I. L. Glutz Fewmets in a Blue Bowl Watercolor Free Shipping!

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I.L. Glutz was a fictitious name used by several Baltimore realist artists to fool customers as a protest to "modern" … Read more I.L. Glutz was a fictitious name used by several Baltimore realist artists to fool customers as a protest to "modern" art.

From the Museum of Hoaxology
In 1935, Charcaol Club President John McGrath announced the rediscovery of Ignatius Lancelot Glutz, Baltimore's greatest painter, who died of starvation in a Paris garret in 1929. McGrath (and his compatriot Baltimore artist Laurence W. Sagle) mocked the mythologies of artistic genius and the dubious nature of historic documentation. They were able to sell several Glutz paintings before the hoax was revealed (Noting the general mirthful behavior surrounding the rediscovery and sensing they were on the receiving end of some sort of impropriety, officials from Baltimore's Municipal Art Society called in a group of critics and historians who proceeded to page through the indices of various art history books in search of the elusive Glutz).

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This is an original work of art. Not a copy or print. Watercolor on paper c. 1930s, framed in a funky 50s frame. 17 1/2" x 13 1/2" (sight) Outside frame dimensions are 27 1/2" x 23 1/2"
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