|
|
Post by elisabeth on May 22, 2006 9:15:52 GMT -6
|
|
|
|
Post by bubbabod on May 22, 2006 9:21:55 GMT -6
Elizabeth, I really like "Custer visits his grave." I'm trying to figure out what's going through his mind:
Where the hell is Benteen?
Where'd all those damned Indians come from?
I shoulda listened to Reynolds and my Indian scouts.
Wish I coulda brought them gatlin guns.
I wonder how many fish Crook is catching?
Get those damned RV's outta my battlefield!
|
|
|
|
Post by Tricia on May 22, 2006 10:50:44 GMT -6
Gosh, I had no idea Daniel Patrick Moynahan was a Custer fan (he's the owner of Custer Visits His Grave) ... it's amazing what folks have in their living rooms!
|
|
|
|
Post by George Armstrong Custer on May 22, 2006 12:18:44 GMT -6
Well, that's certainly an original series of takes on Custer! Amazing stuff, Elisabeth - thanks for bringing it to our attention. It's the kind of thing that people will either love or hate - it's too idiosyncratic to cause mere indifference in the viewer. Personally I agree with earlier comments - that Custer visits his grave is a very haunting image.
Regards,
GAC
|
|
|
|
Post by El Crab on May 22, 2006 12:36:43 GMT -6
Funny, considering just this weekend, I stumbled upon my avatar.
|
|
|
|
Post by George Armstrong Custer on May 22, 2006 14:35:11 GMT -6
Seems like surrealist Custers are very much in vogue at the moment! Yeah, I'd noticed your COOLCUSTER avatar, Crab - what can I say of it except....... cooool! Ciao, GAC |
|
|
|
Post by Jim on May 22, 2006 17:50:00 GMT -6
Looks MORE like Dale Earnhardt!?!?
|
|
|
|
Post by George Armstrong Custer on May 23, 2006 8:01:48 GMT -6
Another offbeat Custer:  I'm reliably informed (by my son) that this 'Warhammer' figure was a limited edition, only issued with the Warhammer Blood on the Plains rulebook, and is therefore quite rare. Despite its diminutive size (about 1 inch), it still manages to capture something of the Custer style! Ciao, GAC |
|
|
|
Post by George Armstrong Custer on May 25, 2006 13:18:11 GMT -6
Two more unusual images of Custer:   The description of the first one reads: 'Taken from a photograph in the Custer home at Fort Abraham Lincoln in North Dakota in 1873. Custer reads quietly as a Lieutenant Colonel at age 33 in the shadow of his favorite portrait, himself as a General at age 25.' Ciao, GAC |
|
|
|
Post by Tricia on May 25, 2006 18:07:06 GMT -6
I particularly like the photo from which the top painting in GAC's post is derived. It is one of the few photographs of the Boy General that appear unposed: from the lack of perfect, West Point-esque posture, to the thinning forelock falling into his face and then brushed back over his right ear. The artist here has made the Custer hair a bit more perfect than it appears in the original and does not include a wedding photo of Libbie just above a thermometer to the our right of the more famous Brady image ... it is this informality--and all of the accompanying trinkets--which is lacking in the above portrait, and makes the Ft. Abraham Lincoln picture so wonderful. The viewer gets an idea of just how young the Seventh's lieutenant colonel actually was.
Regards,
Leyton McLean
|
|
|
|
Post by Diane Merkel on May 25, 2006 22:38:01 GMT -6
The artist of the top image (is the second one by the same guy, GAC?) offered it to me as a cover for the Newsletter. What do you all think?
|
|
|
|
Post by El Crab on May 25, 2006 22:43:53 GMT -6
I think you should use the one of Cool Custer, AKA Custer in Shades.
But seriously folks, am I the only one that has noticed that 99% of all paintings and sculptures make Custer look like he's 60? They are good, but for some reason, there are problems with portraying Custer's age. I place some blame on his choice in facial hair, but these artists still should try and portray a non-geriatric GAC.
Geriatric. GAC. G eri A tri C. Maybe that's why. Or maybe I'm utterly insane.
|
|
|
|
Post by Diane Merkel on May 25, 2006 23:32:06 GMT -6
I would guess that people looked a lot older 130 years ago before sunscreens, but I agree that he is often portrayed as older than his photographs make him look. The thing that drives me crazy is the chunky Custer. We have one bronze of him that makes him look bloated to the point of being fat.
|
|
|
|
Post by crzhrs on May 26, 2006 6:45:05 GMT -6
Maybe Custer WANTED to look older . . . he had been known as the Boy General . . . and was the youngest general ever up to that time and may have wanted to be taken more seriously.
A mature, "manly" Custer may have been what Custer wanted his photos and/or portraits to show.
|
|
|
|
Post by Tricia on May 26, 2006 8:19:08 GMT -6
The artist of the top image (is the second one by the same guy, GAC?) offered it to me as a cover for the Newsletter. What do you all think? I think they're by different people--at least the artists' signatures appear quite different both in spelling and flourish. There is a nice irony (and you don't need the rather bulky title to point it out) in the top painting, but atmosphercially, it misses the de rigueur clutter that was so pervasive in the Victorian home, even homes on the edge of civilization! You know, cover each and every surface to the point of oblivion? Funny, in the original photo, I think GAC is taking a break from writing ... okay, but that's just me. And I don't think he looks too old in this particular painting; the Big Hair Autie below it appears to be at least in his mid forties! I like the Cool Custer best, however. One more month! LMC |
|
