Arts on Stamps (was: where did all the collectors go)
Mette
did all the collectors go?"
Well, I might have the answer. They have turned
to collecting art stamps! In connection with all the
serious art exhibitions taking place all over the
world -- lately in Australia about Caravaggio, and
the latest exhibition in Ireland (see my post 8th
September 2003) -- I have noted an increasing
interest for Arts on Stamps. The Irish stamps will
soon be online, in both mint and (postally used)
condition. I receive at least 2-3 queries per day
about this interesting collecting area! Collectors
really seem to dive into this, no matter physical
or virtual exhibits. The market seems insatiable,
abd I can only agree. :-)
Victor Manta has his art stamps club, and I have
my virtual collections consisting of physical and
virtual exhibits within Art History and engraved
stamps, the latter including Arts on Stamp.
Come join us and develop a wonderful new
collecting area :-)
--
Ann Mette Heindorff (Mette)
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Grandpa
art on stamps? Just wondering as last night when I was sorting the few
Canadian stamps I have I ran across 4 large used ones (40mm wide x 46mm
tall) with a painting on/in them. They've a gold border, say "ART
CANADA" at the top and a value of 90¢ on the bottom. At the bottom it
says in really tiny lettering (you'll need a magnifying glass) "The
Farmers Family (detail) 1970 Bruno Bobak (c)1998" then repeats it in
French. Can't give you a Scott number as I returned my book to the
library<sigh>.
Victor Manta
on my page:
http://www.values.ch/Countries/Canada/canada.htm
Victor Manta
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Mette
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> art on stamps? Just wondering as last night when I was sorting the few
> Canadian stamps I have I ran across 4 large used ones (40mm wide x 46mm
> tall) with a painting on/in them. They've a gold border, say "ART
> CANADA" at the top and a value of 90¢ on the bottom. At the bottom it
> says in really tiny lettering (you'll need a magnifying glass) "The
> Farmers Family (detail) 1970 Bruno Bobak (c)1998" then repeats it in
> French. Can't give you a Scott number as I returned my book to the
> library<sigh>.
I collect any art related stamps, but primarily paintings.
The Canadian stamp with Bruno Bobak's painting is part
of the large Canadian art series that started some time
in the 90s and continued over a number of years. I try to
collect them both mint and postally used on cover. If you
like you can have a first impression of my Canadian
collection here:
http://continue.to/stamptravel
In the countries-folder choose Canada
Mette
TC
wrote:
>Do you collect all manner of art or just paintings or a specific type of
>art on stamps? Just wondering as last night when I was sorting the few
>Canadian stamps I have I ran across 4 large used ones (40mm wide x 46mm
>tall) with a painting on/in them. They've a gold border, say "ART
>CANADA" at the top and a value of 90¢ on the bottom. At the bottom it
>says in really tiny lettering (you'll need a magnifying glass) "The
>Farmers Family (detail) 1970 Bruno Bobak (c)1998" then repeats it in
>French. Can't give you a Scott number as I returned my book to the
>library<sigh>.
>
Grandpa:
It is Scott 1754 issued Sept 6, 1998.
[the foil lettering does not show up on the scan]
http://data2.archives.ca/e/e001/e000008967.gif
Title: The Farmer's Family (detail), 1970, Bruno Bobak
Denomination: 90¢
Date of Issue: 8 September 1998
Documents related to this stamp
Series: Masterpieces of Canadian Art
Series Year (inclusive dates): 1988-
Printer: Ashton-Potter Canada Limited
Quantity: 7 000 000
Perforation: 12.5 x 13
Creator(s):
Designed by Pierre-Yves Pelletier
Based on a painting by Brunislaw Jacob Bobak
Original Artwork: Brunislaw Jacob Bobak,
"The Farmer's Family", 1970
Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Historical Notice:
Continuing the celebrated stamp series begun a
decade ago, Canada Post is thrilled to release
the 1998 Masterpieces of Canadian Art issue.
Featuring Bruno Bobak's 1970 oil painting
"The Farmer's Family", this international
rate stamp captures the affection and
strength of the rural Canadian family.
The Farmer's Family is the centre panel of
an expressionist triptych created by Bobak.
It presents a farmer and his wife in
a warm embrace. In the full triptych,
this portrait is juxtaposed against
an initial image of the farmer with
his hogs, and a third portrait
of the farmer's children.
Polish-born, Bobak immigrated to
Canada early in life and became
fascinated with Canadian rural life.
