[444Flyer]

"...Some conservative Web sites, including http://Freerepublic.com, have accused Thomas of plagiarizing the work "The Snail" by the French artist Henri Matisse."

Woo Hoo FR!

[La Lydia]

They can’t even get the pictures on the wall right without our expert guidance!

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

“The reason why it was moved was because it didn’t fit the space right,”
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LMAO!!!!!!!! Yeah, riiiiiiiight.

[fullchroma]

WOW!

[USArmySpouse]

Stephens's explanation makes sense because it is inconceivable that the White House's art experts would imagine Thomas's painting was fraudulent or a copy. From the time of its birth, it would have been clear that Thomas's work was an homage; "The Snail" was extraordinarily famous when Thomas painted "Watusi."

Ummmm...sure. Then why was this "homage" business never mentioned before? What a crock.

[JoeProBono]

NYT Touts White House Artworks, Misses Obvious Copy, Apparent Fraud (Freeper Breaks the Story) Freeper Investigation ^ | 10-7-09 | Freeper Posted on Thursday, October 08, 2009 3:05:05 PM by Beelzebubba

[sportutegrl]

WaPo included a hot link to FR. Can’t say I ever remember a member of the MSM doing that.

[reagandemocrat]

Just another “false positive” incident.

[Atlas Sneezed]

Stephens’s explanation makes sense because it is inconceivable that the White House’s art experts would imagine Thomas’s painting was fraudulent or a copy. From the time of its birth, it would have been clear that Thomas’s work was an homage; “The Snail” was extraordinarily famous when Thomas painted “Watusi.”

Thomas’s painting was first exhibited in the ‘60s. At that time, you could no more plagiarize a Matisse collage such as “The Snail” than you could pass off the “Mona Lisa” as your own.

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Right, that’s why the NYT art critic wrote about it:

“You can see her making the leap in the earlier of her two paintings on the White House list, “Watusi (Hard Edge),” from 1963. ***It’s an out-and-out steal of a Matisse collage.*** Thomas *just* shifts the pieces around, cools the colors down, and adds a title that refers to a Chubby Checker song. But through *copying* Matisse, she began to work out a format she would use again and again.”

[Brian C. Ledbetter]

[peggybac]

Maybe Mrs. O’s designer will whip up a watusi dress.

[Lancey Howard]

So the Ubamas will be hanging the velveteen portrait of Malcolm the Tenth in the White House residence?

[Happyinmygarden]

Did her autographed poster of Che take up too much room?

Or maybe it was the genuine antique Chinese portrait of Chairman Mao that was too big and didn’t leave enough room.

And, of course, there is the portrait of Dear Leader with the halo..... so much art, so little room...

But the muzak of the eleven different ‘Dear Leader Worship’ songs is helping with the ambiance, no doubt.

[Cacique]

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