I think the painting on Kate's wall:

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/4706/restaurant1tn2.jpg

Is related to another FF happening in real life:

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/8352/restaurant2bx3.jpg

Sayid has a similar blue overcoat, and is studying a piece of paper. We don't see the full painting, does anybody know what it is and who made it?

Also i wonder why nobody noticed this:

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/6619/receptionistds0.jpg

Mwahahaha! Oh, I can't believe I missed that! :roflmao:

Also, nice catch with Kate's cafe painting---that's intriguing. I'm so fascinated by all the artwork connections...

She wasn't on the fuselage site...

I think she is somebody here

She wasn't on the fuselage site...
We know. :) It's a nice photoshop though.

Personally I think the painting is more reminiscent of Desmond meeting Libby.

LMAO at the fuselage on the screen, who ever did that just made me laugh my *** off.

Thats not real, is it? Would be funny if it were.

I'm still giggling to myself over the computer screen...

Desmond and Libby---I'd forgotten about that. Any screencaps? Guess I'll have to go look around...

I'm still giggling to myself over the computer screen...

Desmond and Libby---I'd forgotten about that. Any screencaps? Guess I'll have to go look around...
That was the scene I thought of when someone pointed out that painting. I forgot all about the cafe scene with Sayid and Elsa.
It looks familiar to me somehow...

is that fuselage thing real?

ok, i admit it is a little pun from me :chinese:

Sayid has a similar blue overcoat, and is studying a piece of paper. We don't see the full painting, does anybody know what it is and who made it?


We did on the other 'painting thread' you didn't see:
I posted this on Sat. afternoon there: the sim's to Sayid's scene in Berlin is pretty easy to see.

http://www.thefuselage.com/Threaded/showthread.php?t=94516&page=3
http://bp2.blogger.com/_Hxnvg45zlCw/SBqY70i_vNI/AAAAAAAAA80/c5wnGHRKv_Y/s1600-h/pict+2008-05-01+11-18-3011.jpg

I still have not seen anyone actually ID the painting, I'm sure it's 'real', not made just for the show. if i find it, i'll post it here.

Yeah there do seem to be some similarities between the painting and Sayid/Elsa in the cafe, but that pic just makes me think of a French Cafe. I'm not sure if it's the croissant, or the way the waiter is dressed, or the awnings in the picture, but it reminds me of "French".

Like the fun with "The Fuselage" trick too.....;)

It looks like a French cafe, and if it's supposed to tie into the story in any way I'd say it's pointing to Rousseau. A woman with dark hair with a man who's face we can't see....

I think the painting on Kate's wall:

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/4706/restaurant1tn2.jpg

Is related to another FF happening in real life:

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/8352/restaurant2bx3.jpg

Sayid has a similar blue overcoat, and is studying a piece of paper. We don't see the full painting, does anybody know what it is and who made it?


I'm not sure if you are joking or being serious.:undecide:

If you are serious, I'd suggest you need to get out more. It's not terribly uncommon for a gentleman to wear a jacket to a restaurant, and dark grey or a navy blue are pretty standard colors for such a garment. Yellow? Purple? Not so much.

As for your observation that each of the men (and his dinner companion) is "studying a piece of paper"... (which is what clued me in to the possibility that this post was a joke) the "paper" is what is commonly known in the hospitality industry as a "menu" and it is often "studied" by diners prior to placing their orders.

I'm not sure if you are joking or being serious.:undecide:

If you are serious, I'd suggest you need to get out more. It's not terribly uncommon for a gentleman to wear a jacket to a restaurant, and dark grey or a navy blue are pretty standard colors for such a garment. Yellow? Purple? Not so much.

As for your observation that each of the men (and his dinner companion) is "studying a piece of paper"... (which is what clued me in to the possibility that this post was a joke) the "paper" is what is commonly known in the hospitality industry as a "menu" and it is often "studied" by diners prior to placing their orders.

