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Cool paintings that depict hedonism?
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To me nothing says hedonism like the Belle Epoque.
Degas has fantastic depictions of urban leisure: https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-ballet-scene-from-meyerbeers-opera-robert-le-diable-30908
This is one of my favorite paintings of the time, though you might want to pass due to the "implication". Show me the "Manet": https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/a-bar-at-the-folies-bergere-207293
If you want more merry colors and simpler times then probably going back to Jan Steen might be a good idea: https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/merrymaking-in-a-tavern-209153 He liked painting people having a grand time: https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-interior-of-an-inn-the-broken-eggs-115662
If you like alcohol as a motive, but also seeing hedonism pushed to the metal, here's some moral teaching in fantastic colors: https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-last-day-in-the-old-home-200702
If you don't like sermons but enjoy light: https://www.wikiart.org/en/peder-severin-kroyer/hip-hip-hurrah-1888
For maximum debauchery, Gin Lane's your lane: https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/gin-lane-1
In case you need something more Mediterranean, Triumf of Bacchus has some of that vivid face depiction Velazquez provides: https://www.museodelprado.es/coleccion/obra-de-arte/los-borrachos-o-el-triunfo-de-baco/4a23d5e2-9fd4-496b-806b-0f8ba913b3d8
As a piece of resistance, James Bartolacci does clubbing art: https://anatebgi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/James-Bartolacci_JB1006_1664490656.jpg
If there's nothing you fancy, please let me know.
omg, what an incredible answer!
Some of these are amazing.
I feel like i need to hang more than the one i planned; turning my little flat into a tiny gallery ^^
No seriously. Great suggestions!
I especially like "The Broken Eggs", "Hip, Hip, Hurrah!" and "Gin Lane" ๐
Hip, Hip, Hurrah! comes from a Norwegian-Dutch painter that makes fantastic captures of life "as it is" in my opinion. Not what you've asked but this is a favorite of mine: https://www.wikiart.org/en/peder-severin-kroyer/in-the-store-during-a-pause-from-fishing-1882
Plus anything on the beach is fantastic from this author.
Jan Steen (the author from The Broken Eggs) has a deep repertoire of people just "cooked", having great fun, with lots of color.
If you enjoyed Gin Lane, you could also pair it with "Beer Street", from the same author: https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/beer-street-1
Basically this author thought that Beer is great, but Gin is rubbish, and his depiction of both are fantastic. Plus, as any interior designer worth their salt would say, "it's a conversation piece". ;)