Pipes in Art

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Today's entries and the next few days are from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Dutch Tavern Scene 1846 Johann Mongles Culverhouse

Portrait of Paul P. Juley 1950 Sidney E. Dickinson

Reeds Spring, Missouri, Horse Show ca. 1933-1934 Harry Louis Freund

check out the guy down front center.

 

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Three more from the Smithsonian
Uncle Jim 1928 Frank Stanley Herring

Abstraction #17--Endearment of the World by a Clown with Pipes 1937 Lewis MacRitchie

Self-Portrait with Pipe ca. 1937 William H. Johnson

 

[simnettpratt]

I really like that Culverhouse Tavern Scene - something about the candlelight, but why the hell are all four smokers holding their pipes sideways or even upside down?

 

[edgreen]

but why the hell are all four smokers holding their pipes sideways or even upside down?

I think it has to do with what else is consumed at the tavern besides the tobacco.

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

When showing pipes in art, how can anyone forget the Brothers Hildebrandt and their Lord Of The Rings art? Here's a couple

 

[conlejm]

I don't do Pinterest, but a search of "Pipe Art" brought up this page, and there are literally hundreds of Pipe artworks and memorabilia here; notably the late great Norman Rockwell's works, which are replete with smoking pipes.

 

[edgreen]

I really like that Culverhouse Tavern Scene - something about the candlelight, but why the hell are all four smokers holding their pipes sideways or even upside down?

Did you notice the glow in each pipe? Maybe he was just proud of how he painted those cherries and had to get all the pipes at the right angle so that glow would shine.

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

Do a google search Phonomet, and you'll find all kinds of great works by them.

 

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More from the Smithsonian
Portrait of Yasuo Kuniyoshi in His Studio 1930 Bumpei Usui

Forgotten Shelf 1951 Frederick Thompson

Portrait du peintre par lui-meme n.d. Frank Edwin Scott

Independence (Squire Jack Porter) 1858 Frank Blackwell Mayer

Old Man with Pipe n.d. Ottilie Wilhelmina Roederstein

 

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http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2014/07/portrait_of_ms_ruby_may_leena_mccall_s_painting_runs_up_against_the_pubic.html

 

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From the Getty museum
Card players – 1645-Josse van Craesbeeck

Interior with soldiers and women – 1650 – Jacob Duck

Frederick Remington – First and best camp of the trip

from the Louvre
Adriaen Brouwer – 1605 –Interior of a smoking room

 

[claypipesarchaeologist]

Conlejm: Great find! I can't seem to pull any over here, so the link is perfect
And thanks Anthony! Beautiful stuff. I love the lighting.
Edgreen: Good to see you brought over the controversial painting. The edited version you posted was probably the best way to go
I hear tobacco is pretty rare and prized in rural Mongolia. This guy must be very excited.


Woman in her best garb

 

[simnettpratt]

I like the Mongolian photos. I'd love to go to Mongolia; everything I read says they are very hospitable and kind. Bet first dude is ecstatic, I wonder what he's smoking. BTW, the currency in Mongolia is called Tugrugs. That will be yös Tugrugs, please. I don't know why that makes me happy.

 

[claypipesarchaeologist]

I've been thinking about going to Mongolia since I went to India in 2010. I think it'll be a gift to myself after my master's. Though, since India, I've learned that other countries, no matter how they seem, usually are not a vacation. Fine by me. I've had it too good with tap water that doesn't give me the shits, anyways.

 

[simnettpratt]

If you define 'vacation' as sitting around the hotel pool sipping Margaritas, and maybe visiting the tourist shops to buy some overpriced trinket-crap, a lot of other countries can be considered vacations.
If however, you go to meet the people, have adventures and LEARN something, then no, other countries are usually not vacations.
Travel light and be flexible!
PS I would guess it's not just tobacco that's rare and prized in rural Mongolia, but pretty much everything! 'Cept maybe wind. Or desert.

 

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From the Whitney
Peggy Bacon – The Whitney Studio club

The guy in the far rear, slightly left of center

two from the Met
George Bernard Shaw by Alvin Langdon Coburn

Matthew Brady – Campsite with soldiers Harpers Ferry (I think this shows the coming of the use of briar over clay)

 

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I still can't see how clay ever worked for a soldier. Those things break really easily and I don't see them hauling cases around to replace broken pipes when there is so much else that needs packing and transport.

 

[elpfeife]

All very interesting. Glad you guys took the time to dig these up. :worship:

 

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From the Cleveland Museum of Art

The Boat Builder – John George Brown 1903 – pipe on sanding wheel table

Portrait of a Man – Max Bohm 1890

From Denver Art Museum

Washington Allston – A scene in an eating house – 1813