Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George, Thanks for putting up with my rambling story. The painting itself is approximately 12'' by 22". 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 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Painting Question > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >