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The First Art Stamp Ever?
"amesh" wrote in
: Collectors of Art Stamps have often discussed which was the first art topical stamp to be issued. Some say that this collecting area began with the French art series in the early 1960's, Spain's Goya nude of 1930 (Scott 397-399) comes to mind.Back in the middle of the last century pre-teen boys loved that stamp. The series of which the nudes were part honored Goya, the artist.The oter stamps in the series pictured Goya himself. |
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The First Art Stamp Ever?
"AK47" skrev i en meddelelse
. 97.136... "amesh" wrote in : Collectors of Art Stamps have often discussed which was the first art topical stamp to be issued. Some say that this collecting area began with the French art series in the early 1960's, Spain's Goya nude of 1930 (Scott 397-399) comes to mind.Back in the middle of the last century pre-teen boys loved that stamp. I can understand that! Here's the 1 peseta-stamp from the set http://arthistory.heindorffhus.dk/go...pta-medium.jpg taken from my Goya-page http://arthistory.heindorffhus.dk/frame-Goya.htm Mette |
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The First Art Stamp Ever?
"Didier Cuidet" skrev i en meddelelse ... Le Wed, 9 Nov 2005 20:24:05 +0800, dans rec.collecting.stamps.discuss, "Rodney" a écrit : Hiya Mette, Here is the Guildhall medal http://cjoint.com/data/ljnroDtwht.htm And here the projects for the first French stamp : URL:http://www.museedelaposte.fr/Chercheurs/Les_Tresors_du_Musee/Archives.htm#art601 There is no mention about a Greek coin. In that case, the goddess must be called Demeter and not Ceres. URL:http://waltm.net/demeter.htm Interisting link, thank you. Mette Caution, the last page has music. -- DC Débuts dans les groupes - news:fr.bienvenue Pour en savoir plus - url:http://www.usenet-fr.net Rédiger agréablement - url:http://www.giromini.org/usenet-fr/repondre.html |
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The First Art Stamp Ever?
"Didier Cuidet" skrev i en meddelelse
... Le Wed, 09 Nov 2005 09:30:47 -0600, dans rec.collecting.stamps.discuss, AK47 a écrit : "amesh" wrote in : Collectors of Art Stamps have often discussed which was the first art topical stamp to be issued. Some say that this collecting area began with the French art series in the early 1960's, Spain's Goya nude of 1930 (Scott 397-399) comes to mind.Back in the middle of the last century pre-teen boys loved that stamp. These three French stamps, issued in 1917, are showing existing sculptures : Le Lion de Belfort URL:http://www.philatelix.fr/Catalogue/timbres.cfm?prov=annee_timbres&Annee=1900&dallay=1 52 URL:http://www.phan-ngoc.com/fred/paris/html/lionbelfort.html La Marseillaise URL:http://www.philatelix.fr/Catalogue/timbres.cfm?prov=annee_timbres&Annee=1900&dallay=1 53 URL:http://www.philatelix.fr/Catalogue/timbres.cfm?prov=annee_timbres&Annee=1900&dallay=1 54 URL:http://www.parisrama.com/thematique_arc_de_triomphe/theme_adtcelysees/pages/025.htm Thank you. I will look into them soonest posssible. Mette |
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The First Art Stamp Ever?
Even more symbolic were the 1 to 3 hangman's nooses
placed on Italian letters to signify the degree of urgency. (ie the degree of punishment to the messenger for delaying the message.) 8*) Blair |
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The First Art Stamp Ever?
Didier Cuidet wrote :
In that case, the goddess must be called Demeter and not Ceres. URL:http://waltm.net/demeter.htm Caution, the last page has music. A nice quiet music, BTW ;-) Thanks, Didier. -- Pierre |
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The First Art Stamp Ever?
"Blair (TC)" skrev i en meddelelse
ups.com... Even more symbolic were the 1 to 3 hangman's nooses placed on Italian letters to signify the degree of urgency. (ie the degree of punishment to the messenger for delaying the message.) 8*) Blair Naughty boy, Blair 8*) |
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The First Art Stamp Ever?
