Laurits Tuxen, Danish
It Was Just Another Day at Drawing Class Until “Pour Some Sugar On Me” Came on the Radio. And Yes, As We Later Learned, It Was His Own Original Choreography, 1877
Oil on canvas
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Info, or perhaps links that point to more info, about this artist can be found here, here (archived, if necessary), here, here, here (Google translated, if necessary), here, and here, perhaps in addition to what’s in his Wikipedia page (Google translated Danish Wikipedia page has more).
/// This Male Nude in the Studio of
Bonat posed on a platform above
the male art students there,
who knew where not to stare
lest they get teased they’re “falling in love.”
/// From our viewpoint the model’s in shade,
which obscures all the flesh he displayed.
From where all those men sit
he is very well lit,
so in detail he can be surveyed.
/// Their attention the model commands.
It’s suggestive, the way that he stands,
because he never knows,
(with a pocketless pose),
where it’s safe to be resting his hands.
/// Laurits Tuxen, positioned in back,
paints the class and the model’s butt crack.
Bonat taught paintIng nudes.
The class started with dudes;
(naked females at times feared attack).
// He was asked to prepare a prospectus
stating how his nude bod would affect us.
He’s a caveman, some say,
and he comes off as gay,
and his nickname is homo erectus.
/// A straight man can admire the male form,
and remain well within what’s called “norm.”
If he asks for a date,
he may not be so straight
and no longer content to conform.
/// To this art class the gay students flock.
When he’s cocking his hip they’re in shock.
He is hard as a rock
and not wearing a jock,
but at least he’s not hipping his rooster.