The Face On The Barroom Floor Colorado

Most folks believe that it was the inspiration for a once famous 1877 poem of the same name about a drunk who painted it to prove that he had once been a famous artist.

The face on the barroom floor colorado.

The face upon the barroom floor aka the face on the floor and the face on the barroom floor is a poem originally written by the poet john henry titus in 1872. The face on the barroom floor. Central city colorado unlike apparitions of the divine there s no miraculous origin to the face on the bar room floor in the teller house bar it s just an oil painting on a floor. The face on the barroom floor poem by hugh antoine d arcy.

With henry mollicone catherine o rourke patrick o halloran nathan milholin. The first in a new 5280 series that covers the places people and activities that epitomize our state. The story of a strange ballad poem written in 1887 which became a unusual portrait on the barroom floor in a quaint former boomtown in colorado and became the inspiration for one of the most performed modern american operas in history. Twas a balmy summer evening and a goodly crowd was therewhich wellnigh filled joes barroom on the corner of the square.

By terri cook march 31 2015. The face on the bar room floor. This underfoot portrait is the work of a disgruntled painter inspired by a tragic poem. Face on the barroom floor see 88 traveler reviews 62 candid photos and great deals for historic western hotel at tripadvisor.

The eponymous face on the barroom floor in central city colorado that inspired the one act opera by composer henry mollicone and librettist john bowman. The face on the barroom floor is a painting on the floor of the teller house bar in central city colorado united states. It was painted in 1936 by herndon davis. A later version was adapted from the titus poem by hugh antoine d arcy in 1887 and first published in the new york dispatch.

Courtesy of teller house composer henry mollicone was a young man 40 years ago when the central city opera company in colorado commissioned him to write something short something. Discover the face on the barroom floor in central city colorado. Directed by lawrence kraman.