Agilus and Agia

Jeff Wilson · 03 May 2013, 19:42 · from 2013-May.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at clueland.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Fri, 3 May 2013 14:42:27 -0500
Subject: (urth) Agilus and Agia
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On Fri, May 3, 2013 07:01, Lee Berman wrote:
>>aaron: Anyone have any good theories about Fechin?
>
> Good theories? I don't know about that. But I think it is a
> reasonable guess to think that Wolfe based part of
> the character on Russian artist Nicolai Fechin. It took some
> digging but I think I have determined, from younger self-portraits,
> that both Fechins have red hair.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolai_Fechin
>
> http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2142/5732351770_766b0948aa_z.jpg

I see no paint unless that's a palette in the subject's right hand, but is
there a black cat at the top left? And other figurines on the fireplace
mantle?

-- 
Jeff Wilson - < jwilson at clueland.com >
A&M Texarkana Computational Intelligence Lab
< http://www.tamut.edu/cil >

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