If Lautrec Had Painted Keira Knightley

French Post-Impressionist painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was fond of capturing the lively images of decadent Parisian nightlife during the late 19th-century. Much of his inspiration was found inside the numerous nightclubs, cabarets, circuses and brothels in the bohemian Montmartre section of Paris. Some of my favorite works are the advertising posters he created for various Montmartre performers such as Yvette Guilbert, Jane Avril and Aristide Bruant. No doubt Lautrec would recoil in horror over what passes as creative decadence in much of modern day Hollywood, but I think he might have enjoyed painting the very skeletal and curiously grimacing Keira Frightly Knightley sauntering down the red carpet. As I mentioned, Lautrec found inspiration in circus performances...a concept not much different from red carpet events. Medium: gouache on paper.

Comments

[d. c.]

You got this one on the money! Bravo

[Pablo Vazquez]

Im the first! ,not only i love your work i also enjoy it. Very happy of find your page 14..keep working making fun of the celebrity's life style..(Your vision of the the american princess/heiress Paris R the best)

luv ya!

[La Goulue]

NICE one! Can't that girl ever shut her mouth? I mean, no food is going in, and she probably doesn't need to breathe through it, so why is it always hanging open?
Lautrec rules!!!!! And so do you, Miz Quatorze!

[Demon Kitty]

I am so in love with Keira Knightly. I think she is so beautiful. The actual picture you linked to is horrifying though. It looks like someone gutted her cleavage. Did you see the picture at "Go Fug Yourself" where she literally took a belt and wrapped it around her tits? I am going to stop here. I have such difficulty controlling myself at this site.

Demon Kitty

[DonnaJEM]

Her mouth is always open because she's starving herself. So with her big teeth and shrinking skin, her mouth has no choice.

Never thought much of her one way or the other until I saw that horrid pic of her on the red carpet. Yikes, someone PLEASE throw her a sandwich!

Great rendition 14!

[angel]

perfect.

[Elizebeth]

I absolutely LOVE your artwork. You capture the essence of a celebrity in all you do, it's fantastic!
I've never seen anything like this and I'm always thrilled to come here and see something new.
Thank you.

[Lala]

the mouth is a perfect representation of what her mouth shape is. Brilliant!!!

[ab]

the hands are a perfect detail. they are knarly and frightening. a little bit like being as slim as she is...

[Dave Hater]

I bet she is looking sideways at Reese Witherspoon's abdomen and thinking BABY! The OTHER WHITE MEAT! GET. IN. MA. BELLY!!!!
Just sayin'.

[Viper Tetsu]

"Anorexia runs in my family, but I don't suffer from it." Yeah, sure. And Paris Hilton is dropping the jet-set life to become a Buddhist monk in the mountains of Tibet.

Here's some irony: I think this young woman is utterly charming on the inside...but you've really got to look past the skeletal exterior.

Another melifluous blend of Yipes and satiric bite. Huzzah!

bahaha you have sadly captured her PERFECTLY!!

[Katie]

I think I love you - you're the perfect balance of art, insight, satire, and gossip.

[Noelegy]

We saw the second "Pirates" movie Sunday night and watched the first one again last night. Keira seemed nowhere near this state of distress, physiologically speaking. She looked slim but healthy. She is such a beautiful young woman whose star is rising; why court this kind of negative publicity? Even if she isn't anorexic, why wear clothes that call attention to her less-than-attractive physical attributes? Doesn't she have SOMEONE who can tell her, "Look, you're going to scare people" when she gets dressed and looks like that?

As for the mouth open all the time, I observed in the first "Pirates" movie that she seems to have one of those mouths where her lips are full enough that they don't come together closed over her teeth without conscious effort on her part. The most egregious example of this would be the girl who played the human interest in the remake of "Planet of the Apes." You had to wonder if she sucked in a few bugs from time to time.

[Noelegy]

I forgot to add: brilliant artwork! You have an excellent grasp of individual artists' styles. I'd like to see you take on someone in Modigliani style sometime.

[Gabriel]

Fantastic job on Keira Knightley. Wasn't Anthony Lane who said that Keira reminded him of the mother alien from the "Alien" movies? Same underbite.

[spo.]

you're brilliant, i'm a huge fan, but it's "le" and not "la" squelette.

[Tamara Ikenberg]

Brilliant!
You captured the skeletal smug of the Fugga Frightley deliciously!
She looks kind of like Wallace from Wallace and Gromit with the toothy teethiness.

Tamara

[14]

Thanks for the comments everyone! Yeah, I know it's "Le Squelette" instead of "La Squelette", but 14 logic dictates that if the Skeleton is female, then the "LE" should be "LA". yep. : )

xoxo
14

[Long Island Irish]

Good drawing 14!

It's such a shame, Keira is beautiful--seriously she has one of the most lovely faces in movies today. She is WAY to skinny though.

How many people here think she would be one of the best looking women in the world if she had a fuller body? Bones are not sexy!

[Morrigan]

Talented and smart... definitely. I hope poor Keira can get some help.

It's a wonderful and yet too sadly truthful painting. I just can't laugh at it.

[Barb]

Hahaha, brilliant! You captured her in a way I see her almost on a daily basis. The image reminds me of the skeletons from El Dia de Los Muertos. I think I saw one that looked just like her hanging in someone's house. Hmmm. However, I do wish she would eat something. This trend needs to end (I'm assuming it's a trend).

[trafficgurl]

YOU HAVE CAPTURED HER MOUTH TO A TEE!! I AM A HUGE FAN...YOU ARE BEYOND TALENTED!

[theidlereceptionist]

HEE HEE!!! I love your attention to the mouth and coat rack jutty outty lips!

And Tits McGee in the background was a nice touch...

[cherise]

eeeeeeeeeeww! That picture of her on GFY is scary! With her paleness, saggy skin and bones she looks like a walking corpse! And I can't understand why she always has to be doing some sorta thing with her mouth n lips. That having been said, you're spot on with your depiction of her!