Guernica

You may have seen this replication of Picasso's Guernica done in Legos on the internet by Veronica Watson of Legoland. Very ambitious.

Guernica was a small Spanish Basque village where Franco and Hiltler bombed and strafed unsuspecting villagers  in their town and fields. Hitler did it to show off and show the power of terror. Picasso painted it to bring attention to The Spanish Civil War.

 Picasso knew this was a new form of warfare and his painting was shown  at the 1937 International Exhibition in Paris in the Spanish  Pavilion.  The Spanish were quite nervous about it's reception because of the strong presence the Germans whose exhibit was one of the largest as Germany was just coming into power before WW2.

 On seeing a picture of the painting on Picasso's wall during the occupation of Paris a German Officer is to have said to Picasso "Did you do that" and Picasso replied "No, you did"

Considering the world of terrorist acts we live in I don't care what medium this important work is shown in as long as people see it and know its history.

And I am NOT say Germany made the only Terrorists. I think my own country has  done it's share of damage.

What would you paint to depict terror today, Be headings, drones, refugee camps? CM

Christian Hacker upstairs

                             
                                 New changing screen and fainting couch

                               Marble and soft tin fireplace

 Favorite Hertwig Grandmother doll with intricate beaded dress.
Large mirrored chest behind her is from Musee Poupee, Paris.

                                     Boulle desk and chair

             Notice family portraits on the wall are of other dolls.
 

                                Next door in the Library.

Finds

                                Cute cardboard suitcases

         A new tea set for Rosemary in the Happy Shaw house.    German side tables and an old dresser of unknown manufacture.

The couch, chair, and ottoman are Goldilocks Doll Furniture. I especially love the aged patina coloring them gold. Floor 

lamp is Tynietoy. These dolls came with the Tynietoy Townhouse.

                       A Complete set of antique bottles from Germany for the                                        Schneegas drinks tray. 

I don't think I  have ever seen this whole set in the box. Oops put 2 Scotch in instead of one Irish.

                                         
                                          And trunks for the Tynietoy attic.

                                 
                                             Two are tea tins one is a bank.

And, always little toys for Downton the baby of the Tinytoy                                          Townhouse. This time a train set.

                                     
                                     More to follow. CM

Pennsylvania antiquing

What a day! 

Beautiful Pennsylvania sunshine. Spring weather. This state has farms and barns and houses that look like dollhouses.

After looking at beautiful old furniture at this farm, 

we found a set of Adrian Cooke furniture in a case in the old barn. The owner said he didn't have any dollhouse stuff. It appeared as if it were  magic.

           To a Californian, all these houses look like dollhouses. Very few houses in Ca. are older than the 1940's.

The grass is greening up and the forsythia is in bloom. Antique stores, antique malls and outside flea markets are everywhere. 

We just set the GPS to "nearest antique store" and headed out.We even ran into an outdoor auction.

Some were traditional.

Some spaces in the antique mall were dedicated to one specific era. This was a 1960's shop and gave me flashbacks. Orange Dansk pots and lots of lime green tupperware.

More next week... CM

more Gottschalk

Look at this beautiful antique punch bowl in my friends Gottschalk

roombox! All I can say is, "let's party!" CM

Gottschalk!

                           
Look what came to visit.  Gottschalk roomboxes. My doll "Rosemary" hopped in to try one out.  Why are they "visiting"? 

Well... Some friends arrive with car trunks like this. Some dollhouses that were borrowed until better ones came along were returned. Some had to be picked up from auctioneers that are in this state. 

And then some more had to be purchased after an exhausting day of scouring local antique malls. You know how some collectors just seem to draw dollhouse treasures to them? And they are the best to go dollhouse looking with.

Loot.  I had just mentioned to my friends how I needed a small metal cart for the Tynietoy Townhouse dining room and bingo! There it was. Then I found Tynietoy dining room chairs for $8.00 each! Unbelievable. And trunks for my attics. Suddenly they were everywhere. Some people just bring you luck. 
     
But more about Gottschalk, as soon as I download my photos AND
recover. I forgot how many miles one can cover in these malls.  CM

Rock and Pebble dollhouse book

Did you see: http://blog.mrprintables.com/the-dollhouse-book

I got it from a blog called mrprintables.

What a great Idea! $35.00 

and you can get it here:  http://rockandpebble.com/