{"id":5128,"date":"2014-04-08T08:37:54","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T12:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=5128"},"modified":"2015-10-01T07:19:30","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T11:19:30","slug":"vintage-prints-and-small-worlds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2014\/04\/08\/vintage-prints-and-small-worlds\/","title":{"rendered":"Vintage prints and small worlds"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"diningroomwall\" <\/a>I inherited a strange little picture from my grandmother of two horses frightened by a storm, perhaps, or running towards some lightening.\u00a0 I remember staring up at the horses’ pop eyes during nap time, and am terribly satisfied having it in my house.\u00a0 This terrible cell phone picture is of my dining room wall, horse picture included.<\/p>\n

It never crossed my mind to find out more about it, even though I had never seen its like anywhere else.\u00a0 You can imagine my surprise when I saw it included in the gallery wall of interior designer Lauren Liess | Pure Style Home<\/a>\u00a0 while flipping through a home decorating magazine.\u00a0 Liess’ style is much more polished and muted, but the horse picture has the same kind of punch, I think.\u00a0 It is an oddity:\u00a0 something banal enough to look past and yet odd enough to furrow the brow upon closer inspection.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Lauren Liess | Pure Style Home.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After a little searching I found that it is called Spirited Horses by Henri LeRoy (1851- ) a still life painter in France (*05\/11\/2015 now in question, see link to continuing research below)<\/em>.\u00a0 LeRoy’s catalog, as far as I could find, revolved around prints of fruit and flowers with a few landscapes thrown in.\u00a0 All of his pictures have the same feel:\u00a0 a controlled and factual reproduction of the subject, but strange–like looking through a warped glass.\u00a0 They are just a little bit naive.<\/p>\n

I wanted to find out more about Henri LeRoy, but have been unsuccessful.\u00a0 He, like several other Victorian chromolithograph artists, produced much in a new and flourishing world of consumer driven art.\u00a0 Many chromolithographs were known for their publishers over their artists.\u00a0 They found a champion in Harriet Beecher Stowe who lauded them as an asset to interior decoration (Rotskoff).\u00a0 Perhaps because of Stowe’s support, and perhaps because a new and thriving middle class had grown from industrialism, consumption of these prints soared between 1840-1900.\u00a0 They were so popular, as was using the technology for cards and advertisements, that the time period became known as the \u201cchromo civilization\u201d\u00a0(according to Wikipedia<\/a>).\u00a0 Like any pop-art, they were not made to last and the numbers of undamaged prints out there have dwindled over the years, which is probably why I’ve only just seen Henri LeRoy’s Spirited Horses on anyone else’s wall.<\/p>\n

05\/11\/2015:\u00a0 A continuation of this research can be found in Chromolithography and the Mystery of Henri and Anita LeRoy <\/a><\/p>\n

cited:\u00a0 Lori E. Rotskoff (1997) Decorating the Dining-Room: Still-Life Chromolithographs and Domestic Ideology in Nineteenth-Century America. Journal of American Studies<\/cite>, Vol. 31, No. 1 (Apr., 1997), pp. 19-42<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I inherited a strange little picture from my grandmother of two horses frightened by a storm, perhaps, or running towards some lightening.\u00a0 I remember staring up at the horses’ pop eyes during nap time, and am terribly satisfied having it in my house.\u00a0 This terrible cell phone picture is of my dining room wall, horse… Continue reading Vintage prints and small worlds<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[60,213],"class_list":["post-5128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-art","tag-design"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10486,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2023\/02\/28\/spirited-horses-in-ai\/","url_meta":{"origin":5128,"position":0},"title":"Spirited Horses in AI","author":"leems","date":"February 28, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"I don't know about you, but my professional life has been filled with discussions on AI generated text and art. The release of and growing proliferation of AI generated and assisted work has people asking many questions about originality, copyright, ethics, plagiarism, and more. I am discussing none of that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blog"","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/spiritedhorsesinstorm-150x122.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6050,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2015\/05\/11\/chromolithography-and-the-mystery-of-henri-and-anita-leroy\/","url_meta":{"origin":5128,"position":1},"title":"Chromolithography and the mystery of Henri and Anita LeRoy","author":"leems","date":"May 11, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"It all started with a print called \"Spirited Horses\"\u00a0 on my dining room wall.\u00a0 I had inherited it from my grandmother.\u00a0 I remember sleeplessly looking up at it on the wall of her den during 'nap time.'\u00a0 A notation on the bottom says it was copyright in 1900 by Jos.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blog"","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bearandfire-150x53.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bearandfire-150x53.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bearandfire-150x53.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bearandfire-150x53.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6538,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2015\/10\/03\/drawlloween\/","url_meta":{"origin":5128,"position":2},"title":"Drawlloween","author":"leems","date":"October 3, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"So, it is the month for Inktober, and also (I just found out) Drawlloween. Inktober is a pen and ink picture a day for a month challenge.\u00a0 I have done Inktober before, I've even Halloween themed it.\u00a0 Since I usually draw for pen and ink, it suits my style. Drawlloween\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blog"","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9632,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2021\/06\/22\/on-a-horse\/","url_meta":{"origin":5128,"position":3},"title":"On a Horse","author":"leems","date":"June 22, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"In "Blog"","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/HorseRiding2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/HorseRiding2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/HorseRiding2.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/HorseRiding2.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10367,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2022\/10\/06\/an-eddy-that-pulls-you-down\/","url_meta":{"origin":5128,"position":4},"title":"An eddy that pulls you down","author":"leems","date":"October 6, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Burlesque Feast by Frans Verbeeck 1510-1570 You see before you a picture that seems to be depicting a wedding feast. I say seems to be, because the title of the picture doesn't say anything about a wedding. But, the order of those seated, the unhappy lady in the center, in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blog"","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/frans-verbeeck___werkstatt-1385785-150x102.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/frans-verbeeck___werkstatt-1385785-150x102.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/frans-verbeeck___werkstatt-1385785-150x102.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/frans-verbeeck___werkstatt-1385785-150x102.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/frans-verbeeck___werkstatt-1385785-150x102.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/frans-verbeeck___werkstatt-1385785-150x102.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4003,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2013\/05\/27\/dreaming\/","url_meta":{"origin":5128,"position":5},"title":"dreaming","author":"leems","date":"May 27, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I had a dream a few nights ago.\u00a0 In my dream, I was in some nameless and fantastical European city, surrounded by strange architecture.\u00a0 While passing through a pedestrian square I lamented not bringing a camera other than my phone and struggled to capture a picture of a giant marble\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blog"","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"from a dream","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/from-a-dream.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5128"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6528,"href":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5128\/revisions\/6528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}