Wrigley Field Home of Chicago Cubs

This is beautiful work is a tribute to the Chicago Cubs. This work shows the iconic and much loved, Wrigley Field, which is home to the Chicago Cubs.... more

by Michael Durst

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33.000 x 23.000 x 1.000 inches

Title

Wrigley Field Home of Chicago Cubs

Artist

Michael Durst

Medium

Painting - Acrylic On Canvas

Description

This is beautiful work is a tribute to the Chicago Cubs. This work shows the iconic and much loved, Wrigley Field, which is home to the Chicago Cubs.

According to Wikipedia:

Wrigley Field is a baseball park located on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is the home of the Chicago Cubs, one of the city's two Major League Baseball (MLB) franchises.

It was built in 1914 as Weeghman Park for the Chicago Federal League baseball team, the Chicago Whales. The Cubs played their first game at Weeghman Park on April 20, 1916, defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7�6 in eleven innings. In November 1918, Weeghman resigned as team president. Chewing gum magnate William Wrigley, Jr. acquired complete control of the Cubs by 1921. It was called Cubs Park from 1920 through 1926, before officially becoming Wrigley Field for the 1927 season.

Located in the north side community area of Lakeview, Wrigley Field sits on an irregular block bounded by Clark (west) and Addison (south) Streets and Waveland (north) and Sheffield (east) Avenues. Wrigley Field is nicknamed The Friendly Confines, a phrase popularized by "Mr. Cub", Hall of Famer Ernie Banks. The current seating capacity is 41,688. It is the oldest National League ballpark, the second-oldest active major league ballpark (after Fenway Park on April 20, 1912), and the only remaining Federal League park.

Wrigley Field is known for its ivy-covered brick outfield wall, the unusual wind patterns off Lake Michigan, the iconic red marquee over the main entrance, the hand-turned scoreboard, and for being the last major league park to have lights installed for play after dark, with lighting installed in 1988.

Dr Dursts artwork shows two major features of Wrigley Field: the Marquee and the lights of a night game.

The Marquee

Directly over the main entrance to the stadium stands the most familiar icon of the exterior of the ballpark, a large red, art deco style marquee, painted in letters to read "Wrigley Field, Home of Chicago Cubs". The marquee was installed circa 1934. On March 23, 1960, the Cubs decided to paint their iconic Wrigley Field Marquee a flashier color. It had been green since it was installed in the 1930s. The sign was blue until the 1960s, and originally used changeable letters similar to the scoreboard to announce upcoming games. It originally read "Home of the Cubs" but was changed to "Home of Chicago Cubs" by 1939. In 1982, the two line announcement board was replaced with an electronic message board and a backlit advertising panel was added below (this is now solid red).

The marquee is so iconic with the park, that the owners of the park, both past, and present, have used the marquee in some way as the park's trademark of sorts: even the CTA platform that services Wrigley Field (the CTA Addison St. station,) has an image of the marquee painted on a wall announcing the destination, rather than simply marking it with black block letters.

Night Games

The Cubs were a hold-out against night games for decades, not installing lights at Wrigley until 1988 (after baseball officials announced that the park would be prohibited from hosting any future post-season games without lights). Before then, all games at Wrigley were played during the day. Night games are still limited in number by agreement with the city council. In 1942, then-owner Philip K. Wrigley had planned to install lights, but instead, the lights and stands were scrapped for the World War II effort. In the late 1980s, however, Cubs management insisted that the team was in danger of leaving Wrigley if lights weren't installed, and Major League Baseball threatened to make the Cubs play postseason "home" games at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.

After 5,687 consecutive day games played by the Cubs at Wrigley, the lights were finally lit on August 8, 1988, for a game with the Philadelphia Phillies. That game was rained out after three and a half innings, and the first official night game took place the following evening against the New York Mets, a game which the Cubs won 6-4.

To add further interest, the artist shows the lights of Wrigley Field with a light rain shower which makes the streets glisten and reflect the powerful lights and add to a magical feeling. It seems that the viewer can hear the roar of the crowd while sharing the feeling of the fans of wondering whether the misty shower will pass or is a forerunner of a storm that could call the game off.
As with most of his works, the artist strives to make the image three-dimensional to create an intimate magical moment. His works are also to create a sense of peace and harmony for the viewer. As a psychologist and heart-centered therapist, Dr. Durst has created visual experiences to connect to the heart.

Prints are available through Fine Art America, Fine Art Europe, Fine Art England and Fine Art Germany. They can be on canvas, metal acrylic, framed, gallery wrapped and even available as fine art greeting cards, throw pillows, etc. You can choose from one of 230 frames and 100 mats which can be used to create museum-quality masterpieces from any of my artwork.

To purchase a signed and hand-embossed Master Edition, contact the artist directly from this site. Each one is hand glazed with many layers of acrylic paint and varnish to really bring out the beautiful colors and create a three dimensional effect. Thus, each Limited Edition of a fractal vision is a unique work of art and valuable as an investment piece.

Copyright Notice: All images are fully protected by U.S. and international copyright laws, all rights reserved. The images may not be copied, reproduced, manipulated or used in any way, without the written permission of Dr. G. M. Durst.

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August 15th, 2015