Le Baiser de l'Hotel de Ville, 2015 is a painting by Andy Lloyd which was uploaded on September 4th, 2015.
Le Baiser de l'Hotel de Ville, 2015
Le Baiser de l'Hotel de Ville An iconic photograph by Robert Doisneau (1950) recreated as a colour painting by Andy Lloyd, September 2015, 14 x 10... more
by Andy Lloyd
Title
Le Baiser de l'Hotel de Ville, 2015
Artist
Andy Lloyd
Medium
Painting - Acrylic On Canvas
Description
"Le Baiser de l'Hotel de Ville" An iconic photograph by Robert Doisneau (1950) recreated as a colour painting by Andy Lloyd, September 2015, 14" x 10" acrylic on canvas.
I originally painted this famous scene in 2006. This month, I received an email requesting use of the image of the painting in a film about Robert Doisneau, that was being produced by his family for the French TV channel Arte. Hie grand-daughter, Clementine Deroudille, wants to show several variations of the image to show it's status as "a cliche all around the world". As I sold the original 2006 painting some years ago, I decided to recreate the painting this week, so I could provide Robert Doisneau's family with a high definition image ot the work. I'm very proud to be involved in this project. As far as I know, my paintings are the only attempts to create colour versions of the classic black and white photograph.
Uploaded
September 4th, 2015
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Comments (20)
Andy Lloyd
thanks Ira. I love the people-watching element of his iconic image. A thing I greatly miss in our current bleaker times.
Ira Shander
I have always been a big Doisneau fan. I read that some of his candid shots were not always so candid. Sometimes he used "spontaneous" models. He did have a commercial background; and was a very hard working professional. Whatever the circumstances he created some of the most iconic images coming out of France after the war. Great job.
Robyn King
Congratulations your beautiful work is being featured in 500 Views Share Group & Shared :-)
Rosemary Colyer
Beautiful, story-telling work! Congratulations on your success with this painting! Well deserved..your execution is stunning! L/F
Cyril Jayant
Lovely story Andy and it is a great opportunity to get involve with the ATRE project about the Film about this Iconic Photographer Robert Doisneau . Well done !!!
Andy Lloyd replied:
thanks Cyril, I'd love to see the film - my French-speaking wife is a big fan. No ida if the painting made the cut - hope so!
Michel Verhoef
Very good that you included the story here...otherwise I wouldn't know what to think about this famous picture....
Andy Lloyd replied:
Quite so, i don't know if it ever did make the cut for the film about Doisneau. Nothing on wikipedia about it. He led a good life, tinged at the end with great sadness
Sydne Archambault
Congratulations!! Your fabulous image has been Featured in “Everything In Moderation, Including Moderation!”
Connie Handscomb
This is Classic, Andy! .. so nice to see you paying tribute to a great photographic Master {& well done! on being a part of the Doisneau project} :))
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