Vintage "Sno Wing "

What we have here is a vintage "Sno Wing" sled by Blazon. It's triangular in shape, metal, circa 1950, 34.5" H x 38" L x 15" W. Thought this thing was so cool and gnarly that I had to have it. Still able to ride it but most likely a cool wall hanger.

I'm too young to have ever had one as a child, but I'd love to hear if anyone did have this as a child.



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John Haymson - The Arch at Valley Forge

I came across this original watercolor painting by John Haymson. It's of the famous Arch at Valley Forge park in Pennsylvania. I know this place very well. I grew up a few blocks away from it and remember riding my bike up there with my mother.

I was attracted to this piece not only because I have history of the location but because I found it all alone, covered in dust and completely forgotten. Something this beautiful should not be forgotten. I tried to do some research of this painting and so far have not found another one like it. This very well could be an original watercolor by John done personally for someone. If anyone else knows anything about this, please comment or contact me. I'd love to know it's history.

Below is a brief history of the artist: John Haymson.

John Haymson was born of a Turkish father and Italian mother in Vienna, Austria in 1902.  He discovered his interest in art when at the age of five he took a slate and drew a portrait of the mademoiselle who came to his house each day to teach him and his brother and sister.  At age sixteen, in spite of his mother's concern that he would starve to death as an artist, he applied to and was accepted at the world-famed Vienna Academy of Fine Art.  He later studied with and subsequently befriended Luigi Kasimir, one of the great master etchers of recent times.

In the United States Haymson worked for five very exciting years on movie synopsizes for Warner Brothers.  For an ensuing seven years he taught painting at New York's Parsons School of Design, while conducting student art groups to Austria, France, Israel, Greece and Mexico during the summers.  At that same time he established his studio on 46th street in Manhattan and embarked on what was to become a very successful period of his life.

John Haymson's remarkable talent has had a major impact on twentieth century art. His contribution, which spanned several decades, has yet to be fully recognized. In the 1960's and 70's his lithographs, and in particular his watercolors, enjoyed huge popularity. It is an accepted fact that he was the Country's most widely reproduced and sold artist of the time. Represented by the New York Graphic Society and Aaron Ashley, Inc., his works were sold all over the world.

John Haymson died in Westchester County, New York in 1980. For the complete in depth story, visit www.johnhaymson.com