Re: [Revisit] SF Stories written for paintings

On 31/07/2024 19:21, Michael F. Stemper wrote:

On 29/07/2024 09.13, Tony Nance wrote:

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There was a somewhat recent question (thread?) here asking about SF stories written for already-existing paintings. Last night, I ran across a reference to such a story.

 I seem to have missed that thread, so I might be replowing a furrow, but
Asimov said that "Founding Father" [1] was written for this cover:
<https://www.isfdb.org/wiki/images/6/69/GALOCT65.jpg>

Indeed it says so [1] here [2].  Rather a moody story
going by the synopsis.
[1]
There's a footnote - which appears to be not linked
to the information about the art - referring to
Isaac Asimov's memoir _In Joy Still Felt_.[3]
So the information /may/ be there.
[2]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founding_Father_%28short_story%29>
[3]
There is a nice note about the title of _In Memory
Yet Green_,[4] and _In Joy Still Felt_, here.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autobiographies_of_Isaac_Asimov>
[4]
Incidentally, does someone remember if _The Early Asimov_
mentions "The Weapon", a story included in IMYG
which, as told there, Asimov had forgotten selling?
Because I seem to remember the story - and I don't
think I read IMYG etc.  No one else knew either,
because it had appeared under another name.  Well,
I don't say you couldn't tell.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weapon_%28short_story%29>