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Pride and Prejudice: on Raphael Perez's Artwork
Raphael Perez, born in 1965, studied art at the College of Visual Arts in Beer Sheva, and from 1995 has been living and working in his studio in Tel Aviv. Today Perez plays an important role in actively promoting the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual) art and culture in Tel Aviv, and the internet portal he set up helps artists from the community reach large audiences in Israel and abroad. Hundreds of his artworks are part of private collections in Israel and abroad, and his artworks were shown in several group exhibitions: in Tel Aviv Museum of Art, "Zman Le'Omanut" art gallery, Camera Obscura, The Open House in Jerusalem, Ophir Gallery, The Haifa Forum and other private businesses and galleries.
In 2003-4 his paintings and studio appeared in a full-length movie, three student films and two graduation films.
Raphael Perez is the first Israeli artist to express his lifestyle as a Gay. His life and the life of the LGBT community are connected and unfold over hundreds of artwork pieces. His art creation is rare and extraordinary by every Israeli and international artistic standard. His sources of inspiration are first and foremost life events intertwined in Jewish and Israeli locality as well as influences and quotes from art history (David Hockney, Matisse). This uniqueness has crossed international borders and has succeeded in moving the LGBT and art communities around the world.
This is the first time we meet an Israeli artist who expresses all of his emotions in a previously unknown strength. The subjects of the paintings are the everyday life of couples in everyday places and situations, along with the aspiration to a homosexual relationship and family, equality and public recognition. Perez's works bring forward to the cultural space and to the public discourse the truth about living as LGBT and about relationships, with all of their aspects – casual relationships and sex, the yearning for love, the everyday life and the mundane activities that exist in every romantic relationship – whether by describing two men in an intimate scene in the bathroom, the bedroom or the toilet, a male couple raising a baby or the homosexual version of the Garden of Eden, family dinners, relationship ups and downs, the complexity in sharing a life as well as mundane, everyday life competing with the aspiration to self realization – through Perez's life.
Perez's first artworks are personal diaries, which he creates at 14 years of age. He makes sure to hide these diaries, as in them he keeps a personal journal describing his life events in the most genuine way. In these journals he draws thousands of drawings and sketches, next to which he alternately writes and erases his so-called "problematic texts", texts describing his struggle with his sexual orientation. His diaries are filled with obsessive cataloging of details, daily actions, friends and work, as well as repeating themes, such as thoughts, exhibits he has seen, movies, television, books and review of his work.
When he is done writing, Perez draws on his diaries. Each layer is done from beginning to end all along the journal. In fact, the work on the diaries never ends.
This struggle never ends, and when the emotion is passed on to paper, and it ends its role and becomes meaningless in a way, the visual-graphic side becomes dominant, due to the need to hide the written text, according to Perez. In books and diaries this stands out even more – when he chooses to draw in a style influenced by children's drawings, the characters are cheerful, happy, naïve and do not portray any sexuality, and when he tries drawing as an adult the sketches became more depressed and somber. During these years Perez works with preschool children, teaching them drawing and movement games. Perez says that during this period he completely abandoned the search for a relationship, either with a woman or a man, and working with children has given him existential meaning. This creation continues over 10 years, and Perez creates about 60 books-personal journals in various sizes (notepads, old notebooks, atlases and even old art books).
In his early paintings (1998-1999) the transition from relationships with women to relationships with men can be seen, from restraint to emotional outburst in color, lines and composition. Some characters display strong emotional expression. The women are usually drawn in restraint and passiveness, while a happy and loving emotional outburst is expressed in the colors and style of the male paintings.
"I fantasized that in a relationship with a woman I could fly in the sky, love, fly. However, I felt I was hiding something; I was choked up, hidden behind a mask, as if there was an internal scream wanting to come out. I was frustrated, I felt threatened…"
His first romance with a man in 1999 has drawn out a series of naïve paintings dealing with love and the excitement of performing everyday actions together in the intimate domestic environment.
"The excitement from each everyday experience of doing things together and the togetherness was great, so I painted every possible thing I liked doing with him."
From the moment the self-oppression and repression stopped, Perez started the process of healing, which was expressed in a burst of artworks, enormous in their size, amount, content and vivid colors – red, pink and white.
In 2000 Perez starts painting the huge artworks describing the hangouts of the LGBT community (The Lake, The Pool) and the Tel Avivian balcony paintings describing the masculine world, which, according to him, becomes existent thanks to the painting. Perez has dedicated this year to many series of drawings and paintings of the experience of love, in which he describes his first love for his new partner, and during these months he paints from morning to night. These paintings are the fruit of a long dialogue with David Hockney, and the similarity can be seen both in subjects and in different gestures.
In 2001 Perez creates a series of artworks, "Portraits from The Community". Perez describes in large, photorealistic paintings over 20 portraits of active and well-known members of the LGBT community. The emphasis is on the achievements that reflect the community's strong standing in Tel Aviv.
As a Tel-Avivian painter, in the past two years Perez has been painting urban landscapes of central locations in his city. Perez wanders around the city and chooses familiar architectural and geographical landmarks, commerce and recreation, and historical sites, and paints them from a homosexual point of view, decorated with the rainbow flag, which provide a sense of belonging to the place. His artworks are characterized by a cheerful joie de vivre and colors, and they also describe encounters and meetings. The touristic nature of his paintings makes them a declaration of Tel Aviv's image as a place where cultural freedom prevails.
Perez's Tel Aviv is a city where young families and couples live and fill the streets, the parks, the beach, the houses and the balconies – all the city's spaces. The characters in his paintings are similar, which helps reinforcing the belonging to the LGBT community in Tel Aviv. The collective theme in Perez's artwork interacts with the work of the Israeli artist Yohanan Simon, who dealt with the social aspects of the Kibbutz. Simon, who lived and worked in a Kibbutz, expressed the human model of the Kibbutznik (member of a Kibbutz) and the uniqueness of the Kibbutz members as part of a group where all are equal. Simon's works, and now Perez's, have contributed to the Israeli society what is has been looking for endlessly, which is a sense of identity and belonging.
