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I begin with an excerpt:
- Another drink and with chalk in hand, the vagabond began,
To sketch a face that well might buy the soul of any man.
Then, as he placed another lock upon that shapely head,
With a fearful shriek, he leaped and fell across the picture — dead!
As you probably know by now my love of the 'arts'. And you also know I grew up in and raised my own family in Colorful Colorado. While I was scanning photos of one of our weekend trips through the Animas Canyon on the historic Silverton Train a few weeks back [links here and here], I also scanned this photo in hopes of sharing its history. It's from another of our many, many long weekend trips with our children so they could know the history of their home state. A little background of this photo I share:
- The Central City Opera House was built in 1878 by Welsh and Cornish miners. This National Historic Landmark, centerpiece of the historic gold mining town of Central City, has hosted performances of the nation's fifth-oldest opera company since 1932. Central City Opera's national summer festival attracts patrons from all over the country and abroad to enjoy intimate opera in its 550-seat opera house. In 1877, the citizens of Central City organized a fundraising drive for a grand new opera house befitting the gold mining town's reputation as "the richest square mile on earth." Many of the town's residents were Welsh and Cornish miners, who brought with them a rich tradition of music from their homeland. While locals pitched in during construction, the organizers also retained some of the best building professionals in the area. Prominent Denver architect Robert S. Roeschlaub provided an elegant, understated design for the stone structure, and San Francisco artist John C. Massman added elaborate trompe l'oeil murals to the interior. Read more...
The POEM; read here
HISTORY OF THE BARROOM PAINTING