Re: Now that's art... - art.jpg
Joe
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>Hey there,
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>While some may praise Picasso's "Blind Man's Meal" or Van Gogh's "Starry Night"
>I've always been partial to Cassius Coolidge's "A Bold Bluff".
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>His masterful use of light and color is impressive, and his composition creates
>an amazing energy and tension seldom found in other paintings.
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>"A Bold Bluff" was recently purchased for $590,400 and I can only hope that its
>new owners fully appreciate the masterpiece they've inherited.
>
>Best regards,
>B...@newsguy.com
>NewsGuy.Com
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Was this the one on velvet, or the one sold through Walmart?
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Joe
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>In article <cv021...@drn.newsguy.com>, Bob says...
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>>Hey there,
>>
>>While some may praise Picasso's "Blind Man's Meal" or Van Gogh's "Starry Night"
>>I've always been partial to Cassius Coolidge's "A Bold Bluff".
>>
>>His masterful use of light and color is impressive, and his composition creates
>>an amazing energy and tension seldom found in other paintings.
>>
>>"A Bold Bluff" was recently purchased for $590,400 and I can only hope that its
>>new owners fully appreciate the masterpiece they've inherited.
>>
>>Best regards,
>>B...@newsguy.com
>>NewsGuy.Com
>>
>>
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>Cin
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Weird, I just asked the same question, only using my own fonts.
morenuf
> Hey there,
>
> While some may praise Picasso's "Blind Man's Meal" or Van Gogh's "Starry
> Night"
> I've always been partial to Cassius Coolidge's "A Bold Bluff".
>
> His masterful use of light and color is impressive, and his composition
> creates
> an amazing energy and tension seldom found in other paintings.
>
> "A Bold Bluff" was recently purchased for $590,400 and I can only hope that
> its
> new owners fully appreciate the masterpiece they've inherited.
>
> Best regards,
> B...@newsguy.com
> NewsGuy.Com
>
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> [Image]
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> end
I liked that one too! Unfortunately I did not have $590,401 dollars
around to out bid him!
Art really is in the eye of the beholder. I was always partial to Grant
Wood's American gothic, the one with the old couple in wire rim glasses
standing there with the pitchfork. I later found out the original
models were brother and sister not husband and wife.
For my generation, a measure of true sophistication was to be able to
listen to the William Tell Overture and NOT THINK of the Lone Ranger!
"Cloud of dust, click of hooves and a mighty HI OHH SIlver!" That was
Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels in the TV & movies I grew up on (too
young for the radio shows tho).
Morenuf
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True enough for our generation, but imagine the problem a somewhat later
generation has, trying not to think of the orgy scene in the movie _Clockwork
Orange_!
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(Et brevis pecunia.) [Et breve spatium.]
Bob
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>>While some may praise Picasso's "Blind Man's Meal" or Van Gogh's "Starry Night"
>>I've always been partial to Cassius Coolidge's "A Bold Bluff".
>>
>>His masterful use of light and color is impressive, and his composition creates
>>an amazing energy and tension seldom found in other paintings.
>>
>>"A Bold Bluff" was recently purchased for $590,400 and I can only hope that its
>>new owners fully appreciate the masterpiece they've inherited.
>>
>>Best regards,
>>B...@newsguy.com
>>NewsGuy.Com
>>
>>
>
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>Cin
Over the years I've been waiting for "A Bold Bluff" to be reproduced as a velvet
painting or a black-light poster, but it doesn't appear to be in the cards (no
pun intended).
Back in 1903, Coolidge was initially contracted by an advertising firm to create
16 paintings of dogs in various human-like situations, and "A Bold Bluff" came
out of that group.
During his lifetime Coolidge was a druggist, a sign painter, and founder of a
bank and newspaper. Even more noteworthy, he is credited with inventing those
painted plywood props that you see at carnivals/boardwalks... the one's where
people stick their head through a cut-out to have their pictures taken.
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Bob
I've always like Grant Wood's paintings, and "American Gothic" has to be one of
the most widely recognized paintings in America.
>From what I understand,the brother/sister team were painted during two separate
sittings, though they appear together in the painting
Wood made an effort to highlight the beauty and diversity of America in his
paintings, and was driven to establish a national art that was unique to
America. At one point he even wrote a manifesto... "Revolt against the City"...
calling for a renaissance of American art, which he thought had become too
dependent upon European art.
A pretty interesting guy, and he went onto become one of the more successful and
popular painters of the Depression Era.
Joe
collector value of an item. You can buy a rare edition of a Jules Verne's
Journey to the Center of the Earth for $60,000, or a paper back copy for $5 on
Amazon. What is important, the history of the copy, or the books contents? I
know Kachun and I were killing time on a business trip to the Netherlands, no
not that kind of business, and we ended up in the Royal Dutch Museum thinking it
was a restaurant. Even I could appreciate the paintings and be amazed at the
control over form and color and light and texture and reflection and... This guy
as an artist? You have to be entertained by the notion of pets dressed up like
people for more than a minute. Think of all the things that money could buy. It
would have to be chump change for someone to make that purchase because clearly
there is little to appreciate in artist skill or creative subject. Which also
probably explains public interest in Paris Hilton.
Joe
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abstract art. American Gothic may have been no more than the artist's negative
view of mid westerners, not unlike the red state description provided by
Democrats after the recent Presidential election.
Bob
Yep, a lot of folks were not happy with Wood's depiction of mid-westerners, and
thought that he was characterizing them as a stern, cold, narrow minded group of
people. Wood's insisted that it wasn't his intent... the painting was a
celebration of American values... but he may have been covering his rear after
hearing some of the negative feedback.