Baseball Art....

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Posted By: Patrick McMenemy

One of the highlights of going to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY has been viewing their collection of original baseball artwork.

Although there has been several decent books issued on the subject including "Diamonds Are Forever," I rarely see much discussion on the subject.

I figured it might be an interesting thread to see scans of our favorite baseball artwork....paintings, etchings, sculpture, etc.

My favorite painting, which can be found on page 73 of "Diamonds Are Forever" is James Chapin's "Veteran Bush League Catcher." (Oil on canvas, 1948)



Let's see some more scans of baseball artwork!

Patrick

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Posted By: Max Weder

Patrick

The Gladstone Baseball Art collection is truly stunning, as Bill Gladstone and his spouse have amassed an amazing collection. I just picked up the Lehigh Exhibit book today, and there are even more pieces of art that belong to the collection than I had even thought.

Max

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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

One of the great Sports artists is Stevan Dohanos

This is one of my favorites of his that is on display in the HOF at Cooperstown.
This real life picture reminds me of those years back in the 1950's when watching a game at the Polo Grounds in NY.

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Posted By: Max Weder

Here's the book cover from the Lehigh exhibit

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Posted By: Kevin Cummings

Baseball was a frequent subject for Norman Rockwell...

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Posted By: joe

This is an original color artwork for the Detroit News, Sept. 1, 1985. Purchased from the Artist, William Amenda.

Joe


Ty Cobb, Spikes flying!

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Posted By: warshawlaw

W517 original image Bill Terry

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Posted By: runscott

Hey Ted - what's the blue thing coming out of that kid's mouth? Or is that just from drinking pre-war gatorade?

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Posted By: Anonymous

Thats the shoulder of the man behind him.

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Posted By: Darren

Not to take anything away from some of those awesome examples....but I do consider my E95 Cobb, T206 Matty, T3's art.

"Art is whatever makes you proud to be human" -- Leroi Jones

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Posted By: Max Weder

This original cartoon strip just sold for $25,000 plus premium in Philip Weiss auctions:



Max

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Posted By: Clint

Here's one I've always liked.

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Posted By: Steve M

Hancock Matty