{"id":5124,"date":"2014-08-06T17:52:15","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T15:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/?p=5124"},"modified":"2014-08-06T17:52:15","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T15:52:15","slug":"optical-illusion-portraits-by-rex-whistler-are-now-mind-boggling-antiques","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/optical-illusion-portraits-by-rex-whistler-are-now-mind-boggling-antiques\/","title":{"rendered":"Optical Illusion Portraits by Rex Whistler are Now Mind-Boggling Antiques"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hailing from the age celebrated by steampunk artists, Rex Whistler&#8217;s optical illusion portraits give a glimpse into the mind of this exceptionally talented artist. Though he didn&#8217;t live long (1905-1944), whistler created an enormous amount of drawings, paintings and other creative projects such as set designs for school plays and illustrations for books.<\/p>\n<p>Rex Whistler&#8217;s famous upside down faces have earned him a name among current art lovers, though when he created them they were little more than a passing fancy. He is more noted for works such as a wall mural that he painted for a restaurant in the Tate art gallery or his portraits of notable people of the time. Though they weren&#8217;t particularly celebrated during his life, you can enjoy this collection of upside down\/right side up optical illusions by Rex Whistler:<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5124 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'>\n<dl class='gallery-item'>\n<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/optical-illusion-portraits-by-rex-whistler-are-now-mind-boggling-antiques\/rex-whistler-shows-a-young-and-an-old-man-on-the-same-face-in-this-optical-illusion-portrait\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Rex-Whistler-shows-a-young-and-an-old-man-on-the-same-face-in-this-optical-illusion-portrait.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Rex Whistler shows a young and an old man on the same face in this optical illusion portrait\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Rex-Whistler-shows-a-young-and-an-old-man-on-the-same-face-in-this-optical-illusion-portrait.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Rex-Whistler-shows-a-young-and-an-old-man-on-the-same-face-in-this-optical-illusion-portrait-250x134.jpg 250w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Rex-Whistler-shows-a-young-and-an-old-man-on-the-same-face-in-this-optical-illusion-portrait-125x67.jpg 125w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Rex-Whistler-shows-a-young-and-an-old-man-on-the-same-face-in-this-optical-illusion-portrait-336x179.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5130'>\n\t\t\t\tRex Whistler shows a young and an old man on the same face in this optical illusion portrait\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><\/p>\n<dl class='gallery-item'>\n<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/optical-illusion-portraits-by-rex-whistler-are-now-mind-boggling-antiques\/a-teacher-and-student-become-one-personality-in-this-unique-optical-illusion-by-rex-whistler\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"235\" src=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/A-teacher-and-student-become-one-personality-in-this-unique-optical-illusion-by-Rex-Whistler.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"A teacher and student become one personality in this unique optical illusion by Rex Whistler\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/A-teacher-and-student-become-one-personality-in-this-unique-optical-illusion-by-Rex-Whistler.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/A-teacher-and-student-become-one-personality-in-this-unique-optical-illusion-by-Rex-Whistler-250x147.jpg 250w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/A-teacher-and-student-become-one-personality-in-this-unique-optical-illusion-by-Rex-Whistler-125x73.jpg 125w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/A-teacher-and-student-become-one-personality-in-this-unique-optical-illusion-by-Rex-Whistler-336x197.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5125'>\n\t\t\t\tA teacher and student become one personality in this unique optical illusion by Rex Whistler\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><\/p>\n<dl class='gallery-item'>\n<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/optical-illusion-portraits-by-rex-whistler-are-now-mind-boggling-antiques\/british-artist-rex-whistler-produced-many-art-works-but-his-most-famous-art-his-optical-illusion-portraits\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"473\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/British-artist-Rex-Whistler-produced-many-art-works-but-his-most-famous-art-his-optical-illusion-portraits.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"British artist Rex Whistler produced many art works, but his most famous art his optical illusion portraits\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/British-artist-Rex-Whistler-produced-many-art-works-but-his-most-famous-art-his-optical-illusion-portraits.jpg 473w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/British-artist-Rex-Whistler-produced-many-art-works-but-his-most-famous-art-his-optical-illusion-portraits-250x190.jpg 250w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/British-artist-Rex-Whistler-produced-many-art-works-but-his-most-famous-art-his-optical-illusion-portraits-125x95.jpg 125w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/British-artist-Rex-Whistler-produced-many-art-works-but-his-most-famous-art-his-optical-illusion-portraits-394x300.jpg 394w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/British-artist-Rex-Whistler-produced-many-art-works-but-his-most-famous-art-his-optical-illusion-portraits-336x256.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5126'>\n\t\t\t\tBritish artist Rex Whistler produced many art works, but his most famous art his optical illusion portraits\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><\/p>\n<dl class='gallery-item'>\n<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/optical-illusion-portraits-by-rex-whistler-are-now-mind-boggling-antiques\/contempt-or-rage-rex-whistler-illustrates-two-emotions-on-the-same-face\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Contempt-or-rage-Rex-whistler-illustrates-two-emotions-on-the-same-face.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Contempt or rage? Rex whistler illustrates two emotions on the same face\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Contempt-or-rage-Rex-whistler-illustrates-two-emotions-on-the-same-face.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Contempt-or-rage-Rex-whistler-illustrates-two-emotions-on-the-same-face-250x157.jpg 250w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Contempt-or-rage-Rex-whistler-illustrates-two-emotions-on-the-same-face-125x78.jpg 125w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Contempt-or-rage-Rex-whistler-illustrates-two-emotions-on-the-same-face-479x300.jpg 479w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Contempt-or-rage-Rex-whistler-illustrates-two-emotions-on-the-same-face-336x210.