Murder And Scandal Paintings Art Collection
There were about six cinemas in Walthamstow and bordering Leyton in the early years. Best of all was a very small cinema, physically located in Walthamstow in Hoe St. but near The Bakers Arms pub junction, Leyton.
Freddy Mills Scandal Acrylic Canvas Painting With Artist Doug Kemp
This was actually called The Plaza but we knew it as The Fleapit. My mate, Dave Mead (from the after-school Art Club), and I used to visit it almost religiously every week, when we could, from the mid-50s to early 60s.
This was because they didn’t just show the usual, run-of-the-mill films and many of those shown were foreign, from some of the great directors such as Fellini, Truffaut, Antonioni, Godard and Bergman as well as some of the then lesser-known British directors.
Some of the older classics we saw there included The Battleship Potemkin, Casablanca and Key Largo which were no longer on general release and not usually shown by the more commercially minded establishments.
Perhaps because the Flea Pit was catering for a specialist niche, it never quite seemed to have a full audience but whoever owned it and continued to show such films, I consider one of the great unsung heroes of the East End. They must have had a real love of film and passed it on to us. This was all before the conquest by TV and I sincerely thank the owners for their foresight and perseverance.
True crime was a part of everyday life where I came from. My Murder, Suicide and Scandal collection was influenced by film noir movies like Key Largo, The Wrong Man and the Blue Dahlia. The cars, the wardrobe and the depiction of gangsters from this period made an impression and still does.
This collection of paintings and prints titled Murder, Suicide & Scandal is my own personal observation of some of the darker sides of human nature.
Scandal And Suicide Paintings Artist Collection
Origin of the word scandal? Scandal derives from a Greek word for “snare,” implying that one is “snared” into some form of moral failure. Scandal was originally a term used to describe some form of discredit or unseemly conduct by a religious person, where there has been a lapse of faith.
Scandal nowadays have a variety of meanings, with the most common being a word to descibe discreditable or immoral conduct or misconduct leading to damage to a persons reputation.
The Lady (Lady Lucan)
The Lady. Acrylic painting on canvas 50 x 45 inches.
Lady Lucan’s name was Veronica Duncan, and she was married to Lord Lucan (John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan), a British aristocrat and a notorious gambler who ran up huge gambling debts.
Although separated, one night Lord Lucan went and hid in Lady Lucan’s dark kitchen when a woman came in. He hit her from behind. However, she was not the intended victim but the nanny to the three small children, Sandra Rivett. The poor soul was dead. A very long worldwide search for Lord Lucan after his disappearance in 1974 was in vain, with speculation that he had been smuggled away by the establishment or had committed suicide, although no body was ever found. He was declared dead in 2016.
Murder In Soho
Murder In Soho. Acrylic painting on canvas 127×115 cm. Murder In Soho has its own page here
Angels 2 1933
Angels v2 1933. 45 x 50 inches Acrylic painting on canvas depicting John Dillinger.
The central subject is modelled on Johnny Depp. He starred in the 2009 ‘Public Enemies’ movie, where he played John Dillinger. Johhny Depp was convincingly cast in the movie and his physical likeness to Dillinger made it readily apparent that his image should be used in this painting, titled Angels 2. ………. and not a Dirty face between them.
In 1934, the “G-Men” at Hoover’s orders, superimposed John Dillinger’s mugshot over their standard law enforcement silhouette targets. They were still using these into the 1950s.
“Nobody owns life, but anyone who can pick up a frying pan owns death.”
“Frying tonight!”
Doug Kemp
Murder, Suicide & Scandal Artist PrintS
A collection of limited edition signed art prints from the Doug Kemp Murder, Suicide & Scandal art collection.
Art is an investment you can enjoy. Art is an asset and a store of value that may generate a positive real return.
But can you actually put a value on it? – to realise an investment the work has to be sold on, so what happens if you actually like the piece and don’t want to part with it? Then, how long do you hang on to it with the aim of maximising profit? Art for Art’s sake.
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Poor Marie
Poor Marie. Acrylic painting on canvas 45 x 50 inches. Marie Prevost was a Canadian born film actress. During her 20-year career, she made 121 silent and sound films. Prevost’s career began to decline in 1926 with the introduction of the talkies into cinema.
She is rumoured to be the source of the phrase “Doggies Dinner” – at least in the song by Nick Lowe, anyway. Find out why in her art story.
14 Minutes – Ruth Ellis
14 Minutes. Sad story of Ruth Ellis. Painting on canvas 45″ x 50″ inches. Part of the ‘Murder, suicide & scandal art’ collection of paintings. Fine Art by Doug Kemp
Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged in England for the crime of murder.
