Military Art porcelain & painting

[Westfront]

My latest find is this big porcelain German patriotic goblet and a oil painting of a German soldier enjoy the pics.

The goblet shows Kaiser Wilhelm II and his wife Augusta Victoria and sevaral famous buildings the goblet measure 36 cm wide en 24 cm high.

The oil painting measure 56x42 cm and it shows a soldier of the Badisches infanterie regiment nr.169 in feldgrau tunic.

 

[J.LeBrasseur]

Very cool, love the painting. A true treasure deserving a great place on the wall

James

 

[Khukri]

:thumb up:

Francis

 

[joerookery]

:thumb up:

 

[b.loree]

Excellent pieces, congratulations. I have never seen a goblet of that size before.

 

[edwin]

Interesting stuff =D> Thanks for sharing!

Regards,

Edwin

 

[RON]

Very nice indeed! :thumb up:

Am I wrong or is the soldier's face an "exact likelihood"... as in a colored photo that was added/glued to the painting somehow? Could the entire soldier depiction actually be a B&W photo "photoshopped"/painted to colors like it was customary to do at the time?

 

[Westfront]

Thanks gents :thumb up:.

Ron i am not sure its an exact likelihood but maybe it is.

 

[aicusv]

There use to be a method of treating the canvas with chemicals and then projecting the negative on to it. This would then produce a positive image on the canvas that the artist would then paint in.

I've noticed in the painting his shoulder straps appeared to be rolled out of the way of his pack straps. I've seen this in some photos as well. Was this a regular practice? How were the straps fixed so they didn't flop around?

 

[joerookery]

Was this a regular practice? How were the straps fixed so they didn't flop around?

Yes it was a regular practice in the training base. It was an endeavor to "save the shoulder straps".

 

[poniatowski]

Nice! I like the entire collection.

Ron

 

[ebeeby]

Excellent - thanks for sharing!