At the end of my last post, which was about my plans to produce a series of paintings taking Prohibition-era America as my inspiration, I promised to update you on how things were going. Well, I thought the best place to start work was right at the top - or the bottom, depending on your point of view:
Alphonse Gabriel ‘Scarface’ Capone.
I can’t think of another career criminal who enjoys such notoriety and legendary status as Capone. He’s also pretty much synonymous with Prohibition, so he’s a great route to getting into the period’s groove.
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