has info and links that point to info about this painting (best viewed by Google Chrome – can automatically translate linked pages, if necessary).
Again, a larger strip image is shown by clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s blog entry for yesterday (January 2, 2016), accessible by the Check Out The Blog! box in the right hand column; so, I won’t point to it here.
Further digging around turns up almost nothing. The original title is “Tauzieher”, which translates as “Rope-puller.” I suppose a suitable English title would be “Men pulling on ropes,” as if the viewer doesn’t get that pretty much right off the bat anyway. The date, 1899, is right. It seems the painting was done in Munich. If you read German there’s a short article about him at https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Breyer. And that’s all I’ve got.
BE THIS GUY over 7 years ago
The guy in the middle has no sense of modesty!
J Short over 7 years ago
From the documentary Whatever Happened to The Village People?
pcolli over 7 years ago
Staff from the Grindr employment agency.
Knightman Premium Member over 7 years ago
Pulling up the curtain of the “First Nudie stage production!”
maltmash3r over 7 years ago
Seldom seen outtake from 300: the thong catapults
Kalkkuna over 7 years ago
I’ve been following this strip for a few weeks now, and I don’t think any of these things are true. How would SM know what the artist had in mind?
Funny_Ha_Ha over 7 years ago
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!
toahero over 7 years ago
If they forget to lower it in time, have they dropped the ball?
Mopman over 7 years ago
The guy in the middle seems to be paying attention to the wrong ball.
ladamson1918 over 7 years ago
They definitely have those Times Square cameras pointed in the wrong direction.
Al Nala over 7 years ago
Why isn’t the black guy in front? It’s racism! Raaaaacism!
rugeirn over 7 years ago
Can anybody find out anything about the painting? History?
mabrndt Premium Member over 7 years ago
1 URL (copy one line):
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_Breyer_Tauzieher.jpg
has info and links that point to info about this painting (best viewed by Google Chrome – can automatically translate linked pages, if necessary).
Again, a larger strip image is shown by clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s blog entry for yesterday (January 2, 2016), accessible by the Check Out The Blog! box in the right hand column; so, I won’t point to it here.
nosirrom over 7 years ago
I hope it’s not too heavy. Otherwise more than one will be dropping.
blackdawne over 7 years ago
Greco-Roman Kite Flying
katzenbooks45 over 7 years ago
Illustration for Hemingway’s first draft, “The Old Man and the Speedo”.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 7 years ago
Curious how just one man is wearing anything and he is in the front.
d1234dick Premium Member over 7 years ago
pulling the closet door shut after obma
wardtree over 7 years ago
Bwahahahahaha! Good one! And on to the Elton John New Years Eve after party, of course.
rugeirn over 7 years ago
Further digging around turns up almost nothing. The original title is “Tauzieher”, which translates as “Rope-puller.” I suppose a suitable English title would be “Men pulling on ropes,” as if the viewer doesn’t get that pretty much right off the bat anyway. The date, 1899, is right. It seems the painting was done in Munich. If you read German there’s a short article about him at https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Breyer. And that’s all I’ve got.