Shooting Picture

[Angel Cruz Ortiz]

Love it! I thought I had something by Edmund Osthaus. Gonna have to dig deep. Thanks Rick...

[Dean Romig]

Rick, have you read Art Wheaton's article on Osthaus in the Commemorative Issue of the RGS magazine?

[Big D]

Those pictures have also been reproduced and laminated for placemats. Ate my dinner off 'em last night

[C grade]

Angel
Thank you,that was special. I would love to purchase some of his prints:Rail Shooting,Bay Snipe, Shooting ducks, Ducks from a Blind and A Passing shot.
How in the would would I go about finding "originals"
David

[Angel Cruz Ortiz]

Thanks David. Glad you enjoyed. Check out this web site. Just make sure you are sitting down..
http://www.philaprintshop.com/frost.html
I'm not sure if they are original or not but you can find that out.

[C grade]

WOW!!!

[Angel Cruz Ortiz]

Excactly!!

[OH Osthaus]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Rick, have you read Art Wheaton's article on Osthaus in the Commemorative Issue of the RGS magazine?

no, I will have to get a copy. thanks

[OH Osthaus]

Originally Posted by David Dwyer

Angel
Thank you,that was special. I would love to purchase some of his prints:Rail Shooting,Bay Snipe, Shooting ducks, Ducks from a Blind and A Passing shot.
How in the would would I go about finding "originals"
David

Many of the Frost prints first showed with the big mgazines of the day as inserts. The dogs chasing the rabbit I posted came from a Colliers Magazine from the mid 1880's. I have another print of the same era from a Harpers Weekly. Some were good prints, others not much more than newsprint.

Many of the sporting artists were heavily reprinted in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Eliminating restrikes, new printing methods brought art to the masses. Done as art prints, as advertising (DuPont had a great series) or in calendars, the popular ones were done many many printers - for example, the Frost "shooting prints" portfolio was originally put out by Charles Scribner in 1895/6, collected together after the first prints were a big hit when they came out individually. And the set was reissued in the Winchester Publishing set in 1972. The Chicago Tribune did a series of Osthaus prints around 1905 that were good quality. I have some and have seen others - they are well done.

The very popular Denton fish prints were originally in a book form ( two versions), and then later put out in a portfolio when the popularity was recognized, if you look very close you might agree with some collectors that the book bound prints were actually of a better quality. (BTW, the fish is always the same size even though all three versions are different sizes over all)

Almost any popular sporting artist's work has been printed over and over through the years. You can get newly done digital prints (ebay is awash with them), or search for vintage copies, I am suprised at how often I find old prints in antique stores and shows. A couple of my best finds were being sold for the frames, the dealer uneducated about the artist and value ( lets try to keep it that way )