- Collection:
- Athos Menaboni Visual Works
- Title:
- Purple Gallinule
- Creator:
- Menaboni, Athos, 1895-1990
- Contributor to Resource:
- Wong, Christopher Michael
ChrisWithCamera - Publisher:
- LaGrange, Ga. : Troup County Archives
- Date of Original:
- 1962
- Subject:
- Artists--Georgia
Painting--Georgia - People:
- Menaboni, Athos, 1895-1990
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- oil paintings (visual works)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Menaboni, in the late 1950s, traveled to Japan where he discovered a special wood. It came from the Philippines, but was processed into plywood in Japan. Back home, he decided to panel his new studio in this Nakora wood; its deep and distinctive grain appealed to him. As he sat painting, however, he began to see images in it, and eventually his creativity and willingness to explore took over. At first he could make do with leftover scraps, but then he had to purchase more wood (a store near his home could provide it). It became his primary medium and remained so until the early 1960s. He incorporated the grain of the wood into each painting, allowing it to suggest trees or water or fields, depending on the particular piece of wood and the subject he chose to paint. The wood is no longer available.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://cdm17413.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/menaboniworks/id/60
- IIIF manifest:
- http://cdm17413.contentdm.oclc.org/iiif/2/menaboniworks:60/manifest.json
- Additional Rights Information:
- This image is protected by copyright and/or related rights. It can be used in any way that is permitted by copyright and related rights legislation that applies to its use. No permission is required for educational purposes. For all other uses, permission must be granted by the director of the Troup County Archives.
- Extent:
- 38.5 x 21.5"
- Original Collection:
- Private Collector
- Holding Institution:
- Troup County Archives
- Rights:
-
