According to the Paint By Number Museum, Adam Grant was one of the most respected figure painters in the Midwest, a self-taught master whose work was sought by museums, galleries, and private collectors, and admired by critics and curators.
Adam Grant was born Adam Grochowski in Warsaw, Poland in 1924. At the age of 18, Adam was imprisoned in Auschwitz. There, not only did painting and drawing put bread in his mouth, but would ultimately be the reason for his survival. After being transferred to Mauthausen, his art allowed him to escape the stone quarry, where thousands of prisoners died each week. The camp was liberated in 1945, and Adam spent 5 years in a displaced persons camp in Germany before he was sponsored to emigrate to the U. S. in June 1950. He lived in Detroit designing floats for parades and working on his own art projects.
In 1951, the sales of paint by number kits were booming, and Craft Master advertised for additional artists. Adam was the first to answer, and Dan Robbins instantly knew that he was the one for the job. He was soon made lead artist at the company. In June, 1992, Adam Grant died at age 67.
The Last Supper by Adam Grant
Testor’s Paint By Number Kit…US Army Shooting Medal…3 Stainless Serving Ladles…Coleman 25 pc Tableware
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Richard Hudnut Compact…Silverplate Wood Crucifix…Miniature Copper Pan…Advertising Bell
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Early Craftmaster Paint By Number…MidCentury Turquoise Lamp…Embroidered Parrots…Needlepoint Bird,Wreath
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Argus C3 Accessories…Brass Cafe Curtain Rings…Brass ClipOn Cafe Curtain Rings…Mount St Helens Ash
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Hooked rugs are created from leftover fabric or yarn that is looped into a backing fabric using a hooked instrument to pull the loops through the backing. It has a distinctive look and quite a history. Typically, if a housewife needed a new hearth rug or bedside mat, she commandeered the makings for it from materials she had on hand. First, she would sketch her pattern onto a foundation of woven linen, or, after its 1850 debut, jute burlap. Next, she would cut and dye thin strips of fabric from, say, an old woolen coat or cotton dress, or else collect pieces of wool yarn. Then, with the aid of a rug hook, she would draw the fabric or yarn through the foundation to form loops of color that created the design. Here’s a link to a brief explanation of the process.
Hand Hooked Rug
As a general rule, rugs hooked with thin strips of fabric (wool, cotton, linen, etc) are more desirable and more valuable than the yarn hooked variety. It took a lot more work for the home hooker to cut fabrics into thin strips, which were usually wound into a ball. The charming variation in colors and the textural variety of a rug hooked with strips of cut fabric can be absolutely gorgeous. Rugs hooked with yarn do not achieve this richness because of the uniformity of color of the yarns.
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Hand Carved Asian/Polynesian Figurine
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