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panader0

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15. Great boxing paintings

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Fri Dec 18, 2015, 08:14 PM

Dec 2015

I like the portrait of Paddy Flanagan best though.

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Fight Nights: The Brief Candle of an American Artist [View all] CTyankee Dec 2015 OP

Thanks for this! H2O Man Dec 2015 #1

thanks for the rec. CTyankee Dec 2015 #2

I meant the H2O Man Dec 2015 #11

And it's awful. He abandoned his approach and I don't get why. His initial CTyankee Dec 2015 #14

Interesting question .... H2O Man Dec 2015 #19

I welcome her ideas! It is VERY interesting to me! CTyankee Dec 2015 #21

Wow! H2O Man Dec 2015 #34

looking forward to hearing more. edhopper Dec 2015 #36

kicking for the friday evening group, just getting home from work... CTyankee Dec 2015 #3

My father was a boxer in the 20s and 30s Generic Other Dec 2015 #4

wow. he had an interesting life! CTyankee Dec 2015 #5

Jersey Joe Walcott H2O Man Dec 2015 #18

They were hardworking stiffs in those days Generic Other Dec 2015 #32

That's certainly possible! H2O Man Dec 2015 #33

Great essay edhopper Dec 2015 #6

I love that interpretation. If you think about it, what you said is so true... CTyankee Dec 2015 #9

Yes edhopper Dec 2015 #10

you mean Henri's influence? CTyankee Dec 2015 #23

Yes edhopper Dec 2015 #24

this is not as brutal as Paddy Flanagan is, would you agree? CTyankee Dec 2015 #26

Don't look at the subject edhopper Dec 2015 #27

Yes, I get what you mean. What the artist chooses to concentrate on i.e. orthodonture CTyankee Dec 2015 #28

So true edhopper Dec 2015 #31

yes, and that is why we have the quiet El tracks and Jo in the sun... CTyankee Dec 2015 #12

you always have to wonder when great artist die too young edhopper Dec 2015 #13

but isn't this practically the story of great art masterpieces? CTyankee Dec 2015 #20

Not really edhopper Dec 2015 #22

Yes, you are right. So many had the acceptance and encouragement they deserved... CTyankee Dec 2015 #25

K & R femmocrat Dec 2015 #7

Nice break from the usual stuff here Armstead Dec 2015 #8

You must tell me more on George Inness... CTyankee Dec 2015 #16

Great boxing paintings panader0 Dec 2015 #15

You know, portraiture is so great because of what you see revealed about the person. CTyankee Dec 2015 #17

Right! H2O Man Dec 2015 #29

that is exactly what the artist Bellows is telling us...and why the social realists of his day CTyankee Dec 2015 #30

Thank you CTyankee. lovemydog Dec 2015 #35

thank you for being part of the discussion! CTyankee Dec 2015 #37