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what is this type of painting called?

posted 10 years ago by Allan-All-In
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I saw a painting 10 years back.. I think the painter was danish cause I live in Denmark and saw it here..

Basicly it was plastered with colors.. really colorfull.. the picture featured mainly a big man lifting a house.. halfway from the ground, so you could look under it.

There were many small stories taking place in the same painting.
I remember something looking like a troll peaking out from underneath the house.

I gave up locating that painting but was wondering about the style.

I like those type of paintings..
This one is from a childrens book, but its just to give an idea of the 'many stories in the same picture' -> http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-lxn29EcrlA/TU3sv6roR9I/AAAAAAAAAD8/a6Xh9tep cZc/s1600/pettson_findus.jpg

Does this 'where is waldo' style have a name?..
And do you know of any 'famous' painters that used it?.. cause the display I saw, was definetly not from a childrens book, but it was still this concept.

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[–] rowan_morrison 10 years ago

I think I'd call that an illustration.

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[–] laurendorward-990-190608 10 years ago

cartoon/illustration. A lot of propaganda/newspaper work uses satirical illustration which has more "thinking" in it.
There are also artists who cross the divide of illustration to fine art that have more depth and creative ambition like Gerald Davis or Chantal Joffe. Even Lowry adopted a more illustrator type feel.