As part of my “Supermarket Signs” series of pop art pieces, I created this French Artist beanie sign as a dedication to an infamous troll who used to ply his trollish ways on the Fine Art America discussion forums before being banned for life.
The guy/gal pretended to be a Paris street artist and looked down his nose at all of the artists on Fine Art America trying to make a living selling their work.
They would post a few photos stolen off the Internet but never actually had any works for sale. He/she would telling everyone they were doing it wrong trying to sell their artwork on line. The only TRUE artist sold on the streets of Paris. It was kind of hilarious if you understood the black humor behind this fake account, but the act got tiresome after a while.
Frenchie would get banned only to pop up with a new name and account a few weeks later. Troll the boards. Draw in arguments. Get banned again. Finally they just faded away. Funniest thing about the troll was his Halloween custom like stereotype of the French artist wearing the Classic French Artist Beret Hat.
Beret (pronounced ber-ay; the “t” is silent). The origin of the beret is actually not French, but Spanish, specifically Basque, from northeast Spain. The finest berets today are still made in Basque country from virgin wool, and are lined with satin.
Berets come in several sizes; the typical “artist beret” is very large and floppy.
