Heroes of the Negro Leagues watercolors

In 1990, comic artist and editor Mark Chiarello painted portraits of baseball greats from the Negro Leagues. The watercolors were packaged as a set of trading cards celebrating these players, many of whom never appeared on baseball cards before. Those watercolors, plus several dozen new ones, have now been collected in a hardcover book titled Heroes Of The Negro Leagues. The original works are currently being shown at ArtInsights gallery in Reston, Virginia, and the new issue of Juxtapoz includes an interview with Chiarello. I think these portraits are absolutely stunning, whether you care about the great American pastime or not. Link to ArtInsights online gallery and interview, Link to buy Heroes Of The Negro Leagues

[#1 posted by jdixon , March 21, 2008 11:17 AM]

the link to buy goes to J.G. Ballard book by V. Vale

[#2 posted by David Pescovitz , March 21, 2008 11:33 AM]

Thanks! I fixed it.

[#3 posted by lia , March 21, 2008 11:51 AM]

these are really lovely, thank you for sharing.

[#4 posted by Gareth Branwyn , March 21, 2008 11:55 AM]

Wow, cool. That's right in my backyard. I didn't even know. Thanks, David!

I always wanted a deck of those cards. Wonder if they're still available...

[#5 posted by drift marlo , March 23, 2008 7:18 AM]

If anyone is interested in the Negro Leagues, check out We Are the Ship, a new book by Kadir Nelson.