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Title
All Aboard The Lightning Express 1874
Artist
Lianne Schneider
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Painting/photographic Art
Description
Digitally hand painted based on an original lithograph of express trains passing by Currier and Ives. I chose to paint this in more vibrant colors than the 125 year old print indicates and to alter some of the background detail. Online versions of this and other Currier and Ives prints are generally too small to reproduce but can serve as adequate reference images. Currier and Ives images are in the public domain.
From Wikipedia:
Currier and Ives was a successful American printmaking firm headed by Nathaniel Currier (1813-1888) and James Merritt Ives (1824-1895). Based in New York City from 1834-1907, the prolific firm produced prints from paintings by fine artists as black and white lithographs that were hand colored. Lithographic prints could be reproduced quickly and purchased inexpensively, and the firm called itself "the Grand Central Depot for Cheap and Popular Prints" and advertised its lithographs as "colored engravings for the people."
The name Currier & Ives first appeared in 1857, when Currier invited James Merritt Ives (1824-95), his company's bookkeeper and accountant, to become his partner. The two were very distantly connected by marriage. Nathaniel Currier soon noticed Ives's dedication to his business and his artistic knowledge and insight into what the public wanted. The younger man quickly became the general manager and also helped Currier interview potential artists and craftsmen. The younger man had a flair for gauging popular interests and aided in selecting the images the firm would publish and expanding the firm's range to include political satire, and sentimental scenes such as sleigh rides in the country and steamboat races. In 1857, Currier made Ives a full partner.
The firm Currier and Ives described itself as "Publishers of Cheap and Popular Prints". At least 7,500 lithographs were published in the firm's 72 years of operation. Artists produced two to three new images every week for 64 years (1834-1895), producing more than a million prints by hand-colored lithography. For the original drawings, Currier & Ives employed or used the work of many celebrated artists of the day including J.F. Butterworth, George Inness, Thomas Nast, C.H. Moore, and Eastman Johnson. The stars of the firm were Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, who specialized in sporting scenes; Louis Maurer, who executed genre scenes; George H. Durrie, who supplied winter scenes; and Fanny Palmer, who liked to do picturesque panoramas of the American landscape, and who was the first woman in the United States to make her living as a full-time artist. All lithographs were produced on lithographic limestone printing plates on which the drawing was done by hand. A stone often took over a week to prepare for printing. Each print was pulled by hand. Prints were hand-colored by a dozen or more women, often immigrants from Germany with an art background, who worked in assembly-line fashion, one color to a worker, and who were paid $6 for every 100 colored prints. The favored colors were clear and simple, and the drawing was bold and direct.
The earliest lithographs were printed in black and then colored by hand. As new techniques were developed, publishers began to produce full-color lithographs that gradually developed softer, more painterly effects. Skilled artist lithographers like John Cameron, Fanny Palmer and others represented in the show became known for their work and signed important pieces. Artists like A. F. Tait became famous when their paintings were reproduced as lithographs.
Currier and Ives was the most prolific and successful company of lithographers in the U.S. Its lithographs represented every phase of American life, and included the themes of hunting, fishing, whaling, city life, rural scenes, historical scenes, clipper ships, yachts, steamships, the Mississippi River, Hudson River scenes, railroads, politics, comedy, gold mining, winter scenes, commentary on life, portraits, and still lifes.
From The Legal Genealogist website:
Between the founding of the firm and its dissolution in 1907, Currier & Ives produced more than 7,500 different lithographs that sold more than a million copies. Persistently used for greeting cards and more, avidly sought after by collectors, Currier & Ives lithographs are among the truly iconic images of an America gone by. More than 1,600 of those images are available online, free for the taking, at the website of the Library of Congress. Remember the law here: anything published in the United States before 1923 is now out of copyright. It can be used, reused, modified and republished, because it's now in the public domain. All Currier & Ives lithographs were published before 1923. So they are all out of copyright, all in the public domain.
Thank you so much to the hosts of the groups below for featuring this image:
ART WITH FLAIR - WILLIAM
SELF-TAUGHT ARTISTS YOUR OWN - TRACY
3 A DAY GREETING CARDS - DARREN
A LITTLE OF THIS AND A LITTLE OF THAT - TODD AND CANDICE
DIGITAL REALISM - ANNE
COLLECTORS TREASURES - KRISTA
THE CREATIVE - RYAN
ROCK THE SALES - JOETTA
ARTISTIC EXPRESSIONS - JOETTA
VISUAL VOICE - ANNIE
FAA FEATURED IMAGES - ROBERT
SIGNATURE STYLE ART - SHARON
EXCELLENT SELF-TAUGHT ARTISTS - JOE
BEAUTY - JAMES
SELECTED DIGITAL ART - TAIKAN
ARTIST NEWS - NADINE AND BOB
TRAINS, TRAINS, TRAINS - VALERIE
BOOK COVERS 1 PER DAY - JO ANN
ART FROM THE PAST - JOUKO
NEW ART WORKS 2 - MICHAEL
ARTISTS BEST FIVE ARTWORKS - TINA
COMFORTABLE ART - JIM
GREAT ART FOR COMMENTS AND VOTES - FAYE
FABULOUS ART - REBECCA
Copyright Lianne Schneider 2014
All images and my personal poetry/prose are protected by copyright and may not be reproduced, downloaded, distributed, transmitted, copied, reproduced in derivative works, displayed, published or broadcast by any means or in any form without prior written consent from the artist. Copyright on works derived from or based on images in the public domain applies only to the subsequent manipulation or painting resulting from my changes. The original image remains in the public domain and such images are used in accordance with international law.