Perez maps his territory and marks his boundaries, and does not forget the historical sites. Unlike other Tel Avivian artists, Perez wishes to present the lives of the residents of the city and the great love in their hearts. By choosing the historical sites in Tel Aviv, he also pays tribute to the artist Nachum Gutman, who loved the city and lived in it his whole life. In his childhood Gutman experienced historical moments (lighting the first oil lamp, first concert, first pavement), and as an adult he recreated the uniqueness of those events while keeping the city's magic.
Like Gutman, Perez has also turned the city into an object of love, and it has started adorning itself in rich colors and supplying the energy of a city that wishes to be "the city that never sleeps", combining old and new. Perez meticulously describes the uniqueness and style of the Bauhaus houses and balconies along the modern glass and steel buildings, all from unusual angles in a rectangular format that wishes to imitate the panorama of a diverse city in its centennial celebrations.
Daniel Cahana-Levensohn, curator.
Interview with the painter Raphael Perez about his family artist book
An interview with the painter Raphael Perez about an artist's book he created about his family, the Peretz family from 6 Nissan St. Kiryat Yuval Jerusalem
Question: Raphael Perez, tell me about the family artist book you created
Answer: I created close to 40 artist books, notebooks, diaries, sketch books and huge books. I dedicated one of the books to my dear family, a book in which I took a childhood photograph of my family, my parents and brothers and sisters.. I pasted the photographs inside a book (the photograph is 10 percent of the total painting) and I drew with acrylic paints, markers and ink on the book and the photograph, so that the image of the photograph was an inspiration to me Build the story that includes page by page..
Question: Tell me when you were born, where, and a little about your family
Answer: I was born on March 4, 1965 in the Kiryat Yuval neighborhood in Jerusalem
I have a twin brother named Miki Peretz and we are seven brothers and sisters, five boys and two girls
Question: Tell us a little about your parents
Answer: My parents were new immigrants from Morocco, both immigrated young.
My mother's name before the wedding was Alice - Aliza ben Yair and my father's name was Shimon Peretz,
My mother was born in the Atlas Mountains and was orphaned at a young age and was later adopted by my father's family at the age of 10, so that my mother and father spent childhood and adolescence together....
They had a beautiful and happy relationship but sometimes when they argued my mother would say "even when she was a child she was like that..." This means that their acquaintance and relationship dates back to childhood..
Question: What did your parents Shimon and Aliza Peretz work for?
Answer: My father, Shimon Perez, born in 1928 - worked in a building in his youth and then for thirty years worked as a receptionist at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem... My father's great love was actually art, he loved to draw as a hobby, write, read, solve crossword puzzles and research Regarding the issue of medicinal plants, as a breadwinner he could not fulfill his dream of becoming an artist, in order to support and feed seven children. But we are the next generation, his children are engaged in the world of creativity and education, a field in which both of my parents were engaged during their lives. My father died at the age of 69
My mother, Alice Aliza Perez, born in 1934, worked as an assistant to a kindergarten teacher, and later took care of a baby at home. She is a woman of wholehearted giving and caring for children and people, a warm, generous and humble woman.. and took care of us in our childhood for every emotional and physical deficiency.. My mother is right For the year 2023, the 89-year-old is partly happy and happy despite the difficulties of age.. May you have a long life..
My mother really loved gardening and nature and both of them together created a magnificent garden, my parents have a relatively large garden so they could grow many types of special and rare medicinal plants and my father even wrote a catalog (unpublished) of medicinal plants and we even had botany students come to us who were interested in the field... today they They also grow ornamental plants, and fruit trees...
Question: A book about the brothers and sisters
Answer: My elder brother David Perez repented in his mid-twenties.. He was a very sharp, opinionated, curious and very charismatic guy who brought many people back to repentance, and also helped people with problems through the yeshiva and the synagogue to return to the normal path of life, he died young at the age of 56
Hana Peretz: My lovely sister, raised eight children, worked in the field of education, a kindergarten teacher, and child care.
She has a very large extended family of grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren...
My brother Avi (Abraham) Peretz studied in Israel at the University of Philosophy and Judaism, he married a wonderful woman named Mira Drumi, a nurse by profession, and together they had three wonderful children, when they moved to the United States in their mid-twenties, where my brother Avi Peretz completed his master's degree in education, worked in the field Education and for the last twenty years is A conservative rabbi
The fourth brother is Asher Peretz - a great man of the world, very fond of traveling and has been to magical places all over the world, engaged in the creation of jewelry with two children.
I am Rafi Peretz english raphael perez the fifth and after fifteen minutes my twin brother was born
My mother still gets confused and can't remember who was born first :-)
My twin brother Miki micky - Michael Peretz, a beloved brother (everyone is beloved), a talented industrial designer, he has three children, his wife Revital Peretz Ben, who is a well-known art curator, active and responsible for the art field in Tel Aviv, they are a dynamic and talented couple, full of talents and action
The lovely little sister Shlomit Peretz - has been involved in the Bezeq telephone company for almost three decades, and is there in management positions, raising her lovely and beloved child.
The art book I dedicated to my family is colorful, rich in details, shows a very intense childhood, happy, cheerful, colorful, ... We were taught to be diligent and to be happy in our part and to see the glass half full in life, to have emotional intelligence and to put the relationship and love at the center with self-fulfillment in work that will interest you us and you will give us satisfaction.
Each of us is different in our life decisions and my family is actually a mosaic of the State of Israel that includes both religious and secular people from the entire political spectrum who understand that the secret to unity is mutual respect for each other... when my mother these days is also the family glue in everyone's gatherings on Shabbat and holidays..
