Art Odds and Ends

Today I'm posting some art odds and ends, starting with this 1800 work by Thomas Stothard.

 

Theodore Gericault

This academic painting from ca. 1812 by Theodore Gericault got left out of an earlier series.

 

Unknown

This painting is by an unknown artist and resides in the Royal College of Art,

the curators of which believe it to be late 19th Century.

 

Koloman Moser

It was 1914 when Koloman Moser did this drawing.  A lot of Moser's male nudes depict

men frantically running somewhere, but this guy looks like he's read to wrestle.

 

Hugo Lederer

I've posted bronze sculptures by Hugo Lederer before, and they always have fine male forms.  This one is called The Runners, and it graced a park entrance in Berlin from 1929 until 1943 when the friggin Nazis melted it down to make weapons.  Although he was not persecuted by the Nazis, his friendship with "degenerate" artists kept him from getting commissions after 1933.  The Runners was actually a type the Nazis generally liked, but they destroyed it anyway.

 

Leonard James Stroudley

The Oarsmen was painted by Leonard James Stroudley in 1930.

 

Patrick Hennessy

This is In the Hammam by Irish artist Patrick Hennessy from 1965.

I find it quite advanced for its time.

 

Uli Nimptsch

The Good Samaritan by Uli Nimptsch from 1960 stands outside a hospital in Birmingham, UK.

 

Twin drawings

The drawing above is Stephen Gjertson from 1974.  The one below is by James Childs, and it looks like a very close copy.  It turns out that the two knew each other for decades and collaborated from time to time.  These look like academic works, so maybe they were in class together.

 

1970s

This was sold online as "1970s, Unknown Artist" even though there is a signature that at least starts out as L.G Co . . .  Seems like someone at the auction could have figured that out, but I tried several searches and came up with nothing.  I find it to be quite good.

 

Ten by Ten Again

Today I'm posting another "Ten by Ten" series featuring an array of my favorite physique photographers.  We start with Tommy Evans and Jim Collette by Bob Mizer of AMG.

 

Bruce of Los Angeles

The industrial cogwheel is a nice counterpoint to the natural contours

 of model Bill Watts in this picture by Bruce of LA.

 

Kris

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Lon of New York

Taylor Flanniken looks very impressive in this photo by Lon of New York.

 

Dave Martin

A solemn looking Mark Petersen posed on a column for Dave Martin.

 

Pat Milo

We get a little smirk from Jack Colbert in this Pat Milo photo.

The tattoo looks interesting, but I can't make it out.  Anyone?

 

Mel Roberts

Mel Roberts doesn't usually make my ten by ten sets, but I couldn't leave out this shot of Butch Wallace.  An added bit of interest is the fact that the stage name was chose for political reasons when segregationist George Wallace was running for president.  Or so I have read online.

 

Troy Saxon

We get an alluring look from Jay Bird in this Troy Saxon magazine photo.

Something tells me that his name was made up.

 

Russ Warner

This is Ed Siemens as photographed by Russ Warner.

 

Western Photography Guild

Our final photos are also our only posing strap images of the day.  The model is the very impressive 

Joe Lynes by Western Photography Guild.  In fact, he's so impressive that I had to add

a second photo below. I wonder if he was related to George Platt Lynes?

 

Bulges Day, Part 1 - Sports

It's bulges day again, and we have a two parter.  Part one is sportsmen,

starting with this well endowed trio of athletes.

 

1940ish

The belted trunks date this weightlifter to around 1940.

 

Nils Engdahl

This is Nils Engdahl, a Swede who ran the short distance races at the 1924 Olympics.

He looks sturdy.  I like 'em sturdy.

 

Those socks

While we might puzzle over those socks,

the man leaves a solid impression.

 

French

This unidentified weightlifter is from a French 

magazine called The Sports Mirror.

 

Bulges Day, Part 2 - Montague Glover's Working Boy Photos

Montague Glover was a gay World War I British army officer from a well-heeled family who took up architecture and picking up male prostitutes in London after the war.  This was at least partly because his source of sex partners during the was was a steady stream of fellow officers which dried up with peace.  Mr. Glover photographed a number of his contacts, many of whom were soldiers and sailors in keeping with his taste for military types.  This is one of the sailors.

 

Ralph Hall

This is Ralph Hall, Montague Glover's devoted lover of 50 years beginning in 1930.  It isn't clear whether Ralph was one of Mr. Glover's working boy contacts or simply a pickup with whom 

he fell in love.  Google their loveletters to get a sense of the depth of their relationship.

 

Quality over Quantity

This fellow doesn't have the biggest of bulges, but the impressive 

overall image puts him into my "quality over quantity" category.

 

Interior

Glover would take some of his working boys his flat near the main streetwalking area for photo sessions.  This is one of the more artfully done of that type, and the model may have been a soldier.

 

Pays to advertise

It pays to advertise, and our last Montague Glover working boy knows how to display the product.