The King of Kitsch: Vladimir Tretchikoff.

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ-Lqgodg8KbYbV443tPSQ7zkrQEQ5OxMtVX8ZqHzGrwV-VivEL9mTjrxgLpP-GgrascfFX7VFrCqIozngciU7d0Ls9922Ife4CERxdMZWsmi7Mq83kud4e9krfpbXuTUQMrOEj1fqpnA/s1600/vladimir+tretchikoff.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ-Lqgodg8KbYbV443tPSQ7zkrQEQ5OxMtVX8ZqHzGrwV-VivEL9mTjrxgLpP-GgrascfFX7VFrCqIozngciU7d0Ls9922Ife4CERxdMZWsmi7Mq83kud4e9krfpbXuTUQMrOEj1fqpnA/s1600/vladimir+tretchikoff.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><a href="http://www.vladimirtretchikoff.com/" target="_blank">Vladimir Tretchikoff</a></b></i> was born in 1913 in Siberia and was a self-taught painter who was very popular in the 1950's and 1960's. After living in Siberia for a few years, <i>Tretchikoff's</i> family moved around to Shanghai, Malyasia and finally South Africa which was where the inspiration came for his paintings. His work consisted mostly of portraits, still life, animals, or exotic flowers, however he was most known for the kitschy portraits he painted of women from the South Pacific. Many art critics did not consider his painting style to be actual art and dubbed him as the "King of Kitsch", but that did not affect his popularity in the least. In fact, the demand for <i>Tretchikoff's</i> paintings sky-rocketed so high in the 60's and 70's that to this day he is thought to be the artist with the most reproduced paintings second to Picasso. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are a few of our favorite Tretchikoff prints: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(and I am even lucky enough to have two, as seen in the photo above!)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi72TYBjSazCavhNfyUxK6AFI5NNL9XDpI7CX-hChqFhx2ZA5ygyFVILM_tcIHrheopRwLoKkdLVPTPwYSyB-LMkahKa7AjWi4goPcipdTGRklD6qXCwHjva-Pb42E6tSyMQW1fgNACj04/s1600/tretchikoff1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi72TYBjSazCavhNfyUxK6AFI5NNL9XDpI7CX-hChqFhx2ZA5ygyFVILM_tcIHrheopRwLoKkdLVPTPwYSyB-LMkahKa7AjWi4goPcipdTGRklD6qXCwHjva-Pb42E6tSyMQW1fgNACj04/s1600/tretchikoff1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"The Chinese Girl"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(This is possibly the most well known of all of Tretchikoff's work.)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaA7aRAKUrubMfT3HNjwhWhOB3EvTd1xiGoR7Pj8WWpinymSliQhQIhPaPucB7Ec9_gfOpNI71SJ9vhsiheZp5iG_act5E2I5QWAyLNCS8cJnXzBNaDnIteOVEU8jwdBgZ_R0vID-9X2Y/s1600/tretchikoff2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaA7aRAKUrubMfT3HNjwhWhOB3EvTd1xiGoR7Pj8WWpinymSliQhQIhPaPucB7Ec9_gfOpNI71SJ9vhsiheZp5iG_act5E2I5QWAyLNCS8cJnXzBNaDnIteOVEU8jwdBgZ_R0vID-9X2Y/s1600/tretchikoff2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Fruits of Bali"</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht69RspM_xob9t9PBCj8dSKKYrXtvcXSmYencQdBc04JI_KMZNLdc87r983ZEX1t88yOa758llKlpaEWnoIzIOrEqvaZoJqdIeqi9CtYBGo-bfviRm5-yTca3_tTngfciAvi8qauMH-nM/s1600/tretchikoff3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht69RspM_xob9t9PBCj8dSKKYrXtvcXSmYencQdBc04JI_KMZNLdc87r983ZEX1t88yOa758llKlpaEWnoIzIOrEqvaZoJqdIeqi9CtYBGo-bfviRm5-yTca3_tTngfciAvi8qauMH-nM/s1600/tretchikoff3.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Lady From Orient"</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw67RexU5ELC1-cyYhuAfrRHQV5x65k3xgGp7HttF2ySiujfIvterBb6912oKonByoeZSWJsFODA-pqEhjkkHTwBjqttZ_UutF_dDwkGhz4FIBJe-4U5dDl1pUd7KMMCnf-Pt-3PgHOPc/s1600/tretchikoff4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw67RexU5ELC1-cyYhuAfrRHQV5x65k3xgGp7HttF2ySiujfIvterBb6912oKonByoeZSWJsFODA-pqEhjkkHTwBjqttZ_UutF_dDwkGhz4FIBJe-4U5dDl1pUd7KMMCnf-Pt-3PgHOPc/s1600/tretchikoff4.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Miss Wong"</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHxKi69Pd6DKtFrhdKp-tFqNLRveNR_8T8D7t89Nc4dk91u8MMqf23XomIH1YoHg3JcVcCcnXXkg6IXq7lMslGfFLniDTHWtmnGz4vOJY-At9pGbO72W5nQUcnM_XVoMeWscYztWSh3jA/s1600/tretchikoff5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHxKi69Pd6DKtFrhdKp-tFqNLRveNR_8T8D7t89Nc4dk91u8MMqf23XomIH1YoHg3JcVcCcnXXkg6IXq7lMslGfFLniDTHWtmnGz4vOJY-At9pGbO72W5nQUcnM_XVoMeWscYztWSh3jA/s1600/tretchikoff5.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Balinese Girl"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>All images found on <a href="http://www.vladimirtretchikoff.com/"><b>www.vladimirtretchikoff.com</b></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>except for the first one, which is a photo I snapped of my bedroom wall.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;">P.S. While we're on the topic of sixties art, stay tuned tomorrow because we will be sharing our wall art D.I.Y. project with you! Hope you all are having a fantastic weekend!</div>