Ruth was convicted of the murder of her lover, David Blakely, on Easter Sunday 1955. In the USA, they would likely say “He had it coming…”. She was hanged by the state executioner…
Little Bohemia
Little Bohemia. Acrylic painting on canvas 45 x 50 inches. Art story of Little Bohemia. This painting depicts the botched raid by the FBI (then called the Division of Investigation) against the John Dillinger Gang who were staying at the Little Bohemia Lodge, a rural vacation lodge and restaurant located off US Highway 51 in Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin.
During the gun battle…
Weekend Getaway Art Series.
Weekend getaway series by artist Doug Kemp. It might just be that the good guys are trying to help the Moll with the heart of gold and loud clothes, to break away from the gangsters’ evil grip – after all, our hero/anti hero character IS the one in the white hat.
Weekend Getaway v3
Weekend Getaway v3 Acrylic painting on canvas 127×114cm 1990s pop art painting with uk artist Doug Kemp.
Weekend Getaway v1
Weekend Getaway v1Acrylic painting on canvas from the 1990s art collection.
Weekend Getaway v2
Weekend Getaway v2 Acrylic painting on canvas from the 1990s art collection.
Overjump Weekend Getaway
Overjump Weekend Getaway Acrylic painting on canvas from the 1990s art collection.
Weekend Getaway On Paper
Weekend Getaway On Paper Acrylic painting on paper from the 1990s art collection.
“I Made A Promise To Myself That The Next Time I Got A Boyfriend I’d Be On The Lookout For Red Flags And If I Saw Anything I’d Do The Healthy Thing And Murder Him.”
Suicide Squad movie where Harley Quinn kills off Silvio Luna after getting jiggy with him and accepting his wedding proposal.
Self Murder Painting
Self Murder. Painting on canvas 127 x 115 cm.
Murder, Suicide & Scandal Art Series
Murder in paintings. Albus Huxley can be quoted in one of his books describing the two protagonists of murder…
“It takes two to make a murder. There are born victims, born to have their throats cut, as the cut-throats are born to be hanged”
When murder is portrayed in art, we could add a third and fourth protagonist to this crime scene: the artist and the viewer.
Perplexing Situations
Perplexing Situations. Acrylic painting on canvas 127 × 115 cm also part of the Divorce series Art collection. Touch of the Industrial.
Parade
Parade. Acrylic painting on canvas 127 × 115 cm the blond woman in this painting was re-worked in to a giclee print called Rosie
Chinning The Snake
Chinning the Snake. Acrylic painting on canvas 127 × 115 cm also part of the Divorce Series Art Collection
Crash Madonna
Ghosts
Ghosts. Painting on canvas 127 x 115 cm. This painting is also part of the Divorce series art collection
Dancing with the Invisible Man
Dancing with the Invisible Man. Painting on canvas 127 x 115 cm. This painting is also part of the Divorce series art collection
Love And Violence
Love & Violence. Acrylic painting on canvas from the 1990s art collection.
Don’t Ever Love Me… Gill
Don’t ever love me… Gill. Acrylic painting on canvas 127×115 cm. This painting is also part of the Divorce collection
Strolling
Strolling. Painting on canvas in the 1990s. This painting is also part of the Divorce series art collection
Chicago Artist And Model
Chicago Artist and Model.Acrylic painting on canvas The 1980s Collection.
Soho Boogie Woogie
Jimmy Negs
Cutting The Salami
Cutting the Salami. Acrylic painting on canvas 92 × 115 cm also part of the Divorce Series Art collection
City Lies
City Lies. Acrylic painting on paper from the 1990s this painting is also part of the Divorce Series Art collection
Bell Book
Bell Book. Acrylic painting On canvas painted in the 1990s and is also in the Divorce Series Art collection. Not intentionally anything to do with The Masons but maybe Perry can be given a minor credit?
Friday Night At the Bell
Friday Night at the Bell. Painting on canvas 127 x 115cm in the 2000s – The Bell is a pub in Walthamstow. In the late 1960s if a fight broke out, the landlord (an ex boxer) would often jump over the bar and referee.
Don’t Ever Love Me… Kay
Don’t ever love me… Kay. Acrylic painting on canvas in the 2000s, part of a set of two and this work is also in the Divorce Collection
Not Hiding
Not Hiding. Acrylic painting on canvas in the 1980s. This painting is also part of the Divorce series art collection
The Sculpture
The Sculpture. Acrylic painting on canvas from the 1980s Popart from the Art lovers mini collection
Billie Agent
Billie Agent. Acrylic painting on canvas from the 1970s. A seminal work in the development of Doug’s style.
Murder Suicide & Scandal Art On Paper
Sunrise Sunset
City Lies
City Lies. Acrylic painting on paper from the 1990s this painting is also part of the Divorce Series Art Collection
