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babalooie

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Jan 7, 2015
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Last one, # 4. Serious looking fellow.
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babalooie

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Jan 7, 2015
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#3 reminds me of Peter Dinklage.
Is it David Hasselhoff?
Good guesses. Could be.
I'm guessing #1 is Mozart.

 

babalooie

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Jan 7, 2015
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I spent the afternoon looking at busts & statues of composers on ebay and amazon.

My best guesses are:
#1 Mozart
#2 Bach
#3 Verdi
#4 Brahms
It's difficult to be sure for a couple of reasons.

-The busts & statues are subject to the interpretation of the artist and a slip of the chisel can change things to a great extent.

-The composers looked differently from day to day and throughout the years.

-Mr. Bekler may have also used "artistic license" in his carvings.
It's something I'll just play around with from time to time. There are no definite answers that i can determine.

 

babalooie

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Jan 7, 2015
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There's a Bekler meer that looks similar to #3 on Ebay. The tie and certain wrinkles are different, but it is labelled as Robert E. Lee. I dunno. I think he looks like Guiseppi Verdi (Joe Green).

 

sablebrush52

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The first one looks like an unsuccessful likeness of Beethoven, the second an equally unsuccessful likeness of Bach. The faces on the first two look very alike. The Verdi pipe is sorta successful. The last one is probably Brahms, though that bear is very un-Brahmsian. Or they could all be Schubert at a masquerade party.

 

babalooie

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Jan 7, 2015
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The hair is similar to the statues on # 1 & 2. I agree, they aren't the greatest. Verdi looks pretty good and Brahms is pretty much a toss up.

 
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