The impetus behind the Moustache Man's art was to "raise awareness for the tens of people in the world who are born with the horrible, unsightly condition where your moustache grows into the word moustache,"
I was always fascinated by Aivazovsky facial hair style Here one of his portrait — http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Aivazovsky_portrait_by_Tyranov.jpg and another one — http://uploads4.wikipaintings.org/images/ivan-aivazovsky/self-portrait-1874.jpg
Count Lajos Batthyany (1807-1849), prime minister of Hungary (1848), executed at the behest of the Austrian emperor at the end of the Hungarian revolution and independence war (1849). This painting was made by the noted painter, Miklos Barabas.
The impetus behind the Moustache Man's art was to "raise awareness for the tens of people in the world who are born with the horrible, unsightly condition where your moustache grows into the word moustache,"
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Frida Kahlo
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http://www.artchive.com/artchive/k/kahlo/kahlo_selfmonkey.jpg
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ReplyDeleteI was always fascinated by Aivazovsky facial hair style Here one of his portrait — http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Aivazovsky_portrait_by_Tyranov.jpg and another one — http://uploads4.wikipaintings.org/images/ivan-aivazovsky/self-portrait-1874.jpg
ReplyDeleteWhat about the "Jim Gurney Rust Belt"?
ReplyDeleteHard to compete with Dali, but Courbet, as he appears in his painting La rencontre, ou "Bonjour Monsieur Courbet"
ReplyDeleteCame here to say, "Frida Kahlo." Leaving satisfied.
ReplyDeleteAnyone for Caspar Friedrich?
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All serious artists should consider facial hair as a form of artistic self-expression.
Craziest or best? Sargent wins for best.
ReplyDeleteLeonardo Da Vinci - self portrait
ReplyDelete1512 - red chalk on paper
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Leonardo_da_Vinci_-_Self-Portrait_-_WGA12798.jpg
The eyebrows, sideburns and mustache... who else but Frida Kahlo!
ReplyDeleteBut I see Gregory Lee already left a link to the same self-portrait I was going to suggest. :-)
i say we get james to grow a
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and nominate him for the best facial hair by an artist! whos with me!
Man Ray
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Many excellent candidates in this post from my blog: http://fredhatt.com/blog/2011/07/05/the-artists-beard/
ReplyDeleteAnd, for another artist amongst the living, Alexey Steele.
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ReplyDeleteI don't want to nominate them, but here you can find interesting mustaches.
ReplyDeleteMustaches of Hungarian type (the page is called Hungarian mustaches): http://www.magyarbajusz.hu/node/31
Mustaches and hussards:
http://www.hussards-photos.com/Moustache_home.htm#1
Count Lajos Batthyany (1807-1849), prime minister of Hungary (1848), executed at the behest of the Austrian emperor at the end of the Hungarian revolution and independence war (1849). This painting was made by the noted painter, Miklos Barabas.
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One more vote here for Frida Kahlo.
ReplyDeleteSorry I misunterstood, the person I've nominated (January 25, 2012 7:04 AM), wasn't an artist...
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