Re: O/T sort of

Posted by Billy NY on July 14, 2006 at 09:50:20 from (152.163.100.74):

In Reply to: Re: O/T sort of posted by kyhayman on July 14, 2006 at 06:04:25:

My grandfather was a commercial artist, lithographs, he worked for NYS Commerce Dept. and did work for the state, historical, promotional, + a lot of private work for extra $$, he made good money in those days and it's interesting how things progressed since, I've got some of his old supplies and fair amount of his work, funny how no one treasured these things, but at least they are safe here. Those supplies can be delicate and I'll bet it pays to keep ones hands in good condition. This guy did all kinds of interesting things, from the lithographs, painting, calligraphy for state legal documents, he actually recreated the emancipation proclimation for the historical dept, they did a big production for the centennial of the Civil War. I found a really nice picture of Lincoln meeting with Generals in the field, tent in the background, he used it for one of his civil war art projects. One of the most amazing things he did was a clay sculpture of the Marines raising the flag at Iwo Jima, formed a mold and cast them in bronze, as well as the Marine symbol with the anchor and globe, kind of like book ends, I have those as well, but not to rant on and on about him etc., just had a lot of respect for the guy, only knew him for a short time, he was a Marine and reservist until late in life, retired as a Chief Warrant Officer, WWII veteran etc. he did some artwork for the Marines as well, even after he had a stroke and was in the VA for years he was still penciling and sketching with his opposite hand. Just an interesting subject I've always appreciated, he did the cheesecake nudes too back in the day, have no idea what that means, old term saw it on some of his file folders with some of his work, would have loved to ask him how he enjoyed that kind of artwork, assuming his subjects were mostly female ! I'll bet he enjoyed all of it though.

Oh well, lunch is over, got to go back out and wear out some gloves, hot and humid today, wrenchin on the old F-600 today.

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