I didn't wait til the Washington DC Japanese Cherry Tree festival to list this pretty vintage handcolored photograph, I just found it this week! And it's my Friday Find of the week! It's by 1920s - 1950s photographer and artist Royal Carlock, who specialized in D.C. landscape scenes like this. Back in the era of just black and white photos, hand coloring photos was the way to get color. So each one, interestingly, is a one of a kind. Wallace Nutting is the most famous artist of this medium, but Carlock is among the others. I come across them from time to time, and usually they are faded, but this one is in great condition and in its original frame! There are special oil based tints that you use. Anyway, I love the notion of one of a kind! And the trees shown are probably not there anymore, they have a life span and cultivars from the originals have been planted. Washington is only 2 hours from me and such a great city to visit. As an artist and history buff, I can find something fun to see every time I go! Anyway, beside this beauty, some of the pieces I listed this week already sold, but here's more! The Hollywood Regency vanity mirror set I blogged about earlier (click on my banner to see my whole blog!), an antique French and Company Martha Washington Gravy Boat, another neat 1970s mug, a 1960s skinny tie and more authentic vintage! Tomorrow I'm doing a local school flea market with the boxes and boxes of non-vintage that I acquire at box lots at auctions I attend all winter. Everything is marked between $1 and $3, so if you are in the Delaware County, PA or Philadelphia area, come on over to the Interboro High School flea sponsored by the MOMS club! And say hi!
April 8, 2011
Fabulous Friday Vintage Finds - 4/8/2011 - Hand Painted Photographs
I didn't wait til the Washington DC Japanese Cherry Tree festival to list this pretty vintage handcolored photograph, I just found it this week! And it's my Friday Find of the week! It's by 1920s - 1950s photographer and artist Royal Carlock, who specialized in D.C. landscape scenes like this. Back in the era of just black and white photos, hand coloring photos was the way to get color. So each one, interestingly, is a one of a kind. Wallace Nutting is the most famous artist of this medium, but Carlock is among the others. I come across them from time to time, and usually they are faded, but this one is in great condition and in its original frame! There are special oil based tints that you use. Anyway, I love the notion of one of a kind! And the trees shown are probably not there anymore, they have a life span and cultivars from the originals have been planted. Washington is only 2 hours from me and such a great city to visit. As an artist and history buff, I can find something fun to see every time I go! Anyway, beside this beauty, some of the pieces I listed this week already sold, but here's more! The Hollywood Regency vanity mirror set I blogged about earlier (click on my banner to see my whole blog!), an antique French and Company Martha Washington Gravy Boat, another neat 1970s mug, a 1960s skinny tie and more authentic vintage! Tomorrow I'm doing a local school flea market with the boxes and boxes of non-vintage that I acquire at box lots at auctions I attend all winter. Everything is marked between $1 and $3, so if you are in the Delaware County, PA or Philadelphia area, come on over to the Interboro High School flea sponsored by the MOMS club! And say hi!
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