"It was so foreign to the urban
lifestyle I grew up with and yet
it was so complete: a self-contained
world of survival, unity and tenderness",
he said. "Bobak's work is not an
illustration of an actual event or
an actual place, but a symbol
of survival in a cold and rugged
country", says Curtis J. Collins,
curator of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery
in New Brunswick where the painting
now hangs.
Bruno Bobak came to Canada,
to Saskatchewan, in 1925. He soon
moved to Hamilton, Ontario and
eventually settled in Toronto in 1935.
He enrolled in Saturday morning
classes at the Art Gallery of Toronto
where he studied under Group-of-Seven
artist Arthur Lismer. Following high
school, Bobak enlisted in the army
and, after winning first prize in
Canadian Army Art Competition,
was named as an Official War Artist.
After military service in Europe,
he married fellow war artist Molly Lamb
and in 1947 took up duties as
an instructor at the Vancouver
School of Art. Bobak was later
appointed Director of the
University of New Brunswick's Art Centre.
Still active today in his adopted
maritime province, this recipient
of the Order of Canada has contributed
his talents to fundraising programs
such as the Atlantic Salmon Federation,
Ducks Unlimited, The Glenbow Museum,
St. Francis Xavier University and
the University of New Brunswick's
Faculty of Law.
While the first five stamps in the
Masterpieces series appeared framed
in silver foil and the subsequent five
in gold, this eleventh instalment
appears framed in platinum.
Designed by Pierre-Yves Pelletier,
the Bobak stamp will be issued
September 8 (1998) in Fredericton,
New Brunswick.
Source: Canada Post Corporation,
Canada's Stamp Details, Vol. 7, No. 5, 1998, p. 5-7.
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Victor Manta
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> Recently there was a lengthy thread here "Where
> did all the collectors go?"
>
> Well, I might have the answer. They have turned
> to collecting art stamps!
Wishful thinking? :-) I would like to hope that this explains the actual
trend.
> snip
>
> Victor Manta has his art stamps club,
Thanks! And also, since 1996, a virtual art on stamps collection organized
as an Art Gallery, a Museums, a Countries collections + a huge free
database. It is based on a real collection, started in 1961, and never
stopped since.
> and I have
> my virtual collections consisting of physical and
> virtual exhibits within Art History and engraved
> stamps, the latter including Arts on Stamp.
> Come join us and develop a wonderful new
> collecting area :-)
Or, in other terms, go with us so that we at least know where do you really
go.
> Ann Mette Heindorff (Mette)
Victor Manta
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Michael Meadowcroft
>
> I collect any art related stamps, but primarily paintings.
> The Canadian stamp with Bruno Bobak's painting is part
> of the large Canadian art series that started some time
> in the 90s and continued over a number of years. I try to
> collect them both mint and postally used on cover. If you
> like you can have a first impression of my Canadian
> collection here:
>
> http://continue.to/stamptravel
>
> In the countries-folder choose Canada
>
of the splendid French art series which began in 1961?
Michael
Michael Meadowcroft
Waterloo Lodge
72 Waterloo Lane
Leeds LS13 2JF
GB
Tel: +44 (0)113 257 6232
Mette
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> I'm sure I've mentioned this to you ages ago, but you no doubt know
> of the splendid French art series which began in 1961?
Yes, Michael, you have mentioned it :-)
It is an excellent series, and it is in my collection,
started when I lived in France in the beginning of
the 60s, and continued ever since. A couple of
years ago they were sold collectively by French
dealers as "Le Musée Virtuel".
If you are interested you can see part of them on
http://continue.to/stamptravel
In the countries-folder choose France. All stamps
on my site(s) are (or have been) contained in my
collections -- I am slowly beginning to sell parts of
it.
Mette
Grandpa
> On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 18:19:57 -0700, Grandpa <jsdebooATcomcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>
>>Do you collect all manner of art or just paintings or a specific type of
>>art on stamps? Just wondering as last night when I was sorting the few
>>Canadian stamps I have I ran across 4 large used ones (40mm wide x 46mm
>>tall) with a painting on/in them. They've a gold border, say "ART
>>CANADA" at the top and a value of 90¢ on the bottom. At the bottom it
>>says in really tiny lettering (you'll need a magnifying glass) "The
>>Farmers Family (detail) 1970 Bruno Bobak (c)1998" then repeats it in
>>French. Can't give you a Scott number as I returned my book to the
>>library<sigh>.
>>
>
>
> Grandpa:
>
> It is Scott 1754 issued Sept 6, 1998.
> [the foil lettering does not show up on the scan]
> http://data2.archives.ca/e/e001/e000008967.gif
Thats the critter. I found it interesting doe to its size and the foil
as well. Nice looking stamp.