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Friday 23 July 2010

Paul; Sepia Saturday;



I think he missed his role in "Brideshead revisited."

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Paul was Peter's, my husband's father. He was an artist mainly watercolours, a photographer and  he worked in a cigarette factory as designer. He was a brilliant entertainer,very clever, but he lacked the commitment to  his family. He got ill with Tuberculosis and died 1947 when he was 40 years old.



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19 comments:

  1. He was a handsome man. He had an interesting career but TB ended a lot of lives early.

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  2. Love your old photos. My husband's mom was from Austria, now Czechoslovakia, near Zwittau site of Schindler's list. She came over at 16.

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  3. these are great photos. i am new to sepia saturday--enjoying it so far!

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  4. He was indeed handsome. So sad that he died so early.

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  5. He certainly has the Jeremy Irons/Anthony Andrews look about him, doesn't he? How sad that he should die so young.

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  6. Good photo! Those old b&w photos are more lasting than the coloured ones. Thanks for sharing.

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  7. He was a very handsome man, gentle and a thinker I imagine, with an artistic talent. Beautifully kept for over 60years old.The Black and white had you guessing about the colours. I imagine him with blond hair and blue eyes dressed in a grey suit.

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  8. Oh, he DOES look like he just stepped out of the pages of Waugh! Such a young age to die.
    Thanks for sharing these.

    Kat

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  9. I Can see It.......actually, he also has the look of the British actor Dirk Bogart.

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  10. He was such a handsome man, he could have been a star of movies. He sounds very talented, at least artistically.

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  11. Yes those photos resemble Waugh characters! I wonder what a "designer" did in a cigarette factory?

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  12. Great photographs of a handsome man. I love the details we can see in the first one. I don't know what country he lived in but I noticed that the date was November 26. I wonder if his career was more important than his family. Sad that he died so young. Thanks for sharing.

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  13. What's the story about "lacking the commitment to his family"? He sure does look like part of "Brideshead". A great looking man!
    Barbara

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  14. Great photo, shows an obviously proud man.

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  15. very dapper, indeed!
    i'd like to think he might have grown into a little more commitment, had he lived longer

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  16. very hollywood-ish!! handsome man. pity TB got the best of him. interesting to hear what a man did for a living, and how it didn't quite reflect the person. i can SO relate to that.
    :/~
    HUGZ

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  17. Wonderful photographs - especially when enlarged. Such style, why couldn't I ever look as groomed and stylish as that?

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