Chris Calle: Boy with Toy Locomotive

Artist: Chris Calle
1961 -
Nationality: American
Artwork Year: 1992
Image Size: 21.75 by 12.25 inches
Overall Size: 23.125 by 18.875 inches
Medium: Mixed Media on Hot Press Illustration Board

The quest begins in early fall. Children cozily ensconced with grandparents, Mom and Dad scout discount emporiums and toy stores in search of the perfect toy train set. Their purchase made, they sneak surreptitiously into the house and lug cumbersome packages down to the basement, a makeshift assembly plant for the next several months. A plywood base is carefully constructed and covered with material simulating the color and texture of grass. Soon rails are attached; crossing signs and station houses go up. If Mom and Dad have been duly industrious, the present is ready for action by Christmas morning. Toy train sets have captivated the hearts and imaginations of children the world over since the first steam locomotive chugged its way into transportation history. First produced in the late 1880s, toy trains were manufactured in large quantities over the next several decades by American companies such as Lionel Corporation, Louis Marx and Company, American Flyer Manufacturing Company and Ives Corporation. As real railroad technology advanced, toy trains became more lifelike, and many aficionados responded by creating elaborate surroundings for their sets. One collector's Lionel model 390E Blue Comet made its way around a diorama which included replicas of New York City's Hell's Gate Bridge and Philadelphia's Independence Hall.

This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood® First Day of Issue Maximum Card for the United States 29¢ Self-adhesive Toy Train stamp issued October 28, 1992.

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