The personification of the flower couple paintings by the Israeli painter Raphael Perez
Raphael Perez, also known as Rafi Peretz, is an Israeli painter who
explores his personal and sexual identity through his flower paintings. He created a series of flower paintings from 1995 to 1998, when he was in his early thirties and still in relationships with women, despite feeling gay. His flower paintings reflect his emotional turmoil and his struggle with his sexual orientation. He painted two flowers, one blooming and one wilting, to represent the contrast and conflict between his heterosexual relationships and his true self. He also painted single flowers or two flowers in their prime, to express his longing for a harmonious relationship that matches his nature. He chose sunflowers, white lilies, and red lilies as symbols of expression, purity, and joy, respectively. He painted from real flowers, using different styles and light to create drama and mood. Perez’s paintings of the flower couples are minimalist and focused on the theme of the complex relationship. He omitted any background or context, leaving only the canvas and the drawing of the flower couples. In some of the paintings, he added a very airy abstract surface with thin oil paints that give an atmosphere of watercolors. He also made drawings of flowers in ink, markers and gouache on paper. Later on, he created large acrylic paintings of flowers and still life. Perez’s flower paintings are not mere illustrations or decorations. They are autobiographical and psychological expressions of his inner state and his struggle with his sexuality. He wanted to reveal his loneliness, distress and concealment through these paintings, and to connect with people who are in a similar situation. He deliberately chose only two flowers and no more to intensify the engagement in the charged and complex relationship. Perez also painted and drew couples of men and women with charged psychological states, as well as states of desire for connection and realization of a heterosexual relationship that did not succeed. He used hyperrealism and expressive styles to convey his frozen and calculated state, as well as his mental stress. He used harsh lighting to create contrast and drama, with one side very bright and the other side darker. Perez was influenced by some of the famous artists who painted flowers, such as Van Gogh, who also used sunflowers as a symbol of expression. He also used white lilies and red lilies to convey freshness, cleanliness, purity, color, joy, movement, eruption, and splendor. Perez also painted some single flowers or two flowers in their prime, to show his aspiration for a future where he will have a harmonious relationship. Today, he is 58 years old and in a happy relationship for 10 years with his partner Assaf Henigsberg. He is surrounded by female friends and soulmates and not conflicted with heterosexual relationships as he used to be. He occasionally paints flowers in pots to symbolize home, stability, and peace. Sometimes I paint flowers in pots, which represent home, stability, and solid ground for me. I don’t paint just a couple of flowers, but pots full of flowers that overflow with life. This means that we also have a supportive network of family, friends, and peers around us. We live in a rich, supportive, and protective world. These paintings are a personification of my psychological state, when I had no words to express my feelings to myself. The painting began In 35 years of my creation (starting in 1998), you can read more about how my art and style evolved over time. Perez’s flower paintings are a unique and extraordinary artistic creation that reveals his personal journey and his sexual identity. His work is honest, expressive, and emotional, as well as beautiful and vibrant.
The characteristics of the naive painting of the painter Raphael Perez
A full interview with the Israeli painter Raphael Perez (Hebrew name: Rafi Peretz) about the ideas behind the naive painting, resume, personal biography and curriculum vitae Question: Raphael Perez Tell us about your work process as a naive painter? Answer: I choose the most iconic and famous buildings in every city and town that are architecturally interesting and have a special shape and place the iconic buildings on boulevards full of trees, bushes, vegetation, flowers. Question: How do you give depth in your naive paintings? Answer: To give depth to the painting, I build the painting with layers of vegetation, after those low famous buildings, followed by a tall avenue of trees, and behind them towers and skyscrapers, in the sky I sometimes put innocent signs of balloons, kites. A recurring motif in some of my paintings is the figure of the painter who is in the center of the boulevard and paints the entire scene unfolding in front of him, also there are two kindergarten teachers who are walking with the kindergarten children with the state flags that I paint, and loving couples hugging and kissing and family paintings of mother, father and child walking in harmony on the boulevard. Question: Raphael Perez, what characterizes your naive painting? Answer: Most naive paintings have the same characteristics (Definition as it appears in Wikipedia) • Tells a simple story to absorb from everyday life, usually with humans. • The representation of the painter's idealization to reality - the mapping of reality. • Failure to maintain perspective - especially details even in distant details. • Extensive use of repeating patterns - many details. • Warm and bright colors. • Sometimes the emphasis is on outlines. • Most of the characters are flat, lack volume • No interest in texture, expression, correct proportions • No interest in anatomy. • There is not much use of light and shade, the colors create a three-dimensional effect. I find these definitions to be valid for all my naive paintings Question: Raphael Perez, why do you choose the city of Tel Aviv? Answer: I was born in Jerusalem, the capital city which I love very much and also paint, I love the special Bauhaus buildings in Tel Aviv, the ornamental buildings that were built a century ago in the 1920s and 1930s, the beautiful boulevards, towers and modern skyscrapers give you the feeling of the hustle and bustle of a large metropolis and there are quite a few low and tall buildings that are architecturally fascinating in their form the special one Also, the move to Tel Aviv, which is the capital of culture, freedom, and secularism, allowed me to live my life as I chose, to live in a relationship with a man, Jerusalem, which is a traditional city, it is more complicated to live a homosexual life, also, the art world takes place mainly in the city of Tel Aviv, and it is possible that from a professional point of view, this allows I can support myself better in Tel Aviv than in any other city in Israel. Question: Raphael Perez, are the paintings of the city of Tel Aviv different from the paintings of the city of Jerusalem? Answer: Most of the paintings of Jerusalem have an emphasis on the color yellow, gold, the color of the old city walls, the subjects I painted in Jerusalem are mainly a type of idealization of a peaceful life between Jews and Arabs and paintings that deal with the Jewish religious world, a number of paintings depict all shades of the currents of Judaism today In contrast, the Tel Aviv paintings are more colorful, with skyscrapers, the sea, balloons and more secular motifs Question: Raphael Perez, tell me about which buildings and their architects you usually choose in your drawings of cities Answer: My favorite buildings are those that have a special shape that anyone can recognize and are the symbols of the city and you will give several examples: In the city of Tel Aviv, my favorite buildings are: the opera building with its unusual geometric shape, the Yisrotel tower with its special head, the Hail Bo Shalom tower that for years was the symbol of the tallest building in Tel Aviv, the Levin house that looks like a Japanese pagoda, the burgundy-colored Nordeau hotel with the special dome at the end of the building, A pair of Alon towers with the special structure of the sea, Bauhaus buildings typical of Tel Aviv with the special balconies and the special staircase, the Yaakov Agam fountain in Dizengoff square appears in a large part of the paintings, many towers that are in the stock exchange complex, the Aviv towers and other tall buildings on Ayalon, in some of the paintings I took plans An outline of future buildings that need to be built in the city and I drew them even before they were built in reality, In the paintings of Jerusalem, I mainly chose the area of the Old City and East Jerusalem, a painting of the walls of the Old City, the Western Wall, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the El Akchea Mosque, the Tower of David, most of the famous churches in the city, the right hand of Moses, in most of the paintings the Jew is wearing a blue shirt with a red male cord I was in the youth movement and the Arab with a galabia, and in the paintings of the religious public then, Jews with black suits and white shirts, tallitas, kippahs, special hats, synagogues and more I also created three paintings of the city of Haifa and one painting of Safed In the Haifa paintings I drew the university, the Technion, the famous Egged Tower, the Sail Tower, well-known hotels, of course the Baha'i Gardens and the Baha'i Temple, Haifa Port and the boats and other famous buildings in the city Question: Raphael Perez, have you created series of other cities from around the world? Answer: I created series of New York City with all the iconic and famous buildings such as: the Guggenheim Museum, the famous skyscrapers - the Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building, Lincoln Center, the famous synagogue in the city, the Statue of Liberty, the flags of the United States and other famous buildings Two paintings of London and all its famous sites, Big Ben, famous monuments, the Ferris wheel, Queen Elizabeth and her family, the double bus, the famous public telephone, palaces, famous churches, well-known monuments I created 4 naive paintings of cities in China, a painting of Shanghai, two paintings of the city of Suzhou and a painting of the World Park in the city of Beijing... I chose the famous skyline of Shanghai with all the famous towers, the famous promenade, temples and old buildings, two Paintings of the city of Suzhou with the famous canals, bridges, special gardens, towers and skyscrapers of the city Question: Raphael Perez What is the general idea that accompanies your paintings Answer: To create a good, beautiful, naive, innocent world in which we will see the innovation of the modern city through the skyscrapers in front of small and low buildings that bring the history and past of each country, all with an abundance of vegetation, boulevards, trees Resume, biography, CV of the painter Rafi Peretz and his family Question: When was Raphael Perez born in hebrew his name rafi peretz? Answer: Raphael Perez in Hebrew his name Rafi Peretz was born on March 4, 1965 Question: Where was Raphael Perez born? Answer: Raphael Perez was born in Jerusalem, Israel Question: What is the full name of Raphael Perez? Answer: His full name is Raphael Perez Question: Which art institution did Raphael Perez graduate from? Answer: Raphael Perez graduated from the Visual Arts Center in Be'er Sheva Question: When did Raphael Perez start painting? Answer: Raphael Perez started painting in 1989 Question: When did you start making a living selling art? Answer: Raphael Perez started making a living selling art in 1999 Question: Where does Raphael Perez live and work? Answer: Since 1995, Raphael Perez has been living and working from his studio in Tel Aviv Question: In which military framework did Raphael Perez serve in the IDF? Answer: Raphael Perez served in the artillery corps Question: Raphael Perez, what jobs did he work after his military service? Answer: Raphael Perez worked for 15 years in education in therapeutic settings for children and taught arts and movement Question: How many brothers and sisters does Raphael Perez, the Israeli painter, have? Answer: There are seven children in total, with the painter 5 sons and two daughters, that means the painter Raphael Perez has 4 more brothers and two sisters Question: What do the brothers and sisters of the painter Raphael Perez do? Answer: The elder brother David Peretz Perez was involved in the field of religious studies, the sister Hana Peretz Perez is involved in the field of education, a kindergarten teacher and child care, the brother Avi Peretz Perez who is in the United States today is a conservative rabbi but in the past was involved in education and therapy, the brother Asher Peretz Perez is involved in the fields of creativity and jewelry The twin brother Mickey Peretz Perez is a well-known industrial designer and seller. The younger sister Shlomit Peretz Perez works in a managerial position at Bezeq. Question: Tell me about the parents of the painter Raphael PerezAnswer: The painter Raphael Perez's parents are Shimon Perez Peretz and Eliza Alice Ben Yair, they were married in 1950 in Jerusalem, both were born in Morocco and immigrated to Israel in 1949, Shimon Peretz worked in a building in his youth and later as a receptionist at the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, Eliza Alice Peretz dealt in child care Kindergarten, working in kindergartens and of course taking care of and raising her seven children
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In Italia l’unica alternativa all’informazione blindata si chiama Internet, ma i tentativi di irregimentare la rete si fanno sempre più minacciosi. Anche per questo domani dobbiamo essere tutti in piazza. Di Arturo Di Corinto
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... bringing father and son closer since 1989.
Strobist info: cheap ebay flash bounce off laptop and cheap flash behind subject for rim light.
Setup shot goes here www.flickr.com/photos/yukz2daizzo/3626929587/
pluralistic.net/2025/02/13/digital-rights/#are-human-rights
A photo of an orange Telemation acoustic coupler next to an avocado-green German 611 dial phone, whose receiver is socketed to the coupler in what Neal Stephenson memorably described as 'a kind of informational soixante-neuf.' The image has been modified to put a colorized version of Woody Guthrie's iconic 'THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS' hand-lettered label on the side of the coupler.
Image:
Felix Winkelnkemper (modified)
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A multi-screen film about the invisible infrastructures of the internet. More here: www.elasticspace.com/2014/05/internet-machine
As they say "nothing will change IMMEDIATELY"--remains to be seen what changes are in the offing, however, for surely there will be some.
I have admired SmugMug in the past, but never joined. Maybe, just maybe, this will be an improvement? Fingers crossed. . . . . .
citizen as cursor
city as display
livingspace as webspace
workspace as chatroom
public transport as browsing
shops as searchengines
internet as cable
Today's Daily Create was hard- "Use camera panning to blur the background behind a moving subject"
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I saw almost no moving vehicles today, and did not have much luck getting a good panning blur shot of the dog chasing a ball.
But I was excited to get my broadband cable hooked up today, and tried a few shots moving an ethernet cable over the modem. It's not really in focus enough to qualify, but Daily Create is all about the trying.
This one was at a sped of 1/20 a second.
I work for a large K12 school district in their MIS/IT department. Every so often, our dept. gets loads of email from users saying the internet is down.
Well, today I found out why. Someone had turned off the internet.
Meldungen zum Tod der drei Bonobos LUDWIG, TIKALA & WOLO
im Zoo Frankfurt
Bildverwendung von den Motiven LUDWIG und WOLO
11. Januar 2017
u.a. hessenschau.de, focus.de, frankfurt.de, journal-frankfurt.de, op-online.de, Frankfurter Neue Presse, Frankfurter Rundschau, Extra-Tipp
I have been photographing this picturesque little shed just off 676 near Churchtown, in the Fall with a sometimes colorful Fall background for several years now. About 2 years ago someone put an add on the side for a local Internet provider degrading the rustic value just a bit in my opinion.
People using computers in an internet cafe in Kampala, Uganda. Photo: Arne Hoel / World Bank
Photo ID: Hoel_030311_P3111065
The KOM League
Flash Report
for
July 12, 2019
Christmas for 2018 came to an end on July 10, 2019. That is the date my Christmas present from the family name drawing pool concluded. I had been given subscriptions to a couple of Internet newspaper sites.
With the time drawing near the conclusion I decided to insert the names of some former KOM leaguers. A couple of names appeared who had left this world in the previous seven months and other items appeared that were of special interest regarding the early lives of some former players.
For a very long time my wife and I have subscribed to Ancestry.com and I recently located a section in that forum that heretofore I was unaware. The “new find” was the U. S. Baseball Questionnaires from 1945 through 2005. I was aware of those documents for Bill Weiss shared many of them with me. For those of you who subscribe to Ancestry.com you might find those old files interesting.
One thing that was quickly obvious is that the fellows filling them out “cheated” a bit on their real age. Most of the fellows wanted to appear younger, especially those returning from WW II. The reason was simple, they wanted a chance at playing professional baseball. With few exceptions they all listed their goal as being able to play major league baseball. One fellow stated it in an unique manner by saying “I want to attend the day they have for me, in about 20 years, at the Polo Grounds.” Another, more realistic young man had as his goal “Just being able to get out of Class D.”
After spending some time in those old files I came across some items, again, of which I was aware many years ago. It may not be obvious, in my writings, but I’m a bit partial to one team. That being the Carthage Cubs and the 1951 team in particular. They were burdened with putting up with a batboy that wasn’t the brightest light in the firmament.
In researching some of those names I came across the high school career of a fellow from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, a catcher, who teamed with a pitcher, who hurled one of the most fabulous games ever, at any level. That pitcher signed with the Detroit Tigers and the catcher would have as well had he been given the chance to play professionally in 1950. When the Tigers wouldn’t agree to that the catcher signed with the Cubs and would become one of the guys I got to know and like in 1951 and the feeling still remains 68 years after the fact.
So, this report, which was initially intended to be just a listing of some basic trivia items, turned into much more. While looking at the career of the catcher of the Carthage Cubs for part of 1950 and all of 1951 a decision was made to check on the rest of the surviving members of that team.. Unfortunately, when pulling up the name of John David Mudd, one of the top pitchers on that club out of Lane Technical High School, in Chicago, I discovered he passed away in Mesa, Arizona on June 6th of this year. Quickly, that information was shared with the surviving members of the 1951 Carthage team, with whom I have access. Within a short time feedback was being received and some of that is shared in this report.
In looking at the 1951 Carthage roster it seems like a long time ago in some respects and like last week in other ways.
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Donald Louis Gebbs Obituary
Obituary for Donald Louis Gebbs
Donald Louis Gebbs, age 86, of Oneonta passed away on Friday, April 19, 2019. He was a minor league pitcher in the Pittsburg Pirates Organization and a member of the First Baptist Church of Oneonta.
Mr. Gebbs is preceded in death by his parents, John and Corinne Gebbs; his son, Donald Louis Gebbs, Jr.; sisters, Ione Gebbs, Norma Gebbs, and Lynn Gebbs; and his brothers, John Gebbs, Jr. and Clyde Gebbs. Survivors include his wife, Penny Gebbs; daughter, Shelley Bausch (William); step-daughters, Phyllis Lawrence, Donna Turner (Rick), and Sherri Zeigler (Joey), and step son, Dwain Lawrence (Patricia); grandchildren, Eric Bausch (Samantha), Brian Gebbs, Kurt Gebbs, and Lauren Gebbs Lewis; great grandchildren, Grayson Gebbs, Gabriel Gebbs, Connor Lewis, Keegan Lewis, Hastings Hayden Bausch, and Elodie Starr Bausch; step grandchildren, Scott Herda, Ethan Nichols, Korbin Nichols, and Wesley McDowell (Danielle); step great grandchildren, Erika Herda, Kaylee Herda, Isabella Herda, Emily McDowell, Megan McDowell, and Drew McDowell; and sister, Eunice Stevens.
