gauguin

[MagLife]

someone asked in another group what the name of the painting in
Magnum's kitchen was? Does anyone here know? I searched through ALL
of his paintings and although several of them look similar...none of
them was right one.

[Bob and Lynne Gailey]

You are correct in your assumption that the picture is not a Gauguin. It
was probably painted by a local artist or even perhaps by somebody from the
MPI crew as a prop.

A clue as whether the painting was a Gauguin lies in the episode "Thank
Heavens for Little Girls". The following is a copy of my reply when asked
about the painting of the Gauguin the girls tried to steal last year in
another forum:

The name of the so-called (looks like a copy to me)Gauguin in the main house
in "Thank Heavens..." is his "Three Tahitians". I seriously doubt the
painting in the guest house is a Gauguin for a number of reasons. I would
imagine "Higgins" would not have allowed a Gauguin to be subjected to TM's
chili dogs, pizza, and Maucho Tacos. Moreover, there would be the security
issue to contend with as well. Thirdly, TM commented on the "Gauguin" in the
main house and Higgins was surprised at his ability to recognize the
painting...something that wouldn't have surprised him if there was one in
the guest house. Although I would classify myself of something much less
then an expert in terms of an authority on paintings, the guest house
painting is unfamiliar to me. I wonder if it could have been done by a local
artist or perhaps a crew member.

Anyway, I hopes this helps some...
Bob

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[MagLife]

I suspected as much....The artist really did do a good job capturing
the style of Gauguin. Thats great, so now since it probably has no
name and no signature to speak of that we know...I will probably paint
one for my own pleasure...
I am pretty good with it, although only having done one portrait, this
one doesn't look challenging as far as the facial features.
Maybe someone from the crew could share some info on the origin of
this painting for us. Maybe the artist is local, but he may still be
around...boy,
we could sure give him some business huh?
thanks so much for the reply.

[Rob Morrone]

The painting was done by the prop department. I read somewhere (I think it
was from David Romas) that there were some complaints to the network about
the bare breasts. So the prop department enlarged the breasts in the
painting. I have never checked earlier episodes against the later ones to
confirm this, but if David was the source, then I believe it.

--

Rob - W7MPI
The Ultimate Magnum, P.I. Episode Library
http://www.ultimatemagnum.com/

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[Mermolo]

I might just copy it too, and make cards of the prints...out of cusseddness....
Marie/Magwriter.

[Beverly Kai]

Again posting the history of TM's kitchen painting.

My source is Margaret Doversola, who was the MPI casting director, and
is now doing the same job for a surf girl movie.She isn't calling me to
work. Oh, well - - -- surf boys' loss. . . :-)

The painting was done by one of the crew in the style of Gaugin.

Such prints are easy to find in the Honolulu Academy of Arts gift shop,
but for MPI, the work is an original ("in the style of . . ")

At one time, a viewer wrote in and objected to the bare breasts so
prominent in the painting's foreground.

The painter was so offended that he went back and highlighted the
breasts.

If you look at early vs late episodes, the highlighting is easy to see.

Art for Art's sake (not you, Mr. Simon . .. )

The Academy has one large Gaugin - - -and it is worth getting off the
bus (2 or 13) to see. Years ago, Robert Hughes wrote in Time that
Gaugin used his imagination to portray the exoticsm of the tropic
islands, since there is no suchthing as purple people and pink sand.

Hughes never went to a Polyneisan beach at sunset. Obviously. Gaugin
painted what he saw in true colors. The white coral sandd reflects the
pink of the sky, and the darker people are , the more purple they appear
to be.

BTW, speaking of polyneisan people. The pipers in the Scots" pipe band
are mostly of Japanese descent . But since they grew up eating local
food, and surfing, they are biiiiiig.

A few of the pipers are caucasian. They all love the skrl, and I love
the flirt of the kities passing by . . . .

Someone commented that it would seem "weird'.

Hey, in Paradise, everyone is welcome and there are Greek, Scottish,
Israeli, Mexican - and today, Puerto Rican Twelfth night festivals. All
serve the best of the food. This ng is mostly caucasian as far as I can
tell, and we are the minority.

Have you ever seen footage of a square dance festival in Poland???? Now,
THAT isn't weird - -but it is hysterically funny to our eyes. But hey -
- people have fun . . .

All of those "I am an American . ." public service ads lately look
pretty much like Hawaii . .. .

Someone complained once of a blonde in the hula extravaganza at the
Polyneisan Cultural Center. Which is run by the Mormon Church to
support their University there. At the risk of offending our people in
and around the Rockies -- I don't think you can help but turning blonde,
at least at heart, if you go to BYU.

Anyway if you buy a tape of the hula olympics while you are here, you
will see halau from Tokyo in the competition, and people of all colors
in the local groups.

It is a great mix of people and cultures here. The local alternative
weekly rag has coined a new ethnic group encountered in local night
clubs. Very carefully, the columnist explained his etiologyf:
Japanese-American Yuppies = "jappies'.

They inhabit townhouses and condos in the suburbs - - - --

When my sister converted to Judiasm years ago, she sent me an LP
(remember those?) called "You don't have to be Jewish"

Now, eat your poi-bagel, available at all Honolulu markets. Good with
guava jam.

Bev in Waikiki