Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It appears to be a lovely painting. What is the size? Regards, George Lottermoser george@imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Feb 16, 2009, at 10:55 AM, Jim Nichols wrote: > Hi, George, > > Thanks for your comments. I finally tracked down the artist from > the signature "Kiley". The painting was done by Grace Kirby Wiley, > who used a contraction of her maiden name and married name as her > signature. She was born in 1877 and died in 1952. She began her > art education in her home town of Smith's Grove, KY and then > attended the Cincinnati School of Art. The example of her work > that is on display at the Kentucky Museum, which shows the same > signature as mine, is listed as "Oil on board". I suspect that the > times in which she lived led her to experiment with readily > available materials. > > My Mother's aunt, who gave her the painting, also lived in the same > little town and obviously knew the artist. I think the example > that we have is much nicer than the one on display in the museum. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Lottermoser" > <imagist3@mac.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 10:41 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Painting Question > > >> Rabbit skin glue to wood - yes. >> But to glass - never heard of that before. >> >> Sounds like someone wanted to >> prevent cracking of the paint >> by gluing the canvas to a substrate >> which would not expand or contract. >> Given the brittle nature of glass; >> it seems like a poor choice. >> >> Regards, >> George Lottermoser >> george@imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com/blog >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >> >> On Feb 15, 2009, at 1:13 PM, Jim Nichols wrote: >> >>> I know there are a lot of photographers out there that are >>> knowledgeable of the art world. I have a question about the >>> painting depicted in the attached link. >>> >>> This painting was given to my Mother many years ago by an >>> elderly aunt who lived in central Kentucky. I have always >>> assumed that it was painted by a local artist, but had no luck >>> tracing the source. When it came into my hands about twenty >>> years ago, the frame was in need of refinishing, so I >>> disassembled the painting to work on the frame. What I >>> discovered was that the canvas was wrapped around and glued to a >>> sheet of glass. At some point, the glass had been severely >>> cracked. I carefully assembled all of the glass pieces and >>> taped up the glass to hold it all together. >>> >>> My question is this: Is this a common practice, backing up >>> canvas with glass? I have never encountered it before. >>> >>> The painting is shown here: >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Painting.jpg.html >>> >>> Comments and answers welcomed. >>> >>> Jim Nichols >>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information