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Retired UM professor Jim Todd discusses painting “Blind Mexican Musicians”
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Jim Todd, a retired University of Montana professor and Missoula artist, described the origins, composition and influences behind his painting “Blind Mexican Musicians,” citing a photograph by Casasola and a year-and-a-half work process.
Jim Todd, a retired professor of art and humanities at the University of Montana and long-time Missoula resident, described his painting “Blind Mexican Musicians” during a public presentation in Missoula.
Todd said he completed the work about a year ago after roughly a year and a half of work. “The title of it is Blind Mexican Musicians,” he said, noting the painting is a derivative image taken from a black-and-white photograph by the Mexican photographer Casasola.
The photograph, Todd said, appeared in a pictorial history of Mexico and showed students at a school; it lacked detailed caption…
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