Though beloved by millions around the world, black velvet paintings have too long been relegated to the shadowy backrooms of art history. Black Velvet Masterpieces celebrates the best and worst of this kitschy yet sought-after artform, showcasing the most mind-blowing paintings from the Velveteria museum, home to a rotating collection of more than 1,200 crying Elvises, troubling clowns, naked ladies, dogs playing poker, celebrity and presidential portraits, black light psych-outs, and the just plain weird. Complementing 300 reproductions of these tactile masterpieces are a unique history of the mediumtracing its roots from ancient China and Japan through Victorian England, the South Seas, Southeast Asia, and the Americas, and a step-by-step exploration of the tricky art of painting on this luxurious fabric.
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Caren Anderson and Carl Baldwin fell in love while on the hunt for black velvet paintings. Together they opened the Velveteria museum in Portland, Oregon, in 2005 and are the world's leading authorities on this underappreciated art.
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Gorgeous Photos,
This review is from: Black Velvet Masterpieces: Highlights from the Collection of the Velveteria Museum (Hardcover)
The full color photographs - approx. 200 - are gorgeous and are almost tactile in the way they convey the lush texture and rich color of the velvet paintings. I also enjoyed the authors' writing style: chatty and interesting, covering everything from the history of velvet painting and painters to the authors' personal collecting stories. So...great photos, great writing, and a front cover artfully decorated with black velvet - makes the book itself a bit of a Black Velvet Masterpiece!
I was also lucky enough to visit the authors' Velveteria Museum in Portland and can attest it's well worth the trip.
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Insanely Beautiful,
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This review is from: Black Velvet Masterpieces: Highlights from the Collection of the Velveteria Museum (Hardcover)
BLACK VELVET MASTERPIECES is an incredible overview of the low-brow and high-art world of velvet painting. The book contains images from the entire history of velvet painting: from schlocky Elvises, insane clowns, frolicking unicorns, and sad-eyed children to delicately rendered South Sea island beauties and Old Master works - All of it intensely colorful and wildly inventive.
I have also visited VELVETERIA in Portland, Oregon and it is well worth the trip. Seeing some of my favorite paintings from the book was an amazing experience and the ever-rotating collection on display will have you laughing, crying and leave you with a new-found respect for the medium. Check out the Black-Light room when you are there! Both the book and museum are highly recommended!
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The Perfect Coffee Table Book,
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This review is from: Black Velvet Masterpieces: Highlights from the Collection of the Velveteria Museum (Hardcover)
This book is on display in our home for all the right reasons. The pictures are indeed beautiful! But the stories behind the pursuit of these velvet masterpieces, are equally entertaining. The authors/collectors are authentic and passionate, and are hopefully inspiring others toward creating art on velvet. For me, reading the book and absorbing the works, inspire me to create...anything. Well done! The buzz is very real. This book is worth every penny!
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a WEARY GI RETURNS HOME FROM WAR, a black-velvet painting of himself with a nude dream girl stashed in his duffel bag. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
velvet painters, velvet paintings Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Untitled Date, United States, Velvet Trail, South Pacific, San Francisco, New York, Lou Kreitzman, Our Lady of Guadalupe, James Dean, Untitled Late, Jim Morrison, Marilyn Monroe, Carl Baldwin, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Edgar Leeteg, New Zealand Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
a WEARY GI RETURNS HOME FROM WAR, a black-velvet painting of himself with a nude dream girl stashed in his duffel bag. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
velvet painters, velvet paintings Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Untitled Date, United States, Velvet Trail, South Pacific, San Francisco, New York, Lou Kreitzman, Our Lady of Guadalupe, James Dean, Untitled Late, Jim Morrison, Marilyn Monroe, Carl Baldwin, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Edgar Leeteg, New Zealand Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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