Antonio's Gun and Delfino's Dream: True Tales of Mexican Migration. "Velvet Underdogs: In Praise of the Paintings the Art World Loves to Hate". Ayoub (March 6, 2011) "Tacky or Terrific? The Art of Experience", Chronicle of Higher Education, It reopened in December 2013 in the Chinatown neighborhood of Los Angeles. In Portland, Oregon, a museum devoted solely to velvet paintings, the Velveteria, operated from late 2005 to January 2010. Edgar Leeteg has been called "the father of American black velvet kitsch". Velvet paintings mass-produced by hand in this manner fueled the boom in velvet paintings in the 1970s in the United States. One artist would paint one piece of the picture, then slide the velvet along to the next artist, who would add something else. A displaced Georgia farmboy, Doyle Harden, was the pioneer who created an enormous factory, where velvets were turned out by the thousands by artists sitting in studios. Ĭiudad Juárez, Mexico was a center of velvet painting in the 1970s. Įdgar Leeteg (1904–1953), often considered the father of American velvet painting, did his best works between 19. They can also include more exotic or avant-garde themes. They often depict images of Elvis Presley (see Velvet Elvis), Dale Earnhardt, John Wayne, Jesus, Native Americans, dogs playing poker, wolves, and cowboys, and the colors are often bright and vivid to contrast the dark velvet. The paintings are widely sold in rural America, and frequently have kitsch themes. Marco Polo and others introduced black velvet paintings to Western Europe, and some of these early works still hang in the Vatican Museums. These original paintings were generally religious and portrayed the icons of the Caucasus region which were painted by Russian Orthodox priests. If you need a black background, go for the good velvet, it’s worth it and you’ll get a lot of use out of it.Black velvet paintings originated in Kashmir, the homeland of the fabric. They’re not as dense and I can’t vouch for their photographic results. Note: Be sure to get “premiere” velvet, not stretch velvet or any of the other lower priced “velvets”.
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Still, this is hardly a steal, but my 40% off mobile coupon took the total price for that almost-yard of velvet to $14. Fortunately, the remnant bin delivered a discounted almost-a-yard sized piece for $26.42 (plus several more rolls – always check the remnants!!). My local JoAnn Fabrics wanted $30/yard for velvet cut straight from the bolt. Unfortunately, my 1-yard swatch of “premiere” velvet wasn’t going to come cheap. The easiest place to get a sheet of velvet is your local fabric store. Velvet is lush, rich, and black – and it stays that way in photos. This isn’t to say that off-black backgrounds aren’t beautiful in their own right, but if you need a pure black background, cotton and poster board aren’t going to cut it. PVC, polyester, cotton, felt, black paper – all of them go about 20 shades lighter when photographed. I bought a number of ( what I thought were) black placemats, only to be disappointed as they turned out grey and pale in photos. Solid black backgrounds are so bold and beautiful, but they are rather difficult to achieve with amateur equipment. I’m fascinated by black background photography.
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