 China Marine portrait paintings, by WWII China POW Mary Mullikin |
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 Nov 28 2006, 05:24 PM
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This painting has intrigued me for several months. It's about 18x24 inches (or larger) and hanging on the wall at a local antique/estate liquidation shop. It is - obviously - a Marine and he appears to be a Warrant Officer, although the colors on the insignia seem to be reversed. The interesting part is the signature: MM
TIENTSIN
1947 So who was this China Marine and who painted him? The signature makes me think it was done in China.  
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Jan 17 2009, 11:56 AM
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Hi, A web site featuring a 1933 article published in Mordern Mechanix titled Fighting Chinese Pirates with U.S. Marines can be found here: http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/05/...hinese-pirates/The only Marines are in the title, but author does suggest a reason why the Yangtze gunboats and sailors were needed. Mentioned is an incident about the USS Palos saving a town from pirates. Best wishes, Jim
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 Bob Hudson China Marine portrait paintings Nov 28 2006, 05:24 PM Forum Support Well, went to an estate sale this morning and foun... Jan 16 2009, 09:44 AM teufelhunde.ret One would tend to think it was a Marine artist - a... Jan 16 2009, 11:20 AM  Forum Support QUOTE(teufelhunde.ret @ Jan 16 2009, 11:2... Jan 16 2009, 11:52 AM Dirk By the style and colors I am thinking done by a we... Jan 16 2009, 03:00 PM Forum Support QUOTE(Dirk @ Jan 16 2009, 03:00 PM) By th... Jan 16 2009, 11:59 PM teufelhunde.ret Great detective work and certainly a fascinating s... Jan 17 2009, 03:38 AM Moonlight Gecko I'm amazed you were able to find so much infor... Jan 22 2009, 08:39 PM Forum Support QUOTE(Moonlight Gecko @ Jan 22 2009, 08:3... Jan 22 2009, 08:58 PM Dirk Darrell: Prior to WWII there were a number of Amer... Jan 17 2009, 05:39 AM teufelhunde.ret QUOTE(Dirk @ Jan 17 2009, 08:39 AM) Darre... Jan 17 2009, 06:08 AM Forum Support It appears her connection to China came through M... Jan 17 2009, 08:25 AM Forum Support The Marine in the service uniform is certainly des... Jan 17 2009, 09:00 AM Forum Support QUOTE(teufelhunde.ret @ Jan 17 2009, 06:0... Jan 17 2009, 09:30 AM teufelhunde.ret QUOTE(Forum Support @ Jan 17 2009, 12:30 ... Jan 17 2009, 09:58 AM ADMIN What an amazing story!!!! Jan 17 2009, 09:19 AM Dirk "Which brings up a question of the presence o... Jan 17 2009, 09:53 AM Forum Support QUOTE(Dirk @ Jan 17 2009, 09:53 AM) ... Jan 17 2009, 04:00 PM Forum Support This is the type of painting Mary A Mullikin is be... Jan 17 2009, 09:53 AM Forum Support Okay one more thing about the artist: she was a PO... Jan 17 2009, 04:16 PM Forum Support I wanted to show Mary's China landscapes side-... Jan 18 2009, 05:32 PM Moonlight Gecko Thanks for the help. Jan 22 2009, 09:11 PM Forum Support QUOTE(Moonlight Gecko @ Jan 22 2009, 09:1... Jan 22 2009, 09:17 PM
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