My grandfather, Wilfred Israel Duphiney (1884-1960), was a portrait artist in RI. Though I was born in 1960, I have always felt a close connection to him through his artwork. This blog is for the journey of going through a pile of old photos, newspaper clippings, and who-knows-what.
Monday, December 20, 2010
"Reflections" and self portraits
I forgot to mention in the last post that the painting called "Reflections," also included two small self portraits ("SP") of the artist.
I say, "of course" but once I saw this, I had to look at other studio pictures to be sure I was right. The others do indicate that he was a right handed painter. Not important, just interesting (to me anyway).
UPDATE (Feb 2011)
OMG! I just got a color photograph of "Reflections" from family! WOW! Here it is in color:
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