On Jul 15, 2011, at 1:25 AM, 118 wrote: > Hi Marsha, > Yeah, you had told me about that painting a while ago. Steve Martin's > latest book has an interesting little piece on buying Russian > paintings. Did you ever read "An Object of Beauty"? > > You mentioned the painting in the same discuss topic where you were > talking about Turner (and others) and and the details of some boat > paintings you were studying in a class. I suggested that you take a > look at some Cannaletto. (at http://www.canalettogallery.org/). Did > you ever get a chance? Perhaps you do not remember. Is your painting > to be found on the Internet? > > I have an old Dutch painting from The Hague which my grandmother gave > me when she died. It is probably the most valuable thing I have > besides my kids. It was painted by Jacobus (Floris) Arntzenius and > given to my grandmother in payment for medical treatment that my > grandfather gave to him. This was common in those days. It has not > been copied onto the internet, but a very similar painting can be > found at: > > http://www.artnet.com/artists/lotdetailpage.aspx?lot_id=59E95E716415BBFDC0AF5CDE720CE370 > > Or if you cannot afford the real deal (heh, heh), posters can be found at: > > http://www.allposters.com/-st/Floris-Arntzenius-Posters_c118030_.htm > > By the way, I used to visit my grandmother and grandfather who lived > two blocks around the corner from that painting where my grandfather > had his gynecology practice. On one day not long after the war (maybe > 9 months...) he delivered 40 babies in 1 day. I have the photograph > of a proud doctor with 40 babies and 40 nurses. Those were the > babyboomer times. Whatever happened to our hopes and dreams? > > > Cheers, > Mark >
Hi Mark, I do remember you mentioning Canaletto. His paintings are beautiful. It is wonderful that you have an original Arntzenius, and the story of how it came into your grandparents ownership is very interesting. Vachagan Narazyan is the name of the artist whose painting I bought. His paintings can be found on the Internet. I am still pleased that I bought it because it still intrigues me. I own other oil paintings that my husband bought in Spain - landscapes, seascapes and a still life, but the Narazyan is special. It "speaks to me". Hahahaha... Speaking of the baby boomers and our hopes and dreams, I recently watched a Netflix stream of 'PBS American Experience: LBJ.' Although I was too young to vote, I was hoping for a Goldwater victory. (Sad, huh? My family, of course, were Democrats.) The program was a shock, and very, very sad. There was a man with BIG hopes and dreams. Very, very sad... Taking another look at Viet Nam and all those American boys and Vietnamese people killed, and thinking about the U.S. position in the MiddleEast today, had me totally depressed. Sure, I've read the GITA, but still...... Marsha ___ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
