.. but still no luck finding Waldo.
Posted on 08/31/2009 3:21:49 PM PDT by Daffynition
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A restorer's work has found a hidden image of a butchered pig in a painting from the collection of Michigan's Calvin College.
The 17th century Dutch work Barn Interior is one of 16 paintings that Calvin alumnus Cornelius Van Nuis gave the Grand Rapids school two years ago.
Egbert van der Poel's work shows a woman and two children inside the barn. Van der Poel lived from 1621 to 1664.
Last summer, Calvin director of exhibitions Joel Zwart sent Barn Interior to Chicago art conservator Barry Bauman.
"What with chemicals and soot and dirt in the air, paintings naturally get darker," Zwart said in a statement. "When they get cleaned, there's a change in appearance."
He noticed that a ladder on the left side of the painting had been heavily painted over and the paint was flaking.
Underneath, he discovered a pig, butchered and stretched hanging upside down from the ladder.
"It was painted over, and the obvious question is, Why was it painted over?" said Zwart. "Well, it was most likely not covered over by the artist. Very likely a wealthy patron bought it.
"It's this grotesque scene, this butchered animal hanging in a barn. And quite likely this patron hired another artist to paint it over."
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.. but still no luck finding Waldo.
Gone in 4...3...2..?
BTW, he IS very talented. How did your event go?
Fed 220 people on the big front lawn. Sold 70 paintings. Drank wayyyyyy too much. All in all not as high sales as previous years, however it was very good despite the idiot in the White House.
It’s art, not porn...LOL
Welllll, remember, when I drink enough, I can actually start to see what the artist was seeing, otherwise I’m just too uptight.
Maybe I need a drink (or two). ;)
Oooo, that is pretty! Wish I were there.
Flayed?
Or splayed?
That looks like it could have been your road - 80 years ago...
It's Bobby!!!!!!
8:48 Indiana time - still here.
That looks like an INDUSTRIAL Bass-o-Matic!
http://www.hulu.com/watch/19046/saturday-night-live-bassomatic
It’s Lucas Valley near San Juan Capistrano CA.
Then there was the Magic Moment when the mountains came alive.
A few of the artists went over to Monument Valley earlier in the week. And that is my tease for Maynard Dixon Country 2009
The three pictures did not appear :^(
we don’t KNOW that.
we only know this was the artists final rendering.
If I had pained something, didn’t like a part and revised it myself, I would not want it “restored” to the version I had rejected.
Here the restorer ASSUMED some patron wanted it changed. Artists of the day routinely painted over canvases. This should be treated the same. Even IF a written change order is found (so to speak) it is far more relavent as the final version than the version nobody wanted to display.
Make your way to "Treatments" and you will read about the restorationer's reasons for the removal of the layers.
I would respect his judgment and reasoning.
We do NOT know what you stated: "we only know this was the artists final rendering." I don't know how you can say that b/c that would mean that the artist painted over his signed signature. That would be odd.
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