Lincoln Abraham Art!

[Lnwlf]

Anyone ever do Lincoln in macaroni? Serious question! The work in the first post made me wonder...

 

[diane]

This is an unusual painting of Lincoln in the bedroom of the Lincoln Cottage. Can't find the artist, though!

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

Great find diane.

You're right . . . that is a very unusual painting.
I hope someone can shed more light on this piece.

My first thought is it Lincoln writing and re-writing the Gettysburg Address ?

I finally noticed what looks like discarded copies of whatever on the floor.

Actually my eye kept being drawn to those funky slippers.

 

[major bill]

Lincoln is a popular subject for artists. Not only does he have a face with many emotions in a single expression, but many Americans also see him as a great American hero. Hey his face is even on the penny.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

Hey his face is even on the penny.

Recently he's been on the reverse side of the penny more than once.

 

[chellers]

This is an unusual painting of Lincoln in the bedroom of the Lincoln Cottage. Can't find the artist, though!

Thanks, diane, for posting this painting. Did a little looking around.....apparently, the artist is Jes W. Schlaikjer.

Jes W. Schlaikjer was an official artist for the U.S. government and well known painter of portraits and historic scenes in the mid 1900s. A great admirer of Abraham Lincoln, Schlaikjer determined to paint a historical scene of Lincoln toiling on the Emancipation Proclamation one evening in September 1862 at the Soldiers' Home. While he painted this scene from his imagination, Schlaikjer was inspired to paint the scene after discovering Lincoln was known to have carried notes and jottings for the document to and from the Soldiers' Home.

Read more:
http://lincolncottage.org/1950s-pai...g-emancipation-proclamation-at-soldiers-home/

 

[diane]

Thanks, diane, for posting this painting. Did a little looking around.....apparently, the artist is Jes W. Schlaikjer.

Jes W. Schlaikjer was an official artist for the U.S. government and well known painter of portraits and historic scenes in the mid 1900s. A great admirer of Abraham Lincoln, Schlaikjer determined to paint a historical scene of Lincoln toiling on the Emancipation Proclamation one evening in September 1862 at the Soldiers' Home. While he painted this scene from his imagination, Schlaikjer was inspired to paint the scene after discovering Lincoln was known to have carried notes and jottings for the document to and from the Soldiers' Home.

Read more:
http://lincolncottage.org/1950s-pai...g-emancipation-proclamation-at-soldiers-home/

Thanks! That's a nice little piece. I'm with 7th - can't avoid those slippers but at the same time they seem to be fitting! Was surprised to see that the artist had gone to such lengths to be accurate - those slippers really were Abe's.

 

[chellers]

Thanks! That's a nice little piece. I'm with 7th - can't avoid those slippers but at the same time they seem to be fitting! Was surprised to see that the artist had gone to such lengths to be accurate - those slippers really were Abe's.

I just noticed Abe's hat on the far nightstand.

 

[chellers]

Abraham Lincoln and his horse, Old Bob, at President Lincoln's Cottage, Washington, D.C.

http://lincolncottage.org/

 

[chellers]

Lincoln Statue, Nebraska State Capitol, Lincoln, Nebraska, in front of the Gettysburg Address.

September 2, 1912 - Lincoln Statue, Nebraska State Capitol, Lincoln, Nebraska (USA). "The Gettysburg Address [November 19, 1863] is carved into the granite backdrop, and Abraham Lincoln is depicted as just having finished that memorable speech. Sculptor Daniel Chester French [1850-1931] collaborated with architect Henry Bacon [1866-1924] to provide the statue's setting. French and Bacon are most famous for their work on the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. At the statue's dedication, Nebraska orator William Jennings Bryan [1860-1925] spoke to a crowd of thousands."

http://peace.maripo.com/p_lincoln.htm

 

[CustersWolverines]

This is "The Boy Lincoln" by Eastman Johnson. It hangs in the University of Michigan's Museum of Art.

 

[chellers]

This is "The Boy Lincoln" by Eastman Johnson. It hangs in the University of Michigan's Museum of Art.

I've never seen this lovely painting, CustersWolverines. Thank you so much for posting.

 

[Lincolncarver]

Thanks for your interest. This is Lincolns 004 & 005 in my shop and 005 at the Lincoln Museum at Hodgenville, Ky.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

Thanks for your interest. This is Lincolns 004 & 005 in my shop and 005 at the Lincoln Museum at Hodgenville, Ky.View attachment 47852 View attachment 47853

Excellent work !
Do you have any photographs from "start to finish" of your sculptures ?

 

[Lincolncarver]

I've only done that with on one N

ative American carving, where I have a few consecutive pics. I have had a few taken at odd times while I was working. Just whenever my wife walks out to the shop. She is the photographer in the family. She loves to watch woodworking programs on tv but doesn't care so much for the dust and clutter of my work.

 

[chellers]

Beautiful work, Lincolncarver! And enjoy seeing photos of your work in progress, as 7thMississippi above mentioned. Thank you for posting.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

Wow !
Thanks for posting.

 

[chellers]

Abraham Lincoln

by Sarah Fisher Clampitt Ames
Marble, 1868
United States Senate

http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/art/artifact/Sculpture_21_00013.htm

 

[ole]

Don't care about the results. I just like a man who works with wood.

 

[LoyaltyOfDogs]

Here is a photo of Gettysburg's newest Lincoln statue, which stands in front of the Adams County Public Library on Baltimore Street, along with a photo listing the donors of the statue, whose names are on the base. Details from the dedication last November are at the link:
http://tinyurl.com/NewLincolnStatue

A few details to add: The setting of the statue is particularly fitting for two reasons. It is along the route that Lincoln traveled through Gettysburg to deliver his address at the national cemetery dedication on Nov. 19, 1863, and the bronze Lincoln gestures toward an inscription in large block letters across the front of the library, "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA."