Bukowski's father at the art museum (1 Viewer)

[hoochmonkey9]

dude, that was me. Ambreen had the clown mask and chain saw.

 

[Rekrab]

Ah ... nevermind.

 

[slimedog]

dude, that was me. Ambreen had the clown mask and chain saw.

It was so long ago, I get confused sometimes.

 

[mjp]

No one ever remembers me. I was walking up and down Wilshire boulevard wearing nothing but a sandwich board that said, "THE END IS NEAR!"

What do you have to do to get noticed in this town?

 

[Ambreen]

To kidnap cats, for instance :mad:

dude, that was me. Ambreen had the clown mask and chain saw.

Oh yeah, a mix between John Gacy and Leatherface ! I'm honored !

 

[Rekrab]

Another hint from Google Books on the role Bukowski senior played at the L. A. County Art Museum:

http://books.google.com/books?id=MgTqAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Charles+Bukowski%22&dq=%22Charles+Bukowski%22&hl=en&ei=yaL9TMW3G4aisAPb75DkBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CDoQ6AEwBg

 

[Babs]

I think I've found the answer to this, but only because of a book seller's attention to detail. I don't think it was Portfolio III. I think it was the catalog that's attached.

We know his dad hated his writings. It's possible that his dad got him this gig for Chinese Paintings, but in either case, this would probably explain what happened. His dad probably lied about his middle name and took credit for it.

I also think this also may explain the meaning behind "The Day It Rained At The Los Angeles County Museum." Bukowski always talked about his first story that made him confident about wanting to be a writer. It was about a German WW I pilot.

I think that pilot is the first person he "meets" at the museum, and his father is the second -- pissing on his dreams of being a writer.

Again, see last paragraph...




See last paragraph.

Chinese Paintings lent by American museums, collectors and dealers - November 5 to December 5, 1948, Los Angeles by Bukowski association. Henry Trubner, compiler/writer. Proofreading by Henry Charles Bukowski: Paperback (1948) | Bolerium Books Inc.

AbeBooks.com: Chinese Paintings lent by American museums, collectors and dealers - November 5 to December 5, 1948, Los Angeles: xx, 45p., plus a lengthy section of appended exhibition photographs reproduced in b&w on glossy alkaline paperstock. Find one plate in color, a fold-out repro situated...

www.abebooks.com

 

[zobraks]

Here is the most interesting part:

Btw, I was also working with Bukowski Sr. (and slimedog) at LACMA back in the golden forties. Those were the days.