As Paul Moreau is known for his funny paintings portraying little Parisian kids from the late 19th century, we have enjoyed his oeuvre full of funny anecdotes conducted by small children. On the other hand, his favorite group which appears from time to time in his paintings is the kids from the aristocratic circles – the rich kids which also have their own ways to have a good time on daily basis. We see in his paintings that kids find the surrounding things as their source of entertainments. The poor kids in his paintings are often using enjoying from the circumstances. On the other hand, as the current picture portrays, rich kids are provided with the facilities and special tools to play. In the […]
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Among Paul Moreau’s many paintings about Parisian boys conducting pranks on their friends, this one captures our eyes by its distinguish-ness from the rest. In general, the kids in his paintings would do something with secrecy, so the victim wouldn’t even know what is going on behind his back or would acknowledge much later. The fun part would be more about sneaking things away or fooling someone. Though, the current scene is a direct decree of punishment to one of the gang-members. The reason of the punishment (spanking) couldn’t be defined clearly. Various reasons could occur if we start to guess. But, all in all, the culprit has been declared to have some punishment and he also has accepted it as he is reluctantly ready […]
The prominence of red color in the painting is due to the special clothes called Choir Dress worn by the kids. Children are wearing the choir dresses – the tradition dress when a religious ceremony has been held. Here, in the painting, the fun-loving kids with such dresses are not all in the mood to rehearse. As their leader is playing the organ, two boys have sneaked behind him and are having their time of fun. The drink is not recognizable but it should be some kind of sweet drink for which kids would fight for, or else the kid won’t take such risk. Paul Mareau’s paintings most often depict little Parisian children playing on the streets. Or the wealthy children playing in palaces […]
Everyone wants their childhood back. Everyone. And this picture shows us why. Do you ever remember your childhood as a tensed segment of your life or a tedious time? Probably, not. We remember it with memories full of bright, shine and adventurous memories. The memories of the events we lived at its full, the moments which were redeemed prosperously. We just want that enjoyment back. Sometimes when we find our current lives difficult, we desire to get those times back. Italian painter Gaetano Chierici has caught our nerve here by portraying a spontaneous childhood. At the first glance on the painting, we start to remember our childhood as being adventurous one. As not worrying about all the germs on animals about which we learnt later, […]





















