Francis Luis Mora. Morning News. 1912.

Morning News, oil on panel painting by Francis Luis Mora, 1912.

Details of the life of Mora are at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Luis_Mora

Image copied from:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Morning_News_by_Francis_Luis_Mora,_San_Diego_Museum_of_Art.JPG

The newspaper painted on the right of the picture, is the New York Times.

Albert Anker. Grandfather with newspaper. 1906

Image copied from:

http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/albert-anker/grossvater-mit-zeitung-1906

Albert Anker. Newspaper Boy. 1910.

Picture from Wiki paintings.

It is uncler whether this is a boy reading as newspaper; or whether the boy is selling newspapers, and reading one that he has for sale.

Albert Anker. The farmers and the newspaper. 1867.

 "Albert Anker is as Swiss as Norman Rockwell is American. But most of the rest of the world have never heard of him or seen even one of his paintings. The Swiss have done little to change this. They fondle him like a mother and don’t mind if he stays at home with her. But they smile and begin to purr if you show an interest in him.  They think the things he paints are their own family affairs; the paintings themselves, old family snapshots."

This group of three adults and one child has a particular point of interest. Ther farmer holding the newspaper has the attitude of reading it aloud. The postures of the other two farmers are suggestive of listening ot what is being spoken. The numbers of people who gained knowledge from newspapers was likely to be far greater than sales figures of the period may suggest, because of oral transmission of the printed contents.

The little boy sleeps through it all.

Notice also the ceramic radiator.

Quoted text from:


http://100swallows.wordpress.com/2010/09/11/the-swiss-norman-rockwell/

James Tissot. Without a Dowry. (Sunday in the Luxembourg Gardens) 1883-1885.

The elder of the two seated ladies has let drop some of the inner pages of her newspaper. Interesting to see so many of these inner pages have illustrations.

Image copied from:

http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/search/without%20a%20dowry#supersized-search-242925

James Tissot. Reading the news. 1874.

This painting is copied from:

http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/james-tissot/reading-the-news-1874#supersized-artistPaintings-242715

Wiki cites the file source for this painting as:

http://www.artrenewal.org/pages/artist.php?artistid=12

Little commentary on this picture on websites, so far.  

A portrait of James Rivington, holding a newspaper.

A portrait of James Rivington, holding a newspaper.

This portrait is of James Rivington and the details are from the New York Historical Society website.  Rivington may be holding a copy of the Royal Gazette.

James Rivington, Sr. (ca. 1724-1802)

Title

James Rivington, Sr. (ca. 1724-1802)

Date 

1806

Related People 

Artist/Maker: Ezra Ames

Depicted: James Rivington Sr.

Copied From: Gilbert Stuart

Medium 

Oil on canvas

Dimensions 

canvas: 36 1/4 x 28 1/4 in. ( 92.1 x 71.8 cm ) frame: 43 x 35 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. ( 109.2 x 89.5 x 8.9 cm )

Credit Line 

Gift of Dr. Samuel C. Ellis

Object Number 

1858.83

Gallery Label 

Publisher and bookseller James Rivington immigrated to America from England in 1760 and settled in Philadelphia. He had bookstores in New York and Boston as well as Philadelphia; he published "Rivington's New-York Gazetteer" (1773-75) and "Rivington's New York Loyal Gazette," later called "The Royal Gazette" (1777-83). This painting is after Gilbert Stuart's original portrait of Rivington, once owned by Ames but now lost, which was painted sometime between 1792 and 1795.

More information about James Rivington:

http://www.nyhistory.org/exhibit/james-rivington-sr-ca-1724-1802

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rivington