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5127'>\n\t\t\t\tContempt or rage? Rex whistler illustrates two emotions on the same face\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><\/p>\n<dl class='gallery-item'>\n<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/optical-illusion-portraits-by-rex-whistler-are-now-mind-boggling-antiques\/doubt-or-smugness-masterful-british-artist-rex-whistler-had-a-knack-for-combining-emotions-in-his-optical-illusion-portraits\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Doubt-or-smugness-Masterful-British-artist-Rex-Whistler-had-a-knack-for-combining-emotions-in-his-optical-illusion-portraits.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Doubt or smugness? Masterful British artist Rex Whistler had a knack for combining emotions in his optical illusion portraits\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Doubt-or-smugness-Masterful-British-artist-Rex-Whistler-had-a-knack-for-combining-emotions-in-his-optical-illusion-portraits.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Doubt-or-smugness-Masterful-British-artist-Rex-Whistler-had-a-knack-for-combining-emotions-in-his-optical-illusion-portraits-250x165.jpg 250w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Doubt-or-smugness-Masterful-British-artist-Rex-Whistler-had-a-knack-for-combining-emotions-in-his-optical-illusion-portraits-125x82.jpg 125w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Doubt-or-smugness-Masterful-British-artist-Rex-Whistler-had-a-knack-for-combining-emotions-in-his-optical-illusion-portraits-456x300.jpg 456w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Doubt-or-smugness-Masterful-British-artist-Rex-Whistler-had-a-knack-for-combining-emotions-in-his-optical-illusion-portraits-336x221.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5128'>\n\t\t\t\tDoubt or smugness? Masterful British artist Rex Whistler had a knack for combining emotions in his optical illusion portraits\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><\/p>\n<dl class='gallery-item'>\n<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/optical-illusion-portraits-by-rex-whistler-are-now-mind-boggling-antiques\/rex-whistler-manages-to-portray-both-a-man-and-a-woman-in-this-optical-illusion\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"373\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Rex-Whistler-manages-to-portray-both-a-man-and-a-woman-in-this-optical-illusion.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Rex Whistler manages to portray both a man and a woman in this optical illusion\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Rex-Whistler-manages-to-portray-both-a-man-and-a-woman-in-this-optical-illusion.jpg 373w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Rex-Whistler-manages-to-portray-both-a-man-and-a-woman-in-this-optical-illusion-250x201.jpg 250w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Rex-Whistler-manages-to-portray-both-a-man-and-a-woman-in-this-optical-illusion-125x101.jpg 125w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Rex-Whistler-manages-to-portray-both-a-man-and-a-woman-in-this-optical-illusion-336x270.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5129'>\n\t\t\t\tRex Whistler manages to portray both a man and a woman in this optical illusion\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><\/p>\n<dl class='gallery-item'>\n<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/optical-illusion-portraits-by-rex-whistler-are-now-mind-boggling-antiques\/this-optical-illusion-portrait-of-a-policeman-uses-the-round-shape-on-his-hat-as-a-mouth\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"291\" src=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/This-optical-illusion-portrait-of-a-policeman-uses-the-round-shape-on-his-hat-as-a-mouth.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"This optical illusion portrait of a policeman uses the round shape on his hat as a mouth\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/This-optical-illusion-portrait-of-a-policeman-uses-the-round-shape-on-his-hat-as-a-mouth.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/This-optical-illusion-portrait-of-a-policeman-uses-the-round-shape-on-his-hat-as-a-mouth-250x146.jpg 250w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/This-optical-illusion-portrait-of-a-policeman-uses-the-round-shape-on-his-hat-as-a-mouth-125x73.jpg 125w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/This-optical-illusion-portrait-of-a-policeman-uses-the-round-shape-on-his-hat-as-a-mouth-336x196.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5132'>\n\t\t\t\tThis optical illusion portrait of a policeman uses the round shape on his hat as a mouth\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><\/p>\n<dl class='gallery-item'>\n<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/optical-illusion-portraits-by-rex-whistler-are-now-mind-boggling-antiques\/this-optical-illusion-by-rex-whislter-reveals-two-entirely-different-stories\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"269\" src=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/This-optical-illusion-by-Rex-Whislter-reveals-two-entirely-different-stories.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"This optical illusion by Rex Whislter reveals two entirely different stories\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/This-optical-illusion-by-Rex-Whislter-reveals-two-entirely-different-stories.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/This-optical-illusion-by-Rex-Whislter-reveals-two-entirely-different-stories-250x135.jpg 250w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/This-optical-illusion-by-Rex-Whislter-reveals-two-entirely-different-stories-125x67.jpg 125w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/This-optical-illusion-by-Rex-Whislter-reveals-two-entirely-different-stories-336x181.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5131'>\n\t\t\t\tThis optical illusion by Rex Whislter reveals two entirely different stories\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hailing from the age celebrated by steampunk artists, Rex Whistler&#8217;s optical illusion portraits give a glimpse into the mind of this exceptionally talented artist. Though he didn&#8217;t live long (1905-1944), whistler created an enormous amount of drawings, paintings and other creative projects such as set designs for school plays and illustrations for books. Rex Whistler&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[55,129,237,254,310,364,365,374,375,438,521,543,564,580,623,678],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5124"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5124\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}