# Name of the painting in the bedroom onthe TV series Roseanne **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 1, 2007, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-the-painting-in-the-bedroom-onthe-tv-series-roseanne/390389 "2007-02-01T06:27:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-the-painting-in-the-bedroom-onthe-tv-series-roseanne/390389/21 "2007-02-03T20:13:19Z")
Whosever painting it was, if the painting was still under copyright, the producers would have to get a license to use it from the copyright holder. For that reason, producers often choose to either (a) use a work of art old enough that it’s out of copyright, or (b) commission an original work of art, and thereby be the copyright holder. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-the-painting-in-the-bedroom-onthe-tv-series-roseanne/390389/22 "2007-02-03T21:44:50Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] That was the last season I watched, and not because the lottery win annoyed me (frankly, I saw a lot of comic potential in it); I simply moved onto other things and lost track. I was rather surprised to learn much later that the show went on for multiple seasons afterward. I’d’ve figured the lottery win was just a silly stunt a show could only get away with (in fact, would only consider _trying_ to get away with) in its final season. [/QUOTE] Not sure which show you were watching but the lottery win season was the last season. ---
**Author:** ![Sonia\_Montdore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Sonia\_Montdore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sonia_Montdore)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-the-painting-in-the-bedroom-onthe-tv-series-roseanne/390389/23 "2007-02-03T22:36:14Z")
The picture in the clip was pretty blurred, but I think it could be by Maurice Utrillo. His paintings of Paris used to be popular among working class Americans. Sears and Walmart used to sell framed prints of his works. ---
**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-the-painting-in-the-bedroom-onthe-tv-series-roseanne/390389/24 "2007-02-04T02:35:34Z")
I went through a couple different sites with Maurice Utrillo work, but didn’t see the painting in question. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-the-painting-in-the-bedroom-onthe-tv-series-roseanne/390389/25 "2007-02-04T02:42:45Z")
It could also be a knock made by the crew. All the cereal boxes and canned good were fakes that _resembled_ recognizable brands, but weren’t. In the clip it looks to me like a phonied up Caillebotte-like painting **Zeldar** mentioned. You can alomst make out vague umbrella shapes. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-the-painting-in-the-bedroom-onthe-tv-series-roseanne/390389/26 "2007-02-04T02:49:21Z")
Oh, I also just thought… when I was set-building we also did have some bogus artwork for a TV series (set was a fake antiquities museum) and the paintings were deliberately made to be a bit murky because they’d otherwise record with distracting clarity on video. Just thought I’d add that in with my theory in the previous post. That may not be the case for a major TV sitcom, but it’s kind of plausible: fuzzy-made set piece. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-the-painting-in-the-bedroom-onthe-tv-series-roseanne/390389/27 "2007-02-04T03:25:59Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] Not sure which show you were watching but the lottery win season was the last season. [/QUOTE] Wasn’t there something about everybody being a lesbian and the whole last season simply being a literary creation of the main character? Funny, I somehow got the impression that whole process had taken two or three years to play out. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-the-painting-in-the-bedroom-onthe-tv-series-roseanne/390389/28 "2007-02-04T05:33:59Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] Wasn’t there something about everybody being a lesbian and the whole last season simply being a literary creation of the main character? Funny, I somehow got the impression that whole process had taken two or three years to play out. [/QUOTE] No, that was all done within the final season. Well, Bev may have come out as a lesbian the season before, I can’t remember, but the lottery win was in the last season, which, you are right, was in the last episode revealed to have been a book written by Roseanne Connor to help her cope with her grief over Dan’s death (the character suffered a heart attack on the show; in the fictional final season he lived but in the finale he had died). Other changes included Beverly not really being a lesbian but Jackie was and the two daughters married the opposite Healy brothers. ---
**Author:** ![Weirdbeard7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Weirdbeard7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirdbeard7)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-the-painting-in-the-bedroom-onthe-tv-series-roseanne/390389/29 "2024-08-12T03:45:26Z")
Still trying to find the painting. It’s in season one & on. Seems Parisian on a rainy day, that’s why it’s blurry. I love that painting & the one in the hallway of the ocean as well. It’s a shame about the lesbian crap. And Roseanne seems to put on airs about being Conservative at times but allowed that trash onto the show. No True Conservative can support that trash. If anyone were to say, but I’m Conservative & support it, then their imagination is just like a man or woman with pronouns that identify with that as Legion from the Bible. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-the-painting-in-the-bedroom-onthe-tv-series-roseanne/390389/30 "2024-08-12T04:00:51Z")
Can you post a pic from the show that shows the painting in question? ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-the-painting-in-the-bedroom-onthe-tv-series-roseanne/390389/31 "2024-08-12T04:08:00Z")
Here is a picture of their bedroom. The painting is above the bed. [https://www.reddit.com/r/roseanne/comments/1cfnymz/dj\_school\_picture\_roseanne/](https://www.reddit.com/r/roseanne/comments/1cfnymz/dj_school_picture_roseanne/) ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-the-painting-in-the-bedroom-onthe-tv-series-roseanne/390389/32 "2024-08-12T05:51:36Z")
I just screengrabbed the painting, ran it through Google Image Search, and the first of several look-alike paintings was identical to the one in the TV shot EXCEPT for the position and size of the streetlight. > **[J. Sick | 1 Artworks at Auction | MutualArt](https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/J--Sick/DD7304EC4A5A6996)** > > Stay up to date with J. Sick . Discover works for sale, auction results, market data, news and exhibitions on MutualArt. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-the-painting-in-the-bedroom-onthe-tv-series-roseanne/390389/33 "2024-08-12T11:51:46Z")
[Moderating] > [@Weirdbeard7](#): > > Still trying to find the painting. First off, if you’re the same person as the original poster, you need to contact us moderators, because having more than one screen name is against our rules here. Second, hate speech is not permitted here. If you wish to debate the morality of homosexuality, then you should do so in Great Debates, and you should do so civilly. This one, at least, will earn you an official Warning. Meanwhile, this thread is closed. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-the-painting-in-the-bedroom-onthe-tv-series-roseanne/390389/34 "2024-08-12T11:51:55Z")
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