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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Painting Question
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Mon Feb 16 09:57:01 2009
References: <EB34ECEF9F804DFDBF6BACCE10482C43@jimnichols><11EB1491-1BA2-475E-816C-D2AAEA558E74@mac.com><25CC7B2A6F6F4F2083AB5FE21423FD94@jimnichols> <1EB34ECD-C926-4F52-90F8-CB869F6F5BCB@mac.com>

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
>>>>
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