Sunday, September 03, 2006




The picture
behind the picture























I took apart this painting of a woman reading to repair the frame. After grandma died I had put this picture on the wall in my bedroom. I returned home to find it fallen, broken on the floor behind my bed. Grandma always had the picture on the wall in her apartment although she once told me she did not like it because "it was a picture of Gordon's girlfriend". It was in the living room of the Miller home for many years.
I was surprised to find behind the picture of the mysterious brunette a charcoal drawing of Charles Kohler. It may be grandma's father although it does not look like the pictures I have seen of him. The edges of this drawing have been painted black so that it could act as a mat for the smaller painting of the woman which was put on top. On the back the artist has written: Charles Kohler, corner of Vista and East End, black coat and vest, $3.00 paid in good faith, price $7.00.
The frame is now put back together and touched up with a little gold paint.