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Monday, March 30, 2015
A portrait of the artist in his studio... Duphiney by Tolman
I just learned of this painting by Stacy Tolman that now hangs in the Providence Art Club. Stacy Tolman was a contemporary of my grandfather's. Apparently there is "paperwork" that says the painting by Tolman of an artist working in his studio at the Fleur-de-lys Studios is of my grandfather, Wilfred Duphiney.
It does not look like him to me, but I only know my grandfather by a handful of self-portraits and photographs, so there are many years in his life in which I would not "recognize" him. And I am delighted to learn of this painting. My grandfather painted a portrait of Tolman as well, and art work by Tolman is evident in my grandfather's studio -- both of which I have posted about in the past.
Hmm...but then again. Here he is in his studio:
Here he is below in his smock; ok, I am beginning to see him.
I look forward to seeing Tolman's painting in person at the Providence Art Club.
It does not look like him to me, but I only know my grandfather by a handful of self-portraits and photographs, so there are many years in his life in which I would not "recognize" him. And I am delighted to learn of this painting. My grandfather painted a portrait of Tolman as well, and art work by Tolman is evident in my grandfather's studio -- both of which I have posted about in the past.
Hmm...but then again. Here he is in his studio:
Here he is below in his smock; ok, I am beginning to see him.
I look forward to seeing Tolman's painting in person at the Providence Art Club.
Saturday, December 13, 2014
It's back!
I've been busy with grad school, but now with that completed, I need to get back to this research. A look at the resource links, shows that most are "broken". I'll get to updating these as soon as possible. One link, however was a pleasant surprise! More works were listed! I guess that is the result of museums digitizing their collections. I can't wait to dig into that! Good to get back to this project!
Friday, July 8, 2011
Project Break
Monday, May 9, 2011
Portrait of John O. Pastore
A show of recently restored gubernatorial portraits is on view at the Providence Art Club. Among them, a portrait of RI's Governor (and later Senator) John O. Pastore painted by Wilfred I. Duphiney.
Here is a B&W copy of the portrait:
For more info in the exhibition, click to see the announcement in the Providence Journal.
Here is a B&W copy of the portrait:
For more info in the exhibition, click to see the announcement in the Providence Journal.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
The public contributes paintings for the project
Something very unexpected has happened with this project in the last two days! I have had two people contact me about paintings they own by my grandfather! And they wanted to share!
Nick Nerney contacted me a couple of days ago with the news that his family had a painting of his Aunt Virginia by my grandfather. He and his daughter tried taking photographs on two different days (the first was rainy and they could not get decent light). The second day however, the image came out beautiful! What a stunning portrait of a lovely young woman who died far too young. My grandfather painted the portrait from a photographic image taken to celebrate her graduation from Simmons College in 1932. Here it is:
What a beautiful portrait! What eyes! To learn more about Virginia, her family, and the portrait click on the following "hot" link to where I have uploaded the image in one of my galleries: portrait of Virginia Stanhope Nerney.
While I have been excited about this project since beginning anew, seeing COLOR images of the paintings by my grandfather -- most of the documentation photos I have were done in B&W -- has been like the difference between a being and its ghost! My sincere thanks and gratitude to the Nerney family.
For a short while, I imagined families all over RI (and maybe beyond) contacting me abut wanting to share THEIR Duphiney portraits. I thought maybe I should do a press release to encourage more contact and sharing. Then I thought, no, this was a kind gesture, but not something others might do...until tonight! I received another email from someone who had seen the gallery on www.pbase.com and also left a message. This indidual has TWO portraits she would like to share. She did not know the sitters of the portrait -- a Dr. and his wife -- but had purchased the portraits. I can't wait to see them!
My grandfather was an incredibly prolific portrait painter. And I have begun to think that reaching out to the people of RI may bring this project to a level that I never imagined in this project. It could be that the portraits of Wilfred I. Duphiney speak on a collectively intimate level that makes his work more important than, and in ways I never realized, when I started this project.
UPDATE: 4/11/2011
I received two images today taken by a cell phone camera -- she will take better photos later but just wanted to share. They are of Dr. and Mrs. Duschene and were painted in 1948. More info later, in the meantime here are images of the lovely couple.
Nick Nerney contacted me a couple of days ago with the news that his family had a painting of his Aunt Virginia by my grandfather. He and his daughter tried taking photographs on two different days (the first was rainy and they could not get decent light). The second day however, the image came out beautiful! What a stunning portrait of a lovely young woman who died far too young. My grandfather painted the portrait from a photographic image taken to celebrate her graduation from Simmons College in 1932. Here it is:
What a beautiful portrait! What eyes! To learn more about Virginia, her family, and the portrait click on the following "hot" link to where I have uploaded the image in one of my galleries: portrait of Virginia Stanhope Nerney.
While I have been excited about this project since beginning anew, seeing COLOR images of the paintings by my grandfather -- most of the documentation photos I have were done in B&W -- has been like the difference between a being and its ghost! My sincere thanks and gratitude to the Nerney family.
For a short while, I imagined families all over RI (and maybe beyond) contacting me abut wanting to share THEIR Duphiney portraits. I thought maybe I should do a press release to encourage more contact and sharing. Then I thought, no, this was a kind gesture, but not something others might do...until tonight! I received another email from someone who had seen the gallery on www.pbase.com and also left a message. This indidual has TWO portraits she would like to share. She did not know the sitters of the portrait -- a Dr. and his wife -- but had purchased the portraits. I can't wait to see them!
My grandfather was an incredibly prolific portrait painter. And I have begun to think that reaching out to the people of RI may bring this project to a level that I never imagined in this project. It could be that the portraits of Wilfred I. Duphiney speak on a collectively intimate level that makes his work more important than, and in ways I never realized, when I started this project.
UPDATE: 4/11/2011
I received two images today taken by a cell phone camera -- she will take better photos later but just wanted to share. They are of Dr. and Mrs. Duschene and were painted in 1948. More info later, in the meantime here are images of the lovely couple.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Stacy Tolman's Sleeping Angel?
Today while going through photos of a collection of drawings previously belonging to my grandfather, I found a drawing of a young woman that seemed remarkably similar to the sleeping angel found in an artwork by Stacy Tolman in my grandfather's studio. I had published a post on my blog earlier that included a close up of Tolman's work called "Sleep" (here), and I'll just include the close-up again here:
Here is the drawing with the model in question that I came across today:
What do you think? Looks like her to me.
Here is the drawing with the model in question that I came across today:
What do you think? Looks like her to me.
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