WW1 Baseball Art

[bgar3]

That is really interesting and historical. Fits your collection nicely.

[jthorst75]

I could stare at that all day!

[ruth-gehrig]

That's great! Good look and nice size as well.

[aelefson]

Very cool! I did not know about all of the fields they created. Great history and great item representing that history!

Alan

[Snapolit1]

That is super super cool. Thanks for sharing.

[lumberjack]

It's funny that it took a European artist to capture baseball. Winslow Homer did one painting of baseball, there is Currier and Ives and later Norman Rockwell, but American painters pretty much ignored what had become America's National Pastime.

Yes, the painter had a rudimentary knowledge of baseball, unless he was capturing an early defensive shift....

lumberjack

[bgar3]

There were more American paintings pre WWI than you might at first think.
Many of the famous illustrators made paintings before Rockwell and the Thomas Eakins painting is a masterpiece. Add numerous folk art paintings and you have a pretty good selection.

[benjulmag]

Originally Posted by lumberjack

It's funny that it took a European artist to capture baseball. Winslow Homer did one painting of baseball, there is Currier and Ives and later Norman Rockwell, but American painters pretty much ignored what had become America's National Pastime.

Yes, the painter had a rudimentary knowledge of baseball, unless he was capturing an early defensive shift....

lumberjack

Which Winslow Homer painting are you referring to?