Services for Mr. Gebbs will be held at 11 AM on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 in the Chapel of Lemley Funeral Home. The family will receive friends at Lemley Funeral Home from 10 AM until service time on Tuesday, April 23, 2019. In Lieu of flowers, the family asks donations be made to the American Heart Association or to the First Baptist Church of Oneonta.
To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Donald Louis Gebbs please visit our Sympathy Store.
Ed comment:
When Don Gebbs showed in mid-season, of 1951, with the Bartlesville Pirates he was a “one of a kind.” He was the only lefty on the pitching staff. Bartlesville had some good right handers in Ronnie Kline and Donny Cochran but was short of portside help. The Harvey, Louisiana native had played a lot of amateur baseball in New Orleans and in the process had hurled a few no-hitters.
The early 1950’s wasn’t the best time to enter professional baseball and Gebbs was limited to brief appearances in the Evangeline league before Uncle Sam came calling. He didn’t play after the Korean War concluded.
One of the better photos in the book, “The KOM League Remembered,” is found on page 102. It is of Gebbs in his pitching form. He and his first wife attended some of the KOM league reunions before she passed away. For a few years nothing was heard from Gebbs. On Father’s Day of 2014 a call was received from the “new” Mrs. Gebbs and she inquired if it would be possible to meet her and Don at a local motel.
My wife sensing a good way to get me out of the house told me to go see them. They were traveling between Iowa and Alabama and gave me the honor to meet the new Mrs. Gebbs and the old Lefty. It was a pleasurable time together and we parted ways. Father’s Day of 2014 is the last time I have met face-to-face with a former KOM leaguer.
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Former Ponca City Dodger pitcher from Panoka, Alberta, Canada
The following link is for extra reading credit and will not be covered in the final exam which will be forthcoming and without warning. Anyone flunking the test will be required to remain on the mailing list for this report, indefinitely.
www.canadiancattlemen.ca/2010/08/09/ralph-vold-launchesth... Ralph Nassen “Whitey” Vold.—1952 Ponca City Dodgers.
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The Life of John H Gilbert Sr.-- www.remembermyjourney.com/Memorial/17783663
John H. Gilbert, Sr., 87, a longtime resident of Prospect Park, Pa., passed away peacefully on December 9, 2017 at Crozer-Keystone Hospice Residence at Taylor Hospital surrounded by his loving family. John was born in Glenolden, Pa., the son of the late George and Effie Gilbert. He was a resident of Prospect Park for over 60 years.
He was a 1949 graduate of the former Glen-Nor High School, where he was a star pitcher on the high school baseball team. He was signed to a professional baseball contract right out of high school with the Pittsburgh Pirates. His contract was sold to the Brooklyn Dodgers and he played AA baseball for them in Mobile, Alabama. He played pro-baseball from 1949 to 1953. John worked as a machinist for Gulf Oil for many years until his retirement.
He married his high school sweetheart, Joyce Kahlert, and they were married for 69 wonderful years. He will be remembered as a loving husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, who was devoted to his family.
John is survived by his loving wife, Joyce; his sons, John Gilbert, Jr., Glenn K. (Laurie) Gilbert, and David (Patty) Gilbert; his four grandchildren; his three great-grandchildren; and his brother, George Gilbert.
His burial will be in Arlington Cemetery in Drexel Hill, Pa.
In lieu of flowers, contributions made in John's memory to Crozer-Keystone Hospice Residence at Taylor Hospital, 175 E. Chester Pike, Ridley Park, Pa. 19078 would be appreciated by his family.
Ed note:
Mr. Gilbert played in the Pittsburgh chain in 1949 at Keokuk, Iowa, Bartlesville, Okla. in 1950 and Butler, Penn. in 1951. He was then purchased by the Brooklyn Dodgers and spent three seasons at Asheville, N. C. in the Tri-State league.
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Death of another member of 1951 Bartlesville Pirates
In searching for the current status of a former KOM leaguer here is what was found.
RICHARD MICHAEL "DICK" SUTTER --Sep 9, 1930 - Nov 14, 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY— Sutter, Richard Michael "Dick:" 88, died Nov. 14. Private services (Mercer-Adams, Bethany). Share your memories of Richard Michael "Dick" Sutter on social media:
Ed comment:
From that terse obituary listing in the newspaper I decided to “Share my memories” regarding Richard Michael Sutter. He was born on 9/9/1930 Tulsa, OK. There are many stories about his baseball prowess as an American Legion pitcher going back to 1946. His Tulsa team took on the Mosier Tire company team, from Oklahoma City, in the Oklahoma State American Legion tournament and Sutter was the losing pitcher. The pitcher for the Oklahoma City was Tom Sturdivant. www.google.com/search?q=tom+sturdivant&oq=Tom+Sturdiv...
During the rest of his high school days at Will Rogers High School, in Tulsa, Sutter was a top flight American Legion hurler. In 1947 he wore #13 on his jersey and also “wore out” opposing batsmen by tossing three no-hitters. That year the Tulsa American Legion team went to the regional tournament at Davenport, Iowa where a perennial power from St. Louis, Mo., the Stockham Post team didn’t hit Sutter either. That St. Louis team had a second baseman who went to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. However, he went as a manager, not a player, and that was, Earl Weaver.
Just out of high school, Sutter married in 1948 and then entered professional baseball in 1949 with New Iberia, Louisiana and Tallahassee, Florida. He compiled a 7-18 combined record and was on his way to Class C the next year with Oil City, Penn. and Hutchinson, Kansas where he had a combined record of 5 wins and the same number of losses.