The King of Kitsch: Vladimir Tretchikoff.

Vladimir Tretchikoff was born in 1913 in Siberia and was a self-taught painter who was very popular in the 1950's and 1960's. After...

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Call for July Sponsors & A Winner!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2p5L0puKzPgRWVIVJNjmVAWZ4QL70Ie0XvtiovlIFH7oiGOkl5bWvkapslEVKn5MBSeFELRl3Q2nQdu5zP3DXFx09d8pjlJQFu4hxRhuQWykMmmz996mBv-d8rKQ-_notVVH3qGRKfaI/s1600/call_for_sponsors.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2p5L0puKzPgRWVIVJNjmVAWZ4QL70Ie0XvtiovlIFH7oiGOkl5bWvkapslEVKn5MBSeFELRl3Q2nQdu5zP3DXFx09d8pjlJQFu4hxRhuQWykMmmz996mBv-d8rKQ-_notVVH3qGRKfaI/s1600/call_for_sponsors.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;">Hello fellow vintage enthusiasts! We would love to promote your blog/shop for the month of July! Our sponsor rates have stayed the same as the previous month, but in case you missed it last time, you can take a closer look at them <a href="http://ohsolovelyvintage.blogspot.ca/p/sponsorship-information.html" style="color: #feab69; text-decoration: none;">here.</a> The XL spot is reserved for July & August but is available again for September! July is going to be another pretty exciting month with our first event of the year with our trailer happening on the 1st!</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;">We are super excited that our stats are continuing to grow at a steady pace! We just wanted to say a big thanks to all of our amazing readers! You guys are seriously the best!</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;">Oh So Lovely Vintage's Current Stats: (As of June 23, 2012)</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;">-1749 Google followers</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;">-1805 Bloglovin' followers</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;">-2048 Twitter followers</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;">-2094 Facebook followers</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;">-Almost 80,000 page views last month!</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;">Please contact us at ohsolovelies@gmail.com if this is something that you are interested in!</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;">xo</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;">Erin & Stef</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;">We also have a winner to announce!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Ly3ENiqRBDGS_gL56v1LX0u_lRCbuwFHzjiqKOsYHo85By9tfV7SO6Io2p3lZa9ZUbs0Fi-0RHWtF-aCbA2J22cFLtew_QjUVYizafLNhP-sFXbUmta28toHWhVqxHojGbL4vJNXt-4/s1600/winner_gypsyfolk_giveaway.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Ly3ENiqRBDGS_gL56v1LX0u_lRCbuwFHzjiqKOsYHo85By9tfV7SO6Io2p3lZa9ZUbs0Fi-0RHWtF-aCbA2J22cFLtew_QjUVYizafLNhP-sFXbUmta28toHWhVqxHojGbL4vJNXt-4/s1600/winner_gypsyfolk_giveaway.jpg" /></a></div>

Call for July Sponsors & A Winner!

Hello fellow vintage enthusiasts! We would love to promote your blog/shop for the month of July! Our sponsor rates have stayed the same as t...

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Things we love about Summer.

