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Ambiguous People
My Wife and my Mother-in-law - W.E. Hill, 1915 |
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A colorized version of the most well-known multiple picture : the young and old woman. Hill is always credited for this picture but he didn't invent it. There are much older versions. Click on the enlargement to see an ad from the 19th century. |
The Generals Family (La Familia del General) - Octavio Ocampo, 1990 |
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You will often encounter this picture on the internet; few people know who made it. In the portrait of the general you can find his family. There are nine faces in this picture !
© Octavio Ocampo |
Soldier and Bending Man |
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The face of a soldier and a man that is bending over. |
Visions of Quichote (Las visiones de Quijote) - Octavio Ocampo, 1989 |
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A man with a dreamy expression on his face transforms into Don Quixote and Sancho Panza in the Spanish countryside. Behind them is a windmill Quichote likes to fight. If you look carefully at the background, you'll see lots of other faces too.
© Octavio Ocampo |
The Image Disappears - Salvador Dali, 1938 |
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A somewhat mysterious picture of a bearded man (Dali himself ?) and, on closer sight, a scene with a woman. Dali's moustache is her arm, his eye is her head and his beard is her skirt. |
Homage to Leonardo da Vinci (Hommage a Leonardo da Vinci) - Sandro Del-Prete, 1992 |
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When you look at the painting that Da Vinci is creating, you see that it is very similar to the artist himself. At first sight you might think he is painting a self-portrait. But it's a man on a mule (Leonardo himself on a trip through the Alps in 1516). |
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The crucifixion of Jesus looks like the face of Jesus from a distance.
© Octavio Ocampo |
St. George the Dragon Slayer (St. Georg) - Sandro Del-Prete, 1986 |
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Not only is this a portrait of St. George, when you look at his face you can see the scene where he is fighting the dragon. Nice to know : the picture is recursive. The face of St. George on his horse is again a picture of the fight. |
Male face and Nude Women |
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French postcard. Quite popular for some reason. |
Forever Always (Solo Para Siempre) - Octavio Ocampo, 1989 |
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A portrait of an older couple looking at each other, also showing a scene from their life. Notice how the middle part of the picture shows a golden cup, a little like Rubin's vase.
© Octavio Ocampo |
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The image of a clown made out of naked women. The artist has this caption for it : "Between the clown and his magic is the dream. An escape to relax, to forget the stress". Tough choice, would you choose a dozen nude women to relax, or a clown ? |
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At first it seems the woman is hanging her laundry naked. But you can see in the reflection of the window that she's dressed. And when you look closer, the towel actually just has a dolphin print on it. |
Eskimo Indian |
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One of the most famous double images : the face of an Indian looking to the left, and an Eskimo looking to the right (facing away). This is also called the Wilson figure. |
Spirit of the Woods (Berggeist) - Sandro Del-Prete, 1995 |
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A landscape and the face of a bearded man. |
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Part of the series "The Seasons" . This painting is in the Louvre so you better like it ! |  View on Allposters.com |
T. Elder Hearn, Illusionist |
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An ad for a British illusionist. This scene on stage looks like his face. |
Nomad, 1973 |
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A nice ambiguous transformation. At the top you can see a nomad carrying a bag of food to a cow. The scene changes to the face of an elderly man in only three steps ! |
Mother, father and daughter - G.H. Fischer, 1968 |
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This picture shows the father, the mother and the daughter. They all share the same hat. The father is looking to the front right, he has a big nose and a moustache. The mother is looking to the front left and is wearing the moustache as a scarf. Her left eye is the fathers right eye. The daughter is looking to the back left. The eye of the father is her ear. |
Apparition of a War Scene on the Face of Lieutenant Deschanel - Salvador Dali, 1939 |
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Cover of Match magazine, october 12, 1939. |
Slave Market with the Disappearing Bust of Voltaire - Salvador Dali, 1940 |
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Two 17th century Dutch merchants in a slave market show the bust of Voltaire by Houdon. Click on the enlarged picture to see the bust. Some sources believe the merchants are nuns ; in that case the right nun has a beard ... |
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On closer inspection the face of the woman is three people in front of the illuminated wall of a house. Her chin and nose is a woman in a white dress, on the left and the right of her are two men. Her eyebrows are formed by their hats.
© Octavio Ocampo |
Gala Contemplating the Mediterranean Sea - Salvador Dali, 1976 |
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The full title is "Gala Contemplating the Mediterranean Sea Which at Twenty Meters Becomes the Portrait of Abraham Lincoln". And that's exactly what's happing here. Take a look at the picture, get out of your chair and take some distance, then look again. You'll see Lincoln ! There are several versions of this picture, sometimes also called "Lincoln in Dalivision". | | View on Allposters.com |
Girl in Mirror |
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A funny animation of a girl in front of a round mirror. When blurred, this scene looks like a face. |
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At the end of 2004, this painting was world news. It was shown around the globe in newspapers and on TV. Why ? From a distance, this is obviously George W. Bush, president of the USA. His portrait is made up of monkeys swimming in a marsh. It was in the news because the show's organizer was threatened : "You need to take down this show today, otherwise we're seizing the art and you're going to get arrested." |  Post-Gazette - Bush Monkeys The story of the painting that caused an uproar. |
| Wikipedia - Chris Savido About the artist. |
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Part of the series "The Seasons" where they are symbolized by a human head, made up of typical objects from that season. | | View on Allposters.com |
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