I have participated for the last 2 years in the Annual Fakes and Forgeries Show held in Newport, at the Spring Bull Gallery in February. The two paintings shown here are both copies of Frederick J. Mulhaupt Paintings. The catalog of The Retrospective Show is still available from the North Shore Arts Association. I highly recommend acquiring the book.
These were both very involved paintings and I learned so much about the artist himself, as one often does when working a copy, as well as much about what makes a snow painting sparkle. The first one here is titled; By Brook and Ledge; and while my painting is 30x30, the original is 36x36 and hangs in the Plymouth Meeting Library. It was the first one I attempted, it being my favorite. I had to work it twice, as I did not have the correct color for the under painting at the outset. Unfortunately I was half way through the painting before I realized why my colors were so hard to match! The second painting shown here is titled Choate Bridge, Winter and was just as difficult as the first. It is 26x30 and the original is 25x30. Both are oil on linen. It takes almost a year to complete one painting, given all of my other commitments.
Created for the NSAA 1999 exhibition, this beautiful, full color catalog is the most definitive work to date on the works of this Cape Ann Master. Over a hundred color photos of paintings fill its 58 pages, plus a thoroughly researched essay on Mulhaupt by Kathleen M. Kienholz. A major reference for Mulhaupt collectors.
$35 (Less than 50 left.)
