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<p>[QUOTE="ola402, post: 1077921, member: 182"]I shoved all the words in google translate. From reading it and other English articles, it seems as if the school was created as part of an over arching plan to develop the village and people surrounding the factory. They said that the work was long and hard and didn't pay much. So to keep workers, they provided sources of development and recreation around the factory. The school was part of this and where workers learned to paint and decorate with gold, especially women who were deemed to be more adept at the work. So why all the men in the photo? Maybe they are the instructors, learning from a visiting well renowned artist. </p><p><br /></p><p>The school was supposed to be very famous, well known so the branding thing may be right. It reminds me of the work that came out of pottery schools, architectural schools, painting schools etc in this country. Like Newcomb pottery for instance. </p><p><br /></p><p>So the mark including the info about the school could really mean "hand painted in the famous Vista Alegre school of talented decorators" or something like that which means hand painted in house (and you know how good we are!). Our history includes this famous historical school![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ola402, post: 1077921, member: 182"]I shoved all the words in google translate. From reading it and other English articles, it seems as if the school was created as part of an over arching plan to develop the village and people surrounding the factory. They said that the work was long and hard and didn't pay much. So to keep workers, they provided sources of development and recreation around the factory. The school was part of this and where workers learned to paint and decorate with gold, especially women who were deemed to be more adept at the work. So why all the men in the photo? Maybe they are the instructors, learning from a visiting well renowned artist. The school was supposed to be very famous, well known so the branding thing may be right. It reminds me of the work that came out of pottery schools, architectural schools, painting schools etc in this country. Like Newcomb pottery for instance. So the mark including the info about the school could really mean "hand painted in the famous Vista Alegre school of talented decorators" or something like that which means hand painted in house (and you know how good we are!). Our history includes this famous historical school![/QUOTE]
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