Then came 1951 and Sutter’s “big chance.” He was sent to the Bartlesville Pirates and it was loaded with pitching, mostly right handers. In nine appearances he won five and lost three and had was in the top 10 in earned run average. His career appeared to be on track for advancement but along came the Korean War and at the age of 21 he was in more demand by Uncle Sam than he was by organized baseball.
For the record he pronounced his last name as “Sutt-er” not like Bruce of big league fame who pronounces his as “Suit-er.”
To see a photo of Dick Sutter there is one in “The KOM League Remembered” book published by Arcadia. It is located on page 107 and he is in the back row, second from far right wearing a big smile and spectacles.
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Trivia found in many sources
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Nicholas Louis Najjar. Played for two KOM league teams from 1946-48 and umpired in the KOM league in 1950. Until this past week I only had his middle initial on my database. Nick was a real interesting guy and he and his wife Anne were the last people to travel the Central Artery in Boston. It was once known as the “Highway in the Sky.” To prove Nick wasn’t kidding me back in 2003 and to let the readers know that “some” effort was put forth in preparing this report here is the story. archive.boston.com/news/local/articles/2003/12/21/drivers...
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Norbert Bauers—Pitched briefly for the Blackwell, Okla. Broncos in 1952. Later became a Police Captain for Broward County, Florida out of Ft. Lauderdale. - Biggest headline of his police career was when he ran over a black panther on the Alligator Alley, in the dead of night. Bauers was a Pittsburgh, Pa. native but lived many years in Clover and Wagram, North Carolina.
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John Michael Roth—Ponca City. Signed by Bert Wells off the Holdrege, Nebraska amateur team. He was born April 12, 1934 making him being one of the youngest former KOM leaguers known to mankind. His questionnaire sent to Bill Weiss had been typed and they erroneously listed his place of birth as Aurora, Illinois. That was half right. He was born in same town but in Colorado.
Roth was the subject of a Sporting News article in late 1952 which stated there were two John Roth’s on the same Ponca City team. That wasn’t the case. I discussed that with John Michael Roth and my old friend and book editor (Majoring in The Minors), Bob Dellinger and they have convinced me there was only one Roth on that club. Dellinger was the long time sports editor of the Ponca City News before taking up his position at the Oklahoma City Oklahoman. He was also one of the prime movers to establish the wrestling hall of fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
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Finally, figured it out.—Donald Wagner.
For a third of my life, time and effort (very little) has been expended in an attempt to identify a name on my Bartlesville 1948 database -- Don Wagner. He was a “one game wonder” for that team.
In recent days, with the help of the U. S. Baseball Questionnaires, I began looking at some clues and figured out the person was Donald Theodore Wagner who was born Dec. 30, 1928 in Flint, Michigan.
Following a short-lived KOM league career Wagner was headed to Santa Rosa, California where he had a good year as a rookie joining with another rookie by the name of Vernon Law. www.google.com/search?q=vernon+law+baseball&oq=Vernon...
In 1949 Wagner was sent back east to Hutchinson, Kansas of the Western Association and when that didn’t work out he was back in Class D ball with Mt. Vernon, Ill. of the Mississippi-Ohio Valley league. At the mid-point of the 20th century Wagner was playing at Yuma, Arizona and in 1951 split his time between the Yuma and El Centro, Calif. clubs. By that time he had established his residence in Laverne, California and stayed in that state until passing away on March 14, 2004 in San Bernardino.
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Article from a loyal follower of this report
I thought you'd be interested in this minor league baseball article I wrote for Oklahoma Today magazine.
www.oklahomatoday.com/history-culture/diamond-dogs
I hope all is well. Greg Echlin
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Former KOM leaguers who still are a mystery:
For lack of evidence to the contrary I still believe some former KOM leaguers are still living. Any help in contacting these guys would be welcomed or in the case of death where they were living at the time.
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Salvatore John Campagna.—Born Nov. 21, 1931 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was a third baseman for the 1950 Bartlesville, Okla. Pirates. He was living in San Carlos, California by 1953 and my best efforts at being a bloodhound leads me to think he is still in that neck of the woods, assuming they have any trees. San Mateo might be where he pitches his tent these days.
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Willis Frank Carruth Jr. was born September 22, 1922 in Bosqueville, Texas. He has lived in a number of towns in the Lone Star State, the last one being McKinney. However, every attempt at locating him, over the past quarter century, has failed to generate any response. He was a member of the 1948 Bartlesville Pirates.
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William R. Waggener—Born 10/20/1923 in Beardstown, Illinois. He joined the Army on June 6, 1942. After WW II he was signed by the St. Louis Browns and sent to Pittsburg, Kansas. He played for both Pittsburg and Bartlesville in 1946 and then was with Bartlesville once again, in 1947.
Until recently his middle name was just “R” to me. In looking at the U. S. Baseball Questionnaires it revealed his middle name is Ruel. In searching the Internet for Ruel Waggener it was learned that was his father’s first name. When the elder Waggener passed away, in the 1980’s, his obituary listed a son, Ruel, as living in Peoria. Thus, I’m confident William Ruel Waggener is in a Peoria Nursing home and is pressing the century mark in regard to birthdays.
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James Parker Williams was a pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirate chain starting in 1949. For a short time in 1950, he was with the Bartlesville Pirates. He was listed as being from McRae, Arkansas in the Bartlesville papers. He was born January 3, 1931. He is either living or the Social Security Number I have on file for him is incorrect. This fellow has been a real enigma for me and conferring with “real” baseball historians has not led me any closer to determining his whereabouts or fate.
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Donald Anthony Bussan was born June 13, 1931 in Jersey City, New Jersey to parents with the last name of Bussanich. He played for the 1951 Bartlesville Pirates and passed away on June 28, 2002. He had received his Social Security card in California but his place of death has eluded me.