"amesh" skrev i en meddelelse
. .. Collectors of Art Stamps have often discussed which was the first art topical stamp to be issued. Some say that this collecting area began with the French art series in the early 1960's, while others believe that it may be the French stamp from 1849 depicting Ceres, and yet others that it was the British Penny Black. In the bi-monthly publication "Topical Time" published by American Topical Association, #334/2005, Column "Topical Postline", appears a letter to the editor "--- sent an inquiry to American Philatelic Research Library, asking for the design source of France #1. The response states, "An explanation of the design appears in James Mackay's book "An Illustrated History of Stamp Design". France introduced stamps in January 1849, but instead of using the portrait of a living person, [they] chose the profile of Ceres, goddess of agriculture, in a circular frame with a rectangular border (Scott #1). The head of Ceres was taken from ancient Greek coins, a logical source of inspiration since coins and stamps were analogous in many respects". " --- I am not sure whether this qualifies as being the earliest use of art on stamps; I think this depends upon how one defines fine arts. The portrait on the 1840 British Penny Black (Scott #1) was based on "The Guildhall Medal of 1838" showing Wyon's profile of Queen Victoria. Might this not be considered to be fine arts?" What do other (art stamp) collectors think? C'mon guys and gals, What was the earliest art stamp in *your* country? Mette |
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The First Art Stamp Ever?
Well, for Australia, I'd guess.......... A painting by Virgil Reilly shown on the front cover of Australia's favourite Womens magazine in 1939 inspired Frank Manly for the 1940 Oz issues. The 3 servicemen shown in the painting, were killed during the war. The nurse is the artist's wife. All persons used in the stamp design survived the war. http://cjoint.com/data/ljxDYz30CL.htm apologies for poor example. | C'mon guys and gals, | What was the earliest art stamp in *your* country? | | Mette | | | |
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The First Art Stamp Ever?
amesh a écrit:
"Gerhard Reichert" skrev i en meddelelse ... Hi Mette, every portrait on a stamp was made by an artist (painter, designer or what ever), so every stamp needs a blueprint. Designing stamps is an act of art. So the question should be specified, I think: If You define "art on stamps" as reproduction of an existing painting or sculpture to honore the artwork, then it is easy to look for the first stamp issue honoring an artist or his work. The Penny Black only honored Queen Victory as a living Majesty, not the artwork of the designer of the portrait. The same with the French Ceres. This picture was used as a symbol, not to reproduce an antique artwork. So in my humble opinion it is not an example for "art on stamps". It´s a problem of definition, I think. Hi Gerhard, Personally I think it is a question of definition. However, I could think of a third definition: an artwork especially designed for the stamp format, and which is not an already existing artwork reproduced on stamps. Such stamps do exist, but they are not many. Out of the hat I can think of one Hundertwasser-stamp, and 1-2 of the recent Danish art stamps. I would like to hear other opinions :-) Hello, As pointed out by Gerhard, all stamps are somehow art (well, a few exceptions exist, I don't think Blue Boy qualifies as art). Well-known artists (known for arts outside the stamp world) have designed stamps, even definitive stamps (Jean Cocteau made a Marianne for instance), and most stamp artists also produce art. So I see 2 ways to define Art on Stamp : 1) by the stamp subject : is it Art ? The answer can generally be answered by yes or no. For instance, all stamps designed by Decaris are not Art on Stamp, but the one issued about Decaris is ! The Liberty by Delacroix is Art on Stamp when reproduced in 1999, but is not when it's the definitive set engraved by Gandon. 2) by the stamp illustration : is it Art ? Well, you can make your opinion the large way (always or so), or make some personal choices : reproduction of existing art (so, if the painting is done for the stamp, it's no more art ?), if the art is from a "big" name, ... As it's a matter of personal taste (or "expert" taste), you basically have to decide what is art and what is not... In this case, I don't see how to agree for the first "Art on Stamp" stamp ! My personal taste would be the Black Penny, as it's Art in many ways : reproduction of a medal, great adaption to plane design, and great engraving. There is another way to see Art & Stamp, it's to collect the actual art : original drawings and also die proofs (when the dies are from the hand of an engraver) are Art, not mere reproductions ! -- Regards Dominique Stéphan http://blog-philatelie.blogspot.com/ Mon blog philatélie http://www.timbre-poste.com/ Timbres-poste d'usage courant http://amisdemarianne.free.fr/ Cercle des Amis de Marianne |
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