#tbt: Heres a self portrait my father did in jail in Texas in 1964. His portraits of his fellow inmates and eventually of the Judges daughter was what got him started on a decades-long career doing portraits as a major source of income along with his other paintings. For those of you who dont know, his last name used to be Schlouch and Gerard was his first name. He later dropped the Schlouch and made Gerard his last name and made Jonas (which was once his middle name) into his first name. I found out recently that I have relatives who spell their last name Chelouche, which is a much prettier way to sound it out! If he had been Gerard Chelouche then there wouldnt have ever been an issue because his primary reason for the name change was that people called him Mr Slouch.
Posted on: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 01:14:46 +0000
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