Bussan played at Eugene, Oregon as well as Bartlesville in 1951. He played at Brunswick, Georgia in 1952 and then took some time off to serve in the Army. He came back to professional baseball in 1954 and played for Lubbock, Texas. In 1955 he left for the “Land of the Rising Sun. He played for the Tombo Unions in the Japanese Pacific league where he was a .220 hitter but tied for the team lead in homers with two other players by hitting six.
Well, that is a quick summary of some questions still bugging me about former KOM leaguers. If anyone wants to chime in feel free so to do.
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The passing of John David Mudd—Carthage Cubs 1951.
B. 4/22/1932—D. 6/16/2019
This note was sent to some of the surviving members of the 1951 Carthage Cubs
“Guys, I was trolling this Internet this afternoon and was shocked to find the notice of the death of your old teammate, John Mudd. I was going to send along his obituary but this is all I could find. www.dignitymemorial.com/zh-cn/obituaries/mesa-az/john-mud...
For some reason the lack of detail doesn't surprise me. Hope the rest of you are doing well. Kathy, I don't know if sharing this with Leonard would mean anything to him or not. Anyway, wanted to let all the known living 1951 Carthage Cubs, with whom I have contact, know about Mudd.”
The living members of the 1951 Carthage Cubs are: Don Biebel, Fred Bade, Bernie Tomicki, Jim Conroy, Wayne Baker, Dick Gintert, Orville Jacobs, Bill Eastburn, Leonard Vandehey, Walt Babcock and Len Bourdet. From that list I have regular to sporadic contact with five of them. I heard from two of them regarding Mudd’s passing.
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Walt Babcock’s reply:
JOHN, I LOOKED UP JOHN ONCE WHILE I LIVED IN CHICAGO. NEVER DID AGAIN.
Don Biebel’s reply:
Thanks John, sorry to hear this, I loved John as did all of his teammates. My condolences to his family.
A short time later:
John: just a follow up to let you Biebel is hanging in there. Feeling good with the exception. Of a severe case of neuropathy in my feet and hands. Walk around like a drunk trying to stay on my feet. Had to give up golf but I keep busy. I collect cigar bands now and have over 57,000 in my collection. Yeah, I turned into a nerd. Hope you're well and even though you don’t hear from me I love your updates and look forward to seeing them although there is far too many obits these days. Take care, John and thanks again for the info on John (Mudd)
Ed reply:
Good hearing from you. In the last few days I have read a lot about your high school days with Billy Hoeft. That game where he struck out every batter must have been quite an experience. Of course, you had to be responsible for calling such a good game.
Do you have any special memories from that game? I read where the Detroit Tigers were after you as well.
Nothing wrong with being a nerd. Always good hearing from you.
Biebel’s reply:
Yeah the Tigers wanted to sign me for 51 and I was not about to wait until then. Wanted to get my feet wet right away. The Hoeft game was something else and it was against a pretty good team but he was something else. www.google.com/search?q=billy+hoeft+baseball&oq=Billy...
We ended up together again when he joined the Cubs in 64 or 65. Did you know my senior class in HS had three us make the majors, Bill as a pitcher, me as an official and Dutch Rennert as an umpire? Take care John and keep doing what you're doing you're loved
Ed reply:
Now that you mention it I do recall your telling me about Rennert.
Just think how your journey in life would have been changed had you signed with the Tigers. For sure you would have missed the bright lights of Carthage and the "dim bulb" batboy who fetched the drinking cup from the bottom of the water pail.
Closing remarks:
John Mudd was a graduate of Lane Technical High School in Chicago. He was not only a good pitcher but he was a magnate to a few of the Carthage “bobby soxer’s” and some of my buddies who admired his baseball smarts. This note came from one of my “bestest” friends. “Johnny: Johnny Mudd was very kind to us as kids, spent quite a bit of time talking to us. Somewhere, probably in a very old shoe box, I have a picture of him at Muny Park. If I ever find it I will send it to you. Thanks for telling me about his passing. One of my early Class D heroes -- and you know what? They meant as much as most of the big leaguers I've met. -- Corky Simpson
P.S. I once interviewed ____ _____ in the ______ clubhouse. He was naked and eating linguine. True story. Other players came and went as if, heck, nothing strange about this. Truth be told, the clubhouse is THEIR house and if you're there, you're a guest, a visitor or a trespasser. But they can be gross, just the same.”
Ed comment:
Just to protect my friend I expunged the name of the famous guy and the team he represented who ate in the nude during an interview. I read that note to my wife and her remark was “There is something wrong with that guy.” My wife never met the guy, but I have. I think my wife was spot on in her remark.
John Mudd was another of those guys who had it before his military service and not after it concluded. He was 14-8 at both Carthage and Sioux Falls, SD in 1951-52. He then went into to service and pitched for Ft. Chaffee, Ark. during 1953-54. After returning to professional baseball he pitched in the Sally, Three-I and Pioneer leagues in 1955-56 and compiled a 10-12 record before returning to his native Chicago and working many years for the city. In his latter years he moved to Arizona.
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Well, sports fans it’s time to bring another “action packed” edition of the KOM League Flash Report to a conclusion. Yes, it will retain that title due to the “great outpouring” of support for it to not got through a name change. Great outpouring, in this instance was 1%. That is how many of the readers cast their vote for either change or retain the status quo. That kind of “support” has and will cause many in the presidential sweepstakes for 2020 to step aside. Do you think maybe the readership is sending along a message?
IGF held its 10th annual meeting on the theme, "Evolution of Internet Governance: Empowering Sustainable Development", in João Pessoa, Brazil, on 10 to 13 November 2015.
Credits: Ricardo Matsukawa
O IGF realizou seu 10º encontro anual com o tema "Evolução da Governança da Internet: Empoderando o Desenvolvimento Sustentável", em João Pessoa, Brasil, entre os dias 10 e 13 de novembro de 2015.
Créditos: Ricardo Matsukawa