · May 16, 2024

His hand looks positively skeletal.

Getting a bit of a Judge Death vibe from it

IronWing · May 16, 2024

DigDog said:
it's fucking ghastly. It may be "internet cool" but this painting, for this person, needs to be "stately", not "artistic".

The royals have never been able to pull off “stately”, that’s reserved for Hollywood.

pmv · May 16, 2024

WelshBloke said:
Yeah, we should do that with him but what about the painting?

Given he used the term "awfully bright", it's pretty clear he wasn't referring to dim-bulb Charles himself.

WelshBloke · May 16, 2024

pmv said:
Given he used the term "awfully bright", it's pretty clear he wasn't referring to dim-bulb Charles himself.

Fair point. The gold braid, fancy hat and general bling is pretty bright though!
Have they made him a fancy hat of his own or is he wearing one of the old ones?

Torn Mind · May 16, 2024

Certainly edgy impressions for posterity.

Maybe he did help conspire to axe Diana and subconciously knows he's getting some hellfire....

Ajay · May 16, 2024

WelshBloke said:
So the king got a painting done.

Anyone else hear a faint chant of "blood for the blood god" when they see this?

View attachment 99006

It's a disturbingly creepy painting. I kinda like it but it's not one I'd commission for myself if I didn't want to look like I was wading through a sea of blood to my throne of skulls. Maybe that's what he was going for.

WTFBBQ??

IronWing · May 16, 2024

What's with the medals? I thought the king was supposed to be the font of all honors and therefore required no honors beyond being king.

herm0016 · May 16, 2024

minority opinion I guess. I like it. its certainly more modern, The butteryfly represents his environmental pursuits. a bit of an afront to the monarchy while being in traditional garb.

MrSquished · May 16, 2024

When I saw this in my news feed yesterday I really thought it was an onion satire type post. So I click through to read the first article I saw and it seemed to be a regular news article. It took me a minute to accept that this was real.

I mean you couldn't write this shit better.

Lost_in_the_HTTP · May 16, 2024

WilliamM2 said:
Only thought I had was "Who cares?".

Or 'Who gives a Chuck?'

pmv · May 17, 2024

herm0016 said:
minority opinion I guess. I like it. its certainly more modern, The butteryfly represents his environmental pursuits. a bit of an afront to the monarchy while being in traditional garb.

Wouldn't say that's a minority opinion - I don't know if I "like it" or not. Feels like a meaningless question to ask, whether one 'likes' it.

It depends what one thinks the purpose of such a painting is.

Not sure I really see the need for painting portraits of monarchs at all (we all know what he looks like, no shortage of images of him already in the historical record), such portraits are just some weird thing that is done because it's "traditional", like the Monarchy itself. That this one is in a very non-traditional style is neither good nor bad, it just is what it is.

I do wonder what the distant future will make of it though, what they'll decide it says about our era. Maybe it will one day be seen as a harbinger for the coming final demise of the monarchy? Or maybe they'll just note that "art went a bit weird in that era, didn't it?"

zinfamous · May 18, 2024

herm0016 said:
minority opinion I guess. I like it. its certainly more modern, The butteryfly represents his environmental pursuits. a bit of an afront to the monarchy while being in traditional garb.

I actually like it, too. It's different and it definitely makes you think a bit. Offensive to most probably, but that's what art should do. It needs to make you a bit uncomfortable in order to challenge your sensibilities.

Anyway, can't believe no one has mentioned this yet, but my first thought on seeing this is that King Chuck asked the artist to paint for him the realization of his truest, most desired dream. You know, from that infamous letter (or phone call)?

[DHT]Osiris · May 18, 2024

zinfamous said:
I actually like it, too. It's different and it definitely makes you think a bit. Offensive to most probably, but that's what art should do. It needs to make you a bit uncomfortable in order to challenge your sensibilities.

Anyway, can't believe no one has mentioned this yet, but my first thought on seeing this is that King Chuck asked the artist to paint for him the realization of his truest, most desired dream. You know, from that infamous letter (or phone call)?

The only thing it actually made me think of was how relevant it is to have a British royal portrait drenched in blood.

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