That was one of the most horrible paintings I've ever seen in movies or on TV--and I've seen quite a few. I can't understand how such an eyesore can be a major prop in a major movie.
For an example of a beautiful portrait, catch the one of Gene Tierney in LAURA. Yeah, yeah, it's really a blown-up photo with a few paint strokes added (kinda like Thomas Kincaid's entire oeuvre), but it is gorgeous.
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I also found the painting to be exquisite so I'm not sure what the original poster's problem is with the picture. Perhaps a new pair of glasses would help?
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The painting would certainly be appealing to fans of mass-market artist Thomas Kinkade-'The painter of light'.
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I think it was PERFECT.
It was never supposed to be top-notch art but rather the kind of bourgeois portrait that a wealthy man of the time would hang over his fireplace.
And while it wasn't stylistically accurate (i.e. not exactly true to the style of the period to which it is referring), it could've been worse... much worse.
More importantly, Fanny was portrayed as the SCORCHER that she was supposed to be. :)
I'd like to have that painting myself. What the heck was wrong with it?
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I loved that painting too...it was beautiful!
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I once saw a photo of Davis (in the late 50's, maybe? Early 60's?), with the portrait hanging on the wall in the background. So I guess she kept it.
I wonder where it is today?
Oh, come ON, you people!
The woman in that portrait looked more like Blondie Bumstead than Bette Davis/Fanny Trellis.
Whoever painted it couldn't even give a good imitation of the great John Singer Sargent!
I guess it's still around.
cut + paste: http://www.imagesbyferrari.com/VincentSherman/images/15%20Bette%20Davis%20Portrait.jpg
I have to explore that site better...
I quite like the portrait.
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