Frank Dicksee, English
While No One Begrudged Karen Asking For a New Office Chair Because of Her Bad Back, a Case Could Be Made That She Went a Bit Overboard, 1892
Oil on canvas
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/// Since this painter has always been Frank,
the vague look on her face isn’t blank.
What’s she reacting to?
Is his last name a clue?
(There’s a wardrobe malfunction to thank.)
/// The bored model’s a woman named Trixie,
who behaves like a wry, bemused pixie.
Being shocked? Not her style.
Just a sleepy half-smile
and, for sure, she’s not whistling Dixie.
/// She is dressed in bohemian fashion
and exudes a low-key kind of Passion.
Then Frank Dicksee, (ashamed
of the way he was named),
heard her laugh and his face became ashen.
/// Leila, Child of the Night, so exotic—
with dark eyes, nearly closed, yet hypnotic.
She reclines in a chair
and her “come hither” stare
says you might need an antibiotic.