The gorgeous Ottersan painting from the set of Fraiser original being in a museum and reproductions cost hundreds of dollars, so tonight I painted my own...
There's a little work I want to do on the leaves and branches and bordering still.
Kittysafe wrote:Okay I was wrong. The gallery which holds the original painting finally got back to me. He was in France, I was so glad he called me back!
The artist is Jack Otterson, and he was an ex-patriot.
Moon-Crane wrote:Kittysafe wrote:Okay I was wrong. The gallery which holds the original painting finally got back to me. He was in France, I was so glad he called me back!
The artist is Jack Otterson, and he was an ex-patriot.
Interesting. I'd previously found a Jack Otterson who was a Hollywood Art Director between the 1930s-50s - and he had a fine art background. But he was born in Pittsburgh so seems unlikely to be him if he was an expatriate.
I'm amazed that this painting is relatively popular, yet there are no real details about the painting or the painter online. If i was the gallery that owned the orignal i'd have every detail about the painting listed to drive traffic to my site. They must take the Crane boy restaurant owning approach to their gallery business.
arttchr98 wrote:I found your discussion while doing my own search for information on John "Jack" E Otterson. Perhaps I can clear some information up for both of you. Although I was unfamiliar with the fact that Mr. Otterson did this painting I am very familiar with Mr. Otterson. I was blessed to know this wonderful man and saddened that so little can be found on or about his life. When I was in high school the was a program where people who had become masters in their trade could teach for 2 years in the public schools in California. I lived in a rural area outside of LA and there were many prominent people from the film industry that lived there. For this reason they had the connections to bring in some amazing people to teach us (and their children). My sophomore year they built our new Agoura High School and I fought hard to be allowed to transfer there. I had always love art, but not like I was about to love it. We walked into our class and met Mr. Otterson. At the time we were unaware of his background and he was very humble about it. He was all of ours "Grandfather." In years to come we began to know his mark he made in the history of film. He would drive a long distance to teach us. From what I remember he was childless and we were his kids. This man changed my life and I went on to getting a degree in art. At first I was trying to get a degree in Fashion, but later turned to Education. I recently retired but almost everyday I would stop and think, how would Mr. O have taught this. After HS Mr. Otterson would send us {His Kids} copies of papers he wrote on Art. No matter where I was these huge envelopes with upwards of 50 pages would show up in my mailbox. He always seemed to keep up with what we were doing. Unfortunately he had passed from this world by the time I started teaching. I always wonder if he was there with me in my classroom. I pray I made him proud.
arttchr98 wrote:I found your discussion while doing my own search for information on John "Jack" E Otterson. Perhaps I can clear some information up for both of you. Although I was unfamiliar with the fact that Mr. Otterson did this painting I am very familiar with Mr. Otterson. I was blessed to know this wonderful man and saddened that so little can be found on or about his life. When I was in high school the was a program where people who had become masters in their trade could teach for 2 years in the public schools in California. I lived in a rural area outside of LA and there were many prominent people from the film industry that lived there. For this reason they had the connections to bring in some amazing people to teach us (and their children). My sophomore year they built our new Agoura High School and I fought hard to be allowed to transfer there. I had always love art, but not like I was about to love it. We walked into our class and met Mr. Otterson. At the time we were unaware of his background and he was very humble about it. He was all of ours "Grandfather." In years to come we began to know his mark he made in the history of film. He would drive a long distance to teach us. From what I remember he was childless and we were his kids. This man changed my life and I went on to getting a degree in art. At first I was trying to get a degree in Fashion, but later turned to Education. I recently retired but almost everyday I would stop and think, how would Mr. O have taught this. After HS Mr. Otterson would send us {His Kids} copies of papers he wrote on Art. No matter where I was these huge envelopes with upwards of 50 pages would show up in my mailbox. He always seemed to keep up with what we were doing. Unfortunately he had passed from this world by the time I started teaching. I always wonder if he was there with me in my classroom. I pray I made him proud.
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