T206 Artwork Questions

[quinnsryche]

Being a newer member I may be asking questions already well known so I apologize in advance. As far a s the artwork aspect for the T206s go, i there any info available on the artists themselves? Are they known by name, are certain cards or groups of cards attributed to specific artists? Is the artwork used painted over the original photographs or is it free hand? Is there is any surviving original artwork? Lastly, regarding the NY Giants cards in the set (wearing sweaters - Bridwell, Crandall, Doyle, McGraw, Murray, Wiltse) what's up with the sweaters looking all strange? Meaning, the top half looks white and then the bottom 1/2 is a different shade and the middle stripe then starts down. Hope these questions aren't too "out there", just always wondered.
Thanks!

[ullmandds]

funny...i've always wondered about those weird ny giants sweaters too!

[cfc1909]

there are 2 more Giant sweaters-Doyle and Seymour

Latham and Meyers are close but there are 8 Giant Sweater portraits.

There is some info around on the artists-I will se what I can dig up.

[D. Broughman]

I have wondered if the sweaters the Giants wore had something to do with Matty endorcing the Blauvelt Sweaters. D.

[Jantz]

Tony

Some of the images on the T206s were from photographs taken by Carl Horner. (Honus Wagner & Tommie Leach are the first ones to come to mind). As far as the artists, I have no info on that.

David Rudd Cycleback is the person you want to talk to about the photography aspects of the T206s. Maybe he will chime in.

Good questions.

Jantz

[drc]

A lot of the letters and lines on the jerseys and caps were not in the original photos, and were added on later by the artists or printers. This might explain how things ended up looking odd. As you can see, the 'Pittsburgh' appears on Wagner's jersey in the card but not the original photo.

The portraits were based on photos by Carl Horner, and the T206 portraits are colored ('colorized') Horner images. Many of the other cards look like they would have been based on color sketches or paintings, as they clearly aren't photo realistic. I've never seen original T206 sketches or paintings, but any original non-photo art from before WWI is very rare.