All my life I have been drawn to art and have been surrounded by Artworks...not the fancyshmansy big name Artists of museum fame. but the down to earth bucolic landscapes, the renditions of everyday life, the portraiture of unknown people,but that touch a cord...usually with an undiscernable signature. My first contact with artwork came at the Grocery Store...don't laugh....I was all of maybe 5, but I remember Mom would do the shopping, pay, and then choose a wonderful 'painting'...ok..ok..it was a lithograph..not oil, but to me they were a priceless treasure... and this happened every week! Well of course it ended, to my disappointment, but it was replaced by yet another..shop, pay, choose a treasure event...but that is for another post. Today I thought I'd take you down my memory lane..so to speak.
These are just a couple of the landscapes to choose from
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June Day by Brightwell
I can't make out the signature on this one, nor is there a title
There were also cityscapes of far away places and ships sailing to distant shores. |
There were animal paintings, clowns, still lifes, and portraits........some of unknown origin as seen below......others more renowned such as Washington Crossing the Delaware and the Signing of the Constitution..
Pink Girl, who went with Blue Boy, but he didn't figure into my room.
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This picture came wuth the ornate plastic frame.........Mother and Daughter
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Now the next pictures are older than the ones above. The next 2 pictures are favorite Cottages.......I always wished I could visit in these places.....................
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This picture is much earlier than the 60's, maybe from the 40's.
I really wished I was the girl feeding the duck....hehe.
This Guardian Angel print was purchased by my Mom when she first married from Woolworth. It is in it's original metal frame and still hangs in their bedroom. As a child it hung in my room to ward off closet monsters and the Boogeyman....hey....it worked wonders!
This picture was the basis of my whole bedroom in the early to mid 60's.....Swan Lake and ballet. Sears had the whole Swan Lake bed set....canopy,,,,,bedspread.....pillow shams.....I had lavender walls and pale pink accents......heaven. |
Here is my latest art acquisition from a local Antique Mall just a few weeks ago. It's another vintage 12x24 lithograph in it's original goldtone metal frame. As soon as I saw it....it made me smile. For a whole $2 I happily carried it home. I immediately took it my parents house to show them my great find. It made my Mom smile too......you see this picture hung over the living room sofa in thier apartment in California where I was born. At 3 months old Mom would lay me down and i'd look up at that picture and just smile. Well, this will hang over my dresser mirror so when I open my eyes each morning it'll be the first thing I see.
Isn't it funny how art plays an integural part in our life and we don't even realize it?
Today I'm linking to Beverly at How Sweet the Sound for her
Pink Saturday get-together
Don't forget to stop by and visit all the other pink pretties.
And on Wednesday I'm heading over to Sue at It's a Very Cherry World for
Rednesday Wednesday for all the Summer hot reds!
