Later 19th C. Flowers in Urn Reverse Glass Tinsel Painting private eye E on his belly

E on his belly

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This wonderful seagull

Sight: 7" x 6"

Later 19th C. Flowers in Urn Reverse Glass Tinsel Painting private eye E on his bellyI recently spent a bunch of time going through the online collection of the American Folk Art Museum, which happens to have the largest collection of tinsel paintings anywhere, many of which were featured in a major 2013 exhibition there titled "Foiled." Looking at those examples got me thinking about, and paying more attention to, this particular form of reverse glass painting, in which crumpled pieces of metallic foil were applied behind unpainted