the painting Elvis commissioned....

[monk37]

Does anyone have a link to a really high quality image of the painting Elvis had commissioned

it's at Graceland - he's in a white outfit and the background is a golden glowing sky

[Vegas69]

II's can scan but donno how to post and how to upload?????

[hounddog]

ose not fimilar with it this is it
http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://www.elvisblog.net/Smithsonian/Graceland%2520Painting%2520.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.elvisblog.net/blog/IMAGES31/_archives/2009/2/28/4104163.html&usg=__O6cJGIBwlknstHGaKxwsAf1doec=&h=375&w=198&sz=10&hl=en&start=15&zoom=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=Zim0sNL6zSHMQM:&tbnh=122&tbnw=64&prev=/images%3Fq%3DElvis%2527%2Bcommissioned%2Boil%2Bpai nting%2Bin%2BGracelands%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26clien t%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26biw%3D922%26bih%3D515%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=2eRlTcXJKISmuAPAufH1DA

wished i could find my version of it.

Vegas 69
to upload click on go advance instead of quick reply then you'll get manage attachments click on it it will open box to find the file on your computer, then find your file on your computer click on it it will then insert it into the manage attachments box then hit upload

[hounddog]

ose not fimilar with it this is it
http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://www.elvisblog.net/Smithsonian/Graceland%2520Painting%2520.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.elvisblog.net/blog/IMAGES31/_archives/2009/2/28/4104163.html&usg=__O6cJGIBwlknstHGaKxwsAf1doec=&h=375&w=198&sz=10&hl=en&start=15&zoom=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=Zim0sNL6zSHMQM:&tbnh=122&tbnw=64&prev=/images%3Fq%3DElvis%2527%2Bcommissioned%2Boil%2Bpai nting%2Bin%2BGracelands%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26clien t%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26biw%3D922%26bih%3D515%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=2eRlTcXJKISmuAPAufH1DA

wished i could find my version of it.

Vegas 69
to upload click on go advance instead of quick reply then you'll get manage attachments click on it it will open box to find the file on your computer, then find your file on your computer click on it it will then insert it into the manage attachments box then hit upload

the painting was done by Ralph Wolfe Cowan

[monk37]

yes, that's the one.

thanks, I can search for it with the artists name to get a higher rez version

[cibetty]

I've found only these:

http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/3057/74884223xbtwacph.jpg (http://img560.imageshack.us/i/74884223xbtwacph.jpg/)

Uploaded with ImageShack.us (http://imageshack.us)

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/3470/spaintinggraceland.jpg (http://img190.imageshack.us/i/spaintinggraceland.jpg/)

Uploaded with ImageShack.us (http://imageshack.us)

[cibetty]

http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/c0d4f71a6a.jpg (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/)

[Albert]

Is there a story behind this painting? Do we know the painter or if this has been bought or given to Elvis? When has this been made (or first shown in Graceland)?

[cibetty]

Is there a story behind this painting? Do we know the painter or if this has been bought or given to Elvis? When has this been made (or first shown in Graceland)?

I read this on net:

"Mr. Cowan painted the original back in 1962. It was Mr. Cowan's suggestion that Elvis be painted in a white suit. This full length masterpiece was the only portrait that Elvis ever allowed to hang in Graceland."

http://www.ralphcowan.com/prints.htm

[hounddog]

Elvis sat for the portrait in 1969. Elvis liked the work that the painter had done on a Johnny Mathis album cover in the 1950's and the resembelance between Mathis' cover and Elvis' portrait is very clear.http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://images.uulyrics.com/cover/j/johnny-mathis/album-heavenly.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.uulyrics.com/music/johnny-mathis/album-heavenly/&usg=__LzR2KW1EEVdh2FM0IXAyHb0PJWI=&h=500&w=500&sz=48&hl=en&start=2&zoom=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=GYdzkF4nVL5hjM:&tbnh=130&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3DJohnny%2BMathis%2B%252Bheavenly%26um% 3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3D6NZ%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26biw%3D922%26bih%3D515%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=kjRmTbPfJNzccPa76IML


At the moment Cowan has some of his Elvis paintings exhibited :
http://face2face.si.edu/my_weblog/2010/01/portrait-of-elvis-presley-by-ralph-wolfe-cowan.html
http://www.elvisblog.net/blog/_archives/2009/2/28/4104163.html

[Albert]

Hmmm... 1969 or 1962.... I guess -looking at the sideburns and the clothes- 1969 would be more plausible.

Thanks for the info, really interesting (y)

[Tigerman1975]

That is an interesting painting. Very cool.

[kathy parkinson]

When i first went to Memphis in 87 for the 10th Anniversary it was on display in Graceland then.