I
AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF A RARE JIM WARREN SURREAL PAINTING
ENTITLED
"RUNNING WILD." THIS ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING IS IMPORTANT IN THE ART
WORLD TODAY FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS: (I HAVE DONE
EXTENSIVE RESEARCH
FOR SOME TIME ON THIS PROJECT AND AS THE FACTS MOUNTED, ONE REVELATION
LED TO ANOTHER.)
* FIRST AND
FOREMOST, "RUNNING WILD"
IS THE "PROTOTYPE" FOR THE SINGLE MOST FAMOUS PAINTING OF HORSE ICONS
IN CONTEMPORARY ART: JIM WARREN'S
"AGAINST THE WIND," THE HERALDED
COVER ART FOR BOB SEGER'S ALBUM THAT SOLD OVER 6,000,000 COPIES ACROSS
THE GLOBE. THAT ORIGINAL
PIECE OF ART HAD BEEN OWNED BY BOB SEGER UNTIL
THE TIME IT BECAME A PERMANENT POSSESSION OF THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF
FAME MUSEUM IN
CLEVELAND, OHIO IN 2004. THE COVER ART WAS PAINTED IN
1980 AND WON THE GRAMMY AWARD FOR BEST ALBUM COVER IN 1981. TIME
MAGAZINE
ESTIMATED THAT THE MUSEUM DRAWS 1,000,000 VISITORS A YEAR
WHICH MEANS THAT TO DATE COUNTLESS OTHERS HAVE ALSO SEEN WARREN'S
HORSE
ICON IN PERSON.
* MY ORIGINAL WARREN PAINTING OF
"RUNNING WILD," PURCHASED DIRECTLY FROM THE ARTIST, MEASURES 14" x
24",
IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, AND WAS PAINTED CIRCA 1977. IT IS ONE OF THE
VERY FIRST PAINTINGS THAT WARREN FEATURED HORSES AS ITS
SUBJECT, BUT
EVEN MORE IMPORTANT, IT FORESHADOWS THE IMAGERY FOR "AGAINST THE WIND."
"RUNNING WILD" HAS BEEN KEPT IN MY PRIVATE WARREN
ART COLLECTION SINCE
I ACQUIRED IT.
* THE OTHER MOST WORLD-FAMOUS HORSE
THEMED PAINTING OF MODERN TIMES IS JOHN PITRE'S
"RESTRICTIONS." BY THE
WAY, ACCORDING TO A SPOKESMAN AT PITRE GALLERY IN HONOLULU, HAWAII, THE
ORIGINAL PAINTING IS IN A VAULT IN
FLORIDA AND IS CURRENTLY FOR SALE
FOR $10,000,000. ''RESTRICTIONS" CLAIM TO FAME IS THAT OVER 5,000,000
POSTERS WERE SOLD DURING THE
1960'S AND BEYOND.
* BY WAY OF COMPARISON, TAKE THE
CAREER OF ANDY WARHOL AT HIS EARLY STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT AND
RENOWN.
WARREN IS LIKE HIM IN MANY RESPECTS, FOR HE TOO HAS SOLD COUNTLESS
NUMBERS OF LIMITED EDITIONS, PRINTS, POSTERS, ( AND MORE
RECENTLY,
GICLEES) FROM HIS CATALOG OF ARTWORKS. WHILE WARREN IS NOTED FOR HIS
SURREAL HORSE THEMES ( A SUBJECT IN OVER 36 OF HIS
PAINTINGS OF WHICH
THE MAJORITY HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED), TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, WARHOL
HAD NOT PAINTED ANY HORSE ICONS. FROM MY
RESEARCH, I DO NOT BELIEVE
THAT ANY OTHER PUBLISHED ARTIST LIVING TODAY IS BETTER KNOWN FOR
PAINTING HORSE IMAGES THAN JIM WARREN,
CONSIDERING THE VAST NUMBERS OF
HIS REPRODUCTIONS IN THE HANDS OF COMTEMPORARY ART COLLECTORS.
* AFTER SEARCHING THROUGH
''HORSE
ICONS OR IMAGES'' IN CONTEMPORARY ART, THE IMPACT OF WARREN IN THE ART
SCENE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. AS A MATTER OF FACT,
WARREN HAS STATED THAT
ONE OF HIS MOST PUBLISHED AND FAMOUS PIECES IS INDEED YET ANOTHER HORSE
IMAGE, "WILD SPIRIT," WHICH WAS PAINTED
MANY YEARS AFTER "RUNNING
WILD." MUCH OF THE "WILD SPIRIT" PRINCIPAL IMAGERY IS OBVIOUSLY
IDENTICAL TO MY ORIGINAL PAINTING AND WARREN
HAD EVEN USED THE WORD
"WILD" IN THE NAMES OF BOTH TITLES.
* IN CONCLUSION, RESEARCHED DOCUMENTATION SHOWS THAT: JIM WARREN
PAINTED THE MOST FAMOUS HORSES IN MODERN HISTORY.AND HE IS THE MOST PUBLISHED AND COLLECTED ARTIST IN THE GENRE.
"RUNNING WILD"
STARTED IT ALL
PLEASE NOTE: ACCORDING TO A RECENT SURVEY, JIM WARREN'S ART NOWAPPEARS IN THE TOP PERCENT OF ALL MODERN ARTISTS REPRESENTED IN VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE. |