Palace of Fine Arts Maiden in San Francisco Metal Print
by Don Struke
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Palace of Fine Arts Maiden in San Francisco metal print by Don Struke. Bring your artwork to life with the stylish lines and added depth of a metal print. Your image gets printed directly onto a sheet of 1/16" thick aluminum. The aluminum sheet is offset from the wall by a 3/4" thick wooden frame which is attached to the back. The high gloss of the aluminum sheet complements the rich colors of any image to produce stunning results.
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The Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco was the centerpiece of the rather elaborate 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition, created for San Francisco to... more
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Artist's Description
The Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco was the centerpiece of the rather elaborate 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition, created for San Francisco to honor the discovery of the Pacific Ocean and the completion of the Panama Canal. Also celebrated was the rebirth of the city after the 1906 earthquake and fire. The Palace is loaded (not an architect's term) with statuary and one group I like is represented in my photo of one of its young ladies. Here�s an appreciation from �The Sculpture and Mural Decorations of the Exposition� by A. Stirling Calder (father of Alexander Calder):
�The very large flower boxes bearing masses of luxuriant California shrubs that mark the Peristyle Walk in the Fine Arts Colonnade are constantly admired for their own beauty, the beauty of their contents and their part in the general effectiveness of the delightful Colonnade they enrich. The friezes are by Ulric H. Ellerhusen, who made also the Weeping Figures and the heroic �...
About Don Struke
Although I don't call myself a photographer, I have taken thousands of photos through the years and now and then I end up with one that is printworthy. Well, at least by my standards, which might be somewhat less than the norm. But you are the judge (continued below). PLEASE CLICK ON AD TO LEARN ABOUT THIS SITE I'm fortunate enough to have enjoyed a rather varied background in marketing, advertising, public relations, print and electronic media, TV production, and publication design in both corporate and non-profit organizations. As my list of photos on Fine Art America slowly grows, it should be apparent that my interests are all over the place, from the sight of beautiful flowers and landscapes to aviation and high performance...
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Tammy Sullivan
Magnificent
Delores Swanson
All of these phots were wonderful, but this one with the blue in the background allows you to see just how grand the sttues are. This place is now on my bucket list. Thanks so much for sharing them with all of us.
Don Struke replied:
This place is a photographer's dream and I am happy that you (especially) share my fondness for it.