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Strykersville, NY - United States
Thank you so very much to each of you who have come by and left me a note of encouragement - I cherish each comment and hope I have returned your generosity in kind. Faye and Rebecca, I'm deeply honored that you selected this image to feature in GREAT ART FOR COMMENTS AND VOTES and FABULOUS ART. That means more than I can say.
Corpus Christi, TX - United States
Featured in Fabulous Art Group! Congratulations! What a fabulous work of art, Lianne!!! Nicely done, bravo! L
Cape Coral, FL - United States
Beautiful work Lianne, wonderful old trains and I like the bright colors. L/F
Cambridge, ON - Canada
Magnificent nostalgic creation, Lianne!!! Wonderful color and movement! Full of life! L/F/T/G+
Strykersville, NY - United States
Thank you so much Michael, Tina and Jim for featuring this image in your wonderful groups - NEW ART WORKS 2, ARTISTS BEST FIVE ARTWORKS and COMFORTABLE ART.
London, mi - United Kingdom
wow this is so rich and so alive Lianne you wonder if we will enjoy such views again of this bygone era so beautiful and so enjoyable and a fave my friend fl
Bucharest, Ro - Romania
Wow ! Awesome and so wonderfully colorful work, Lianne. Fantastic details ! Love this a lot. f,l
Rhyl - United Kingdom
Wow such colourful and detailed work....my Dad would have love this........v/f tweet/pinned !!
Bay Area, CA - United States
wow, love your railroad and train image, absolutely wonderfully done with gorgeous colors/ contrast! Liked!
Strykersville, NY - United States
Thank you so much Nadine and Bob and Sandra for featuring this work in your wonderful groups ALL STARZ and MEMORIES AND NOSTALGIA. That just means so much to me. And to all of you who have come by and left such lovely comments, I hope that I've already returned your gift in kind but if I haven't, I'll get there very soon.
Livonia, Mi - United States
Wonderful look at days gone by, Lianne. Your brilliant colors are stunning., and the inclusion of the people adds so much! f/l
Fürth, Ba - Germany
Wonderfully idyllic and imposing work Lianne,..lets revive the good old times ...!!! v/f
San Lorenzo, CA - United States
Wow, so bright, colorful, vivid, and just fantastic, dear Lianne!!!! :)))))fv
Dubai, D - United Arab Emirates
Fantastic work,dear Lianne !!! Love the details and beautiful composition here !!!! (F/L)
Lake Country, BC - Canada
Hi Lianne~~what a magnificent piece of railroad digital art- sure like everything about this! Outstanding! F&L&T!
Marion, IL - United States
Absolutely amazing work of art. Love the brilliant, cheerful colors and the trip down memory lane. f/v/fb
Harievill, MO - United States
Fantastic work Lianne!! Love the vintage colors! Just beautiful!! :D (Just want to say that I really appreciate all you support and great comments. I read each one. I try very hard to return comments in like numbers but I have fallen so far behind, so beg forgiveness and I will begin at the top on Monday with a fresh start. Thanks again so very much. )
Salt Lake City, UT - United States
Beautiful piece! Great color and detail! Seen on Today's Best Art!
Chicago, IL - United States
Love this so much Lianne! Just a gorgeous scene and wonderful work ;) v/f/t/fb!
Strykersville, NY - United States
Thank you so much Valerie for featuring this image in TRAINS, TRAINS, TRAINS. I have to say that that makes me so incredibly happy and I've very honored.
Strykersville, NY - United States
A truly heartfelt thank you to each of you who have come by and left such encouraging words. It just means the world to me...and I hope to get by your work today to thank you each in person. If not today, then very soon!! And to the wonderful groups/hosts listed to the right in the description, I can't tell you how much your features mean to me or how grateful I am to share the space with such talented artists as there are in these groups. xox
Wayne, PA - United States
This is fantastic Lianne! I love the colors and your technique is wonderful! I also love the subject matter! Gorgeous work! L/F!!!
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