<div style="text-align: center;">Hands down summer is our favorite season of the year, which is probably because 70% of the year we have chilly/cold weather here in Winnipeg so when the snow actually does melt and the rain finally does stop we are ready to just sit back and savor those precious warm and sunny days. Now that summer is officially upon us, we made a little list of a few things that we are most looking forward to:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjANqNlx588dtlXjrfmTEw17MzSuYuAvlSkdabRhzYst3cKBa-5l8K7AiJMN_jRv-xwUbIphgJCF9KLIAP-u5vv-c8TQC7JyhPcsSNts1yrwB-yCPt7oPsF1Y69pvxgCHth3fb8GLQI4vw/s1600/wine+and+cheese+party.jpg" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1. Hosting outdoor <b><a href="http://camillestyles.com/category/parties/" target="_blank">wine and cheese</a></b> parties.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://annalynnreilly.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpQNxr0mScEhpdwGRwaU4kmDLX-qZvzGq_HTHPOzaGfjzM_YeEKT-r1ew6Q82MJ8RI0mPERR4M6F-Hu85dhFAJskdYoIQN0i8PFBD3rwuKncG4AzbKVINFXVcE5f0Bl8vJ8Y8-sAhHQmE/s1600/berry+picking.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2. Going <b><a href="http://annalynnreilly.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">berry picking</a></b> and then baking pies from our fresh picked berries.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/93243975/vintage-1950s-dress-50s-dress-blue?ref=sr_gallery_21&ga_search_query=1950s+dress&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=AU&ga_min=0&ga_max=0&ga_search_type=vintage&ga_facet=vintage1950s+dress" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4-dhgPk6o_FGw-1EoObISXVLDGwNgVNpgHFv2jj2NsWxZKN4TNUCeUlCX3vzCjPbkXZXHvgRlDc557PNZcb8LXzOHeHa3cwr-GQd1QaQ_kHwPQ0WOGTv6QgSZgLv7vx19oKHyAt7rWsI/s1600/retro+sundress.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">3. Being able to wear <b><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/93243975/vintage-1950s-dress-50s-dress-blue?ref=sr_gallery_21&ga_search_query=1950s+dress&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=AU&ga_min=0&ga_max=0&ga_search_type=vintage&ga_facet=vintage1950s+dress" target="_blank">pretty sundresses</a></b> and not having to worry about layering it with cardigans and tights.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://lifefoodfilm.com/food/chicken-recipe-secret-of-the-perfect-barbecue-chicken-and-other-mysteries-not-really/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj699UNrpd4RZUwMrbtP0n9emCKa-JbMBdTaUEQqR7cHcQPNQYroEujWq1hUlQe4EYWRfu8C77V5wQWowBbGW7Y7paHWQSYsaOIuVPvQveB683gWAraGhJgyjHS4j3Q278YJYyKXCwpBkM/s1600/backyard+bbq.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">4. Having <b><a href="http://lifefoodfilm.com/food/chicken-recipe-secret-of-the-perfect-barbecue-chicken-and-other-mysteries-not-really/" target="_blank">backyard bbq's</a></b> with our close friends and family.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thesweetestoccasion.com/2011/06/friday-link-love-an-update/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQrbAhBWP9tCkJiTUs-tFpBT0-TNcqL5dXuDQmBu1UbesK-3da-z1JBFdO8WDtZGUvb9mQVNFBBMU43dE3K4HsmbJ_Z0Pm5QQzvskS5TSqJ5W3dOa2YNauaOtaSkX0IwqlD8PUDcnKBw/s1600/camping+on+the+beach.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">5. Going camping and going to the beach... or <b><a href="http://www.thesweetestoccasion.com/2011/06/friday-link-love-an-update/" target="_blank">both at the same time.</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://media-cache-ec1.pinterest.com/upload/258745941061405489_k1ixHKX9.jpg" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO8OS_3TGLDlqPWZq_PQgPFFoSU-sc3JEG63QYRp457G4DNITLjO17wBViFzsR-PwB3tM_fCtN4nurbB_2HR0UQJGzx6kvENaOTTS3mUxYQvhlQ0silITi2kBhrmozGEZWDDWZaTGIdSs/s1600/drive+in+movie.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">6. <b><a href="http://media-cache-ec1.pinterest.com/upload/258745941061405489_k1ixHKX9.jpg" target="_blank">Drive-in movie</a></b> dates with plenty of popcorn.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaPiutS6eG7xFxlEZ9O0OtLK3v9j-o2xpXs_0PjxL7BQYQsrc1luXBpLKJCn4IzdfxwuEKyr6PioQaybl34KWlMWMTvuR6G7nl05fZikmqj_etlk3Hs-R4PnNyt8mW5sY8LCMmDeNLbU0/s1600/vintage+map.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaPiutS6eG7xFxlEZ9O0OtLK3v9j-o2xpXs_0PjxL7BQYQsrc1luXBpLKJCn4IzdfxwuEKyr6PioQaybl34KWlMWMTvuR6G7nl05fZikmqj_etlk3Hs-R4PnNyt8mW5sY8LCMmDeNLbU0/s1600/vintage+map.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">7. Going <b><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/100070552/vintage-north-america-map-and-glacial" target="_blank">road trippin'.</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>What about you, what is your favorite thing about summer?!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hope you all have lovely weather this weekend!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">XO</div>

Things we love about Summer.

Hands down summer is our favorite season of the year, which is probably because 70% of the year we have chilly/cold weather here in Winnipeg...

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