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Golden Boys: Baseball Portraits 1946-1960 Kindle Edition

by Andy Jurinko (Author), Christopher Jennison (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 24 ratings
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Renowned artist Andy Jurinko believed the golden age of baseball was 1946-1960, an era that, not coincidentally, coincided with his childhood. It was a time that welcomed such legendary stars as Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, Jackie Robinson, Ted Williams, and Henry Aaron into the national consciousness, a fifteen year stretch marked by Robinson’s breaking of the color barrier in 1947 and by ten Yankee championships. Jurinko spent twenty years creating more than 600 portraits of the colorful characters and stadiums that typify this era, all collected here for the first time in Golden Boys. With illuminating text by sportswriter Christopher Jennison, Golden Boys is the definitive artistic portrait of a remarkable time in American sports history.
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  5. Publication date
    June 15, 2012
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For more than forty years, Andy Jurinko’s hyper-realistic paintings provided viewers with an unconventional glimpse into familiar aspects of American popular culture. Born in New Jersey in 1939, he attended the Philadelphia Museum College of Art in 1961- 1963. His first solo exhibition was in September 1967 at the Lowell Colbus Gallery in Sausalito, CA. In 1975, Jurinko moved to New York City and in 1986 he began exhibiting at Gallery Henoch in Soho, including one man shows there in 1989 and 1996. His baseball paintings have appeared on the covers and in more than twenty books. He passed away in February 2011.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B007TV3UH8
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Skyhorse; 1st edition (June 15, 2012)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 15, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 69701 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 496 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 24 ratings

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4.7 out of 5 stars
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jim taro
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Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2023
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Great art of my childhood baseball idols.
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Richard A. Johnson
5.0 out of 5 stars Baseball's Illuminated Manuscript
Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2012
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FONDLY REMEMBERED..THE GREAT ANDY JURINKO

Sadly, Andy passed away in February 2011 about a year before his last book "Golden Boys" was published. Andy was a tremendously talented artist and a better human being. Gentle, thoughtful and enthusiastic at all times he hid his cancer diagnosis from many of his oldest friends and news of his death came as a genuine shock. My last conversation with him was a call he'd made to me just before the holidays in 2010 both to congratulate me on the improbable World Series triumph by my Giants as well as to inform me that his book, replete with writing by the estimable Chris Jennison, was very much in the publishing pipeline.

Andy's final masterpiece is nothing short of an illuminated manuscript documenting the glory of the post-war, post-integration world of major league baseball. One marvels at the fact he painted hundreds of portraits and action scenes. His ballpark canvases, recognized as the best ever painted, are the proverbial icing on the cake.

Andy captured the substance and soul of the game as well as any artist or writer.

His book deserves to be on the shelf of any fan of baseball, American art, 20th century history and popular culture. It is a treasure.
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W. Tucker
5.0 out of 5 stars A great art-filled trip back in time for big baseball fans
Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2015
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If you are a fan of 40s-60s baseball, this is a treasure of a book. It totally reminds readers of 50s baseball cards, and the art work is outstanding. The book emphasizes the art, which is its purpose, so there is not a great deal of writing, but it is well done, and it also contains some statistics with the index. My copy was priced at around five dollars, amazing for a beautiful large hardback. It is a total bargain and a great trip back in time.
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goducks
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice art
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2013
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Nice art work for baseball in the 40's to 1960. Relaxing to sit back and read about some great times back in the day, and the pictures help just imagining what the heyday must have been like. When life was slower and seemed more fun, not having 18 millionaires on the field complaining about their pay, or having strikes.
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prh
4.0 out of 5 stars Appreciation
Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2012
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For those of us of a certain age, brings back many,many wonderful memories of our youth. The only question is, on the dust jacket, why is Stanky's picture out of alphabetical order?
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P. Bell
5.0 out of 5 stars For Baseball Historians
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2012
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I purchased this for my husband (and daughter) because it tells about
24 of the best baseball players - from a long time ago to the present.
It is the perfect book to "peruse" as you do not need to read it in
order or all at one sitting.
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J.R.L.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book!
Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2020
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Everything was perfect!
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David T
5.0 out of 5 stars Thank You Patty Moore Jurinko for permitting this work to be published
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2013
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This is a wonderful book of Andy Jurinko's art work rememberance of his and others boyhood diamond hero's.
I thank his wife and her friends who completed this work and making it available to a wide audience.
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