A lush tropical setting, exotic models, and legendary drinking bouts serve as the backdrop to the "larger than life" story of artist Edgar Leeteg. Often referred to as the "American Gaugin" for his idyllic rendering of the Tahitian people in the '30s, '40s, and '50s, Leeteg is best known for his discovery and mastery of the age old technique of painting on velvet. Long lost in the shadows of art history, the paintings of Edgar Leeteg are now recognized as the archetype for modern velvet paintings - one of the more popular and enduring art mediums in the world.
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Beyond the plastic hula girl swizzle sticks bobbing around in Blue Hawaiians, beyond the palm tree silhouetted Hawaiian shirts on the backs of beachcombers, beyond the palm frond thatched bar cabanas peopled with Tiki worshiping lounge lizards, is a form of art and style that has the romance and dignity to add legitimacy to all the aforementioned. That is the wonderful South Seas velvet paintings of Edgar Leeteg." -- Robert Williams
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For a number of decades, the possession and display of paintings on velvet has been a measure of taste, or the lack of it. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Edgar Leeteg, Barney Davis, Villa Velour, Bob Brooks, Hina Rapa, United States, Aloha Barney, Bernard Davis, Bill Erwin, Burl Ives, New Zealand New!
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For a number of decades, the possession and display of paintings on velvet has been a measure of taste, or the lack of it. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
velvet painting Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Edgar Leeteg, Barney Davis, Villa Velour, Bob Brooks, Hina Rapa, United States, Aloha Barney, Bernard Davis, Bill Erwin, Burl Ives, New Zealand New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Rascals in Paradise by James A. Michener on 4 pages
- Velvet Touch (Silhouette Desire, #11) by Stephanie James in Back Matter
- Scene of the Crime: Exhibition held at Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center on July 23-October 5, 1997 by Ralph Rugoff on page 43
- Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener in Front Matter
- James A. Michener by A. Grove Day on page 73
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