Jacques Lalaing Day

Let's kick off another day devoted to Anglo-Belgian sculptor 

Jacques Lalaing with a selfie he took of himself shirtless.

 

Wrestling

My source says the model here is wrestling with a mannequin.

Note the drawn on grid used for enlarging.

 

Balance

That looks like a sword or fencing foil balanced across the models limbs.

Disclosure:  I removed severe yellowing and increased the contrast.

 

Not easy

It couldn't have been easy to balance on that incline for any length of time,

so it was probably fortunate that Mr. Lalaing photographed the pose .

 

Duo

A pair of sword wielding models makes this one a bit special.

 

Equestrian

Mr. Lalaing completed a number of equestrian statues in his noteworthy career,

and the fixture in this study is probably a substitute for a horse.

 

Bad Quality

Despite my having reduced yellowing and added a clarifying filter, the quality here 

is pretty bad.  I am including it to show a model standing beside the unfinished 

piece for which he posed,  something I always seem to find interesting.

 

Elegant Chair

For this one Jacques Lalaing posed a model on an elegant chair atop a piece of furniture 

or a small platform.  I'd love to know what sort of sculpture this was used for.

 

Helmet

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Art

Closing the set with a quickly made Lalaing study that has artistic appeal on two levels.

First, the lighting is subtle but effective, and second, the model's pose is pure art itself.

 

Lalaing

Finishing up with Jacques Lalaing's favorite model on a plaster horse.

 

Models, Part 2 - Jacques Lalaing

Part two of today's model series is made up of the photographic studies of the Anglo-Belgian sculptor Jacques Lalaing.  As you will see, the quality of those photos isn't always the best, but photographic art was not the objective, as they were used to supplement life models for his work.  We begin with the most frequently seen of Mr. Lalaing's modes in a pose with a shield.

 

High quality

This is an example of two factors in Jacque Lalaing's photography.  First, not all the photos were 

"down and dirty" quick studies.  Some, like the one above, had artistic and technical merit 

of their own.  Second, he often used multiple versions of the same model in the same 

or similar poses.  Several years ago I posted version of this one in which the model's 

face was shown in the same high quality.

 

Knife

Although I've tried, I haven't been able to determine which Jacques Lalaing art work this photo study was for.  That's not surprising, though, because I've only been able to match a very few.

 

Another version

Several years ago I posted a different photo of this model in the same pose.  

In that one he was with a second model who was posed differently.

 

Recent find

I'm finishing today with a photo of my favorite Lalaing model that I recently found.

Although the quality leaves a lot to be desired, his good looks and build come through.

 

Lalaing

My original source listed this one as unattributed, but some poking

 around produced a believable link to the Belgian Jacques Lalaing.

 

Beautiful Specimen

I was quite surprised to find that this 1902 photo is by Jacques Lalaing.  His photos were usually low to medium quality shots used as studies for his sculptures, but this piece can stand on its own as a work of art.  And speaking of works of art, how about that beautiful specimen of a male model?

 

Albert's Blog II

The artist, writer, and now blogger formerly known as Albert the Gay Belgian, Part 2

It's time for another set borrowed from the pages of https://male4malesex.blogspot.com/ , an eclectic blog presented by my friend Albert the Gay Belgian, aka Coquin Belgium.  If you haven't already checked it out, click on the link.  Albert posts a fair amount of sexually explicit content which you won't see here, but which I know many of you will enjoy.  He puts on black and white photos almost every day, and some of those are usually vintage.  We start today's set, appropriately enough, with a pair of models from the studio of Anglo-Belgian sculptor Jacques Lalaing.

Thank you, Albert, for allowing me to use these images here.

 

 

Jacques Lalaing and his Models

I have finally accumulated enough pieces to do another series on Jacques Lalaing and his models.

We start with a man who must have been a favorite based on how often he shows up.