Soccer art-works?
Victoria Barrett
watercolour, or other artistic media?
I'm sure there must be some painting out there with it as a central or
secondary theme.
In a related note, how about posters? How many of you have vintage or
collectible posters with footballers or perhaps World Cup memorabilia
and the like? :)
Paul C
<vbar...@the-beach.net> wrote:
>Does anyone know if our sport of football has been portrayed in oil,
>watercolour, or other artistic media?
>
>I'm sure there must be some painting out there with it as a central or
>secondary theme.
Probably the most famous (and most valuable) is L S Lowry's "Going to
the Match" which was sold at Sotheby's for just under 2 million GBP.
The painting depicts crowds going to Bolton Wanderer's Burnden Park
He also painted "The Football Match"
see: http://www.millenniumart.co.uk/lowry2.html#
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Paul
Ali
> Does anyone know if our sport of football has been portrayed in oil,
> watercolour, or other artistic media?
>
> I'm sure there must be some painting out there with it as a central or
> secondary theme.
Nicolas de Staël painted a few football scenes in the fifties.
http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/?lid=265
Très cher René,
Merci de ton mot. Tu es un ange comme les gars qui jouent au Parc des
Princes la nuit. (...)
Quand tu reviendras, on ira voir des matchs ensemble. C'est absolument
merveilleux. Personne là-bas ne joue pour gagner, si ce n'est à de rares
moments de nerfs, où l'on se blesse.
Entre ciel et terre sur l'herbe rouge ou bleue, une tonne de muscles
voltige en plein oubli de soi avec toute la présence que cela requiert
en toute invraisemblance.
Quelle joie ! René, quelle joie ! Alors j'ai mis en chantier toute
l'équipe de France, de Suède et cela commence à se mouvoir un temps
[sic] soit peu, si je trouvais un local grand comme la rue Gauchet, je
mettrai 200 petits tableaux en route pour que la couleur sonne comme les
affiches sur la nationale au départ de Paris...
Lettre à René Char, Paris, le 10 avril 1952
Victoria Barrett
>Probably the most famous (and most valuable) is L S Lowry's "Going to
>the Match" which was sold at Sotheby's for just under 2 million GBP.
>The painting depicts crowds going to Bolton Wanderer's Burnden Park
I immediately loved it. He's got that El Grecoesque elongation of
figures which gives a languorous vitality to his subjects.
>He also painted "The Football Match"
>
>see: http://www.millenniumart.co.uk/lowry2.html#
I like this one less, since the composition is too crowded for my
taste.
Check out Huddersfield. And Britain at Play! Also Three Men and a Cat.
Brilliant. :)
Thanks Paul! Trust you to know about this.
Victoria Barrett
wrote:
>Victoria Barrett a écrit :
>> Does anyone know if our sport of football has been portrayed in oil,
>> watercolour, or other artistic media?
>>
>> I'm sure there must be some painting out there with it as a central or
>> secondary theme.
>
>Nicolas de Staël painted a few football scenes in the fifties.
>
>http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/?lid=265
Ali, this is simply amazing. Thank you so much for finding it.
If only I had the money and it were available, how happy I would be to
buy this painting.
(Click on the icon to the right, for those of you who don't see it)
>Entre ciel et terre sur l'herbe rouge ou bleue, une tonne de muscles
>voltige en plein oubli de soi avec toute la présence que cela requiert
>en toute invraisemblance.
>Quelle joie ! René, quelle joie ! Alors j'ai mis en chantier toute
Wow. And his description is enchanting. It reminds me of Loul and
Juan's meeting at this self-same Parc des Princes, and how they must
have felt -- a timeline of emotion and reaction that is duplicated
time and time again about football.
Merci encore, Ali. :)
termina...@yahoo.com
> >> Does anyone know if our sport of football has been portrayed in oil,
> >> watercolour, or other artistic media?
> >>
> >> I'm sure there must be some painting out there with it as a central or
> >> secondary theme.
Hi I've been 'lurking' on this ng for awhile now and finally decided
to try posting...anyway a couple of months ago there was an exhibit at
the SFMOMA by a German photographer Andreas Gursky. He had a beautiful
photograph of an international match between Holland and I think
France. I believe you can see Stam at the bottom. I'm not sure if you
can see it online but I just thought I'd let ya know :-)
Jackie Tellier
: Does anyone know if our sport of football has been portrayed in oil,
My favorite is on the WC 94 shirt I bought, not sure who the artist is but
it shows up on ebay from time to time.
Victoria Barrett
(termina...@yahoo.com) wrote:
Welcome Terminator. And thanks for the tip about Andreas Gursky. :)