POSTMAN JOSEPH ROULIN (1888); BARRY HUMPHRIES (2015)
VAN V GOGH’S friend, the uniformed postman, fills t the canvas, with his bearded face staring d directly at us. Hockney painted A Australian comedian Barry Humphries in a s similar pose in front of a d darker blue background. His subject also slightly s spreads his legs — albeit with a slightly wicked glint in his eyes.