The Face On The Barroom Floor Colorado

It was painted in 1936 by herndon davis.

The face on the barroom floor colorado.

Twas a balmy summer evening and a goodly crowd was therewhich wellnigh filled joes barroom on the corner of the square. 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. In most bars a face on the floor does not usually make the best impression. 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.

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 first in a new 5280 series that covers the places people and activities that epitomize our state. With henry mollicone catherine o rourke patrick o halloran nathan milholin. A later version was adapted from the titus poem by hugh antoine d arcy in 1887 and first published in the new york dispatch.

The face on the barroom floor poem by hugh antoine d arcy. The face on the barroom floor. 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. 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 eponymous face on the barroom floor in central city colorado that inspired the one act opera by composer henry mollicone and librettist john bowman. Discover the face on the barroom floor in central city colorado. This underfoot portrait is the work of a disgruntled painter inspired by a tragic poem. By terri cook march 31 2015.

But in central city there is a barroom where one such face is not only tolerated. Directed by lawrence kraman. The face on the barroom floor is a painting on the floor of the teller house bar in central city colorado united states.