Ras Al-Khaimah 1972 Stamp

Hi everyone! Thanks for adding me to your group. I have a set of stamps - 1972 Ras al-Khaimah - that feature horses. I recently came across a painting which I think is painted by the original artist of one of the stamps. Is it possible for me to find out the name of the artist? Are such records kept? Thanks for any help you can provide.


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This is the signature on the painting but I can't read it.

It looks like "Arangoden". If Michel lists these stamps, it may also mention the artist, but I'm not familiar with Michel catalogues.

MrsMouse

The Michel Catalog Number for this set is 656 thru 661. I don't own a Michel catalog so am unable to see if it provides any details.

Minnie,
as good as Michel is, it does not list any painters for this set.

Exist: Forgeries, Imperforate values without gum, rastered cancels.

Going by the images, I would suggest all stamps by the same artist.

Nice to see another Ras Al Khaima collector
Interesting you found the artist signature, otherwise, I would have suggested VASARHELYI a prolific stamp designer of Hungarian descent.

He designed 7500 stamps for 165 different countries.

The stamps he designed for Ras Al Khaima are.......

Ras Al Khaima 1969 Apollo XII Flights
Ras Al Khaima 1969 Scenes from Famous Operas
Ras Al Khaima 1970 Football World Cup - Mexico
Ras Al Khaima 1970 Summer Olympic Games - Munich
Ras Al Khaima 1970 Winter Olympic Games - Sapporo
Ras Al Khaima 1972 Skylab Program
Ras Al Khaima 1972 Summer Olympic Games - Munich - Famous Buildings

No info in the "Official Trucial States Catalogue" of 1976 either.

Thanks everyone for the information. What would you do next to try to find the artist?

I'm wondering whether it could be an amateur copy of the image on the stamp, but the painting doesn't look like it was done by an amateur. Also, there's an extra horse in the painting, which makes me wonder whether the image was reduced to fit the stamp format. It's very intriguing!

You have to understand the history behind these labels.
We see stamp images where someone has just gone around a museum,
taken pics, and put them on stamps.

These stamps would be similar, genuine paintings, reduced to fit on stamps. That's why we see these stamps that fit popular "Thematic" interests, Birds, horses, dogs, cats, Space travel etc.




You may try Google image search
scan the stamps, and crop off the perforations, and search for the images.

rod222 thanks for the information. So artists weren't necessarily credited for their images? That seems unfair. Does this still happen today or is copyright law stricter now?

Copyright law varies from place to place. In Europe, it's unfortunately become more restrictive in recent years, along the lines of US copyright law. The question isn't really whether artists are credited - there's no particular reason why they should be - but they'll wish to be paid. Gibbons simetimes has details of artists etc when it's aware of them. Artists may also have sold their work direct to the producer of the stamps.

Personally speaking, if I did a painting and then someone selected it for a postage stamp, I'd be delighted. Of course I might also look for some royalties, but at the end of the day the recognition would be reward enough.

MrsMouse

Sometimes the artist is named on the stamp itself. In this example they reversed the image of his work:






https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gleaners

Further to what has been explained, your images of horses, may well be
paintings from a painting factory.
I have seen street vendors in Bangkok, producing fabulous oils in what looks like a production line.

Well known artworks are generally noted in Michel.

An interesting thought, but there's no doubt in my mind that this is the original painting which was reproduced on the stamp. If it was a production line type of painting, I guess there would be many similar versions around - what are the chances of the exact original being found?

Perhaps "production line" drew the wrong conclusion.

I meant to indicate quantities of different paintings made by
4 to 5 painters in oils, to sell to tourists.

Not the same picture moving down a line.

Perhaps something like
https://www.saatchiart.com/painting...query=horses