No need for the sarcasm.......there is something weird about the painting. Notice that the painting is too large for the wall and that it actually covers part of the light switch. I've never seen anyone hang a picture on a wall so it covers the light switch. What one person finds mysterious, someone else may not, but we don't need to be facetious.

Wait a sec... The original poster put up this item about the "similarities" between the scene with Sayid and the print on Kate and Jack's wall in the SAME POST with a "funny" doctored photo incorporating "THE FUSELAGE" that they were obviously aware was "fake." So I'm not sure if the entire post was meant to be sort of "tongue-in-cheek" and intended to poke fun at the abundant LOST "conspiracy theories."

Picture of people in retsaurant = Sayid eating in restaurant? A restaurant scene is not THAT unusual a subject for a painting, nor is it a particularly unusual place for two people to meet. Their attire is in no way "atypical" nor is their behavior (browsing the menu). If there were CLOWNS in both photos, or the clothing was IDENTICAL (Sayid has a dark shirt, no tie, and the woman does not resemble his date in the least) it would be significant, but plotwise, I doubt it.

I agree that it is positioned oddly on the wall, and covers the second light switch, and can't say WHY that is... and the frame is sort of odd-looking as well, which may make the picture significant in and of itself, but I doubt it is related to the scene with Sayid, and suspect the originator of this thread was "baiting us."

heppamies, I agree that the painting was put there as another of a zillion 'clues' easter eggs or whatever. It IS an obvious hint at Sayid in the Berlin Cafe. Guess what? Croissants are served in Berlin by white shirted waiters as well. LostFan is very grumpy today.

Only this time I'm certain that it is a real painting by a famous artist. I have not found it yet. I think it's from the 1930's; early 40's, similar to Rivera, or the later Leger's neo-classical styles.

It really reminds me of a Thomas Hart Benton work, (but he was a U.S. artist) in it's use of bright colors, heavy movement, and depictions of everyday life. He is most famous for paintings of rural southern life, Afro-Americans dancing, etc.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51TY38JS5AL._SS500_.jpg

The fact it is a real work may be why it didn't fit the wall so well, it was a last minute addition.

It would be insteresting to see what kind of face the man has, who is holding the paper.

The artists name can be seen, but i can't read what it is.

I capped a shot and highlighted the bottom left corner:

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/7064/namewc9.jpg

I said this elsewhere, but this seems like a better place for it:

I think that there is definitely a nod toward that scene with Elsa and Sayid in this painting.


http://gallery.lost-media.com/displayimage-1376-62.html

http://gallery.lost-media.com/displayimage-1401-860.html

Right down to the ponytail and the woman holding a pen.

What I suspect is that this is an indication, a hint, as to the time line. I think that these two episodes, SNBH and The economist are running concurrently timewise.

agree with you on both accounts. i see white shirted waiters even. Hepp was right all along. (i thought so too before seeing this) I wish i could make out the artist's name, i'm sure it's a famous real painting (unlike most used in the show), or at least meant to look like one by a certain artist, which may be a clue of some sort.. I even checked lost-pedia, they had nothing on it yet.

I do know that the landscape painting in Widmore's hallway is a well-known Cezanne, not a painting of the island.

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/6619/receptionistds0.jpg
Haha -- that's funny. I admit I thought it was real at first.

I'm an art school grad and I don't recognize the painting, fwiw. It's definitely not Impressionistic. The style reminds me of American regional painters of the 30's-40's, but then the scene isn't American. The guy's suit looks 50's-60's to my eyes, but it's not so tightly drawn to where you could really ID it. I'm not sure what to make of it.

the doctored photo of the chick on thefuselage made me laugh. cute.

the doctored photo of the chick on thefuselage made me laugh. cute.

Doctored? Oh man, I was already formulating theories on that one. Geez.

BTW, the painting in Kate's home is seen through a window in the wall. We are only seeing a part of it. Not the framed picture but the one that has the blue blurry thingy or person that looks like Jack's father standing in the surf. Ya'll know what I mean, right?

Yeah, I can see the Benton-ness. Also, seems a little Edward Hopper-y to me.