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<p>[QUOTE="bosko69, post: 4516727, member: 16283"]Bottichell-i painted signs & illustrated books,wine labels,parts catalogues for 30-40 yrs...this ancient Florentine's (precision of stroke,yet freshness of image is rare,perhaps a few crumbs in a billion-Franz Halls-who looks nothing like 'Botti',had that same directness,Franz is that 16th Cent guy who caught second of time, brilliante-ey ? You see Franz's common men & women working,getting drunk,fornicating...you can also obliviously see that some of his neighbors were ('feeble-minded/mad/drunk').It is estimated that many of his portraits were done 'alla prima'-like a Polaroid snap,wet on wet quick.</p><p>PS- Bottichell doesn't look like a washed-out textbook in person,que miracule ! (pardon my atrocious spelling,sometimes Goog's Spl-Chk tires me ).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bosko69, post: 4516727, member: 16283"]Bottichell-i painted signs & illustrated books,wine labels,parts catalogues for 30-40 yrs...this ancient Florentine's (precision of stroke,yet freshness of image is rare,perhaps a few crumbs in a billion-Franz Halls-who looks nothing like 'Botti',had that same directness,Franz is that 16th Cent guy who caught second of time, brilliante-ey ? You see Franz's common men & women working,getting drunk,fornicating...you can also obliviously see that some of his neighbors were ('feeble-minded/mad/drunk').It is estimated that many of his portraits were done 'alla prima'-like a Polaroid snap,wet on wet quick. PS- Bottichell doesn't look like a washed-out textbook in person,que miracule ! (pardon my atrocious spelling,sometimes Goog's Spl-Chk tires me ).[/QUOTE]
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