ArtfixDaily Blog NetworkArtfixDaily BloggersLatest ArtfixDaily Blog EntriesCall for Art – “Abstracts” Juried Art CompetitionPosted: May 22, 2012, Last Updated: May 22, 2012 | John R. Math  Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces a call for entries for the gallery’s 3rd Annual “Abstracts” juried art competition for the month of June 2012. The gallery would like for all 2D artists (including photography) to send us your best interpretation of the theme “Abstracts” by submitting their best non-representational abstract art for inclusion into the gallery’s July 2012 online Group Art Exhibition. Winners of the "Abstracts" Art Exhibition will receive extensive worldwide publicity in the form of email marketing, 70+ press release announcements, 65+ event ... Damaged Van Ryper Models -The Great Investment / Rex StewartPosted: May 20, 2012, Last Updated: May 20, 2012 | Rex Stewart  Some years ago it was suggested that I build waterline models for profitable sales, similiar to the work of noted builder Charles Van Ryper. At that time I was not familiar with his work, nor did I know the history about his contemporary "Art Deco' style which emerged when he produced his Travel Series prior to the Second World War. Today, in the maritime arts, especially in the Collectible market of ship models, there seem to be a strong resurgence of collectors sprouting up in America and across the atlantic relative to the antique shipmodels of Charles Van Ryper. This is due, in part, ...
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Americans in Mexico EXTENDEDPosted: May 13, 2012, Last Updated: May 13, 2012 | Susan Teller  The Americans in Mexico show has been extened, by appointment or by chance, through May 23. On view are paintings and works on paper by Peggy Bacon, Abe Blashko, Elizabeth Catlett, Theodore Haupt, Lawrence A. Jones, Charles Keller, Dorothy Browdy Kushner, Doris Rosenthal, and Judith Shahn. Judith Shahn’s Honeymooners, 1950, records a time-honored tradition: a young couple get their picture taken at Lake Xochomilco, Mexico City, while, working in the same year, 1950, Theodore Haupt presents a modernist fiesta in Market Place (San Miguel Allende). "Scandal"Posted: May 07, 2012, Last Updated: May 10, 2012 | Paul G. Stein  When he wasn’t painting, Hudson River School artist David Johnson loved to draw, with confident lines on big sheets. Every once in a while his pencil traced the figure of a woman. For example, in an 1886 drawing (above), a woman in full dress looks out over a pond in the Adirondacks. In lieu of a visible expression she appears self-possessed, as though lost in thought. In the forested background, meanwhile, is seen the shadowy and skulking figure of a man. The scene can be thought of as an unintentional metaphor: hidden in the trees of the Hudson River School artists lurked passion, ... 1909 Indianapolis Motor Speedway from Cagle Estate brings $24,000 at Antique HelperPosted: April 04, 2012, Last Updated: April 04, 2012 | Antique Helper  March 25 might have marked the season opener for the 2012 Indy Car Series, but that wasn’t the only Indy Car- event that piqued the interest of auto racing fans that weekend; they were also keeping a watchful eye on Antique Helper’s March 24 Art & Antiques Auction, featuring racing memorabilia from the estate of Clarence Cagle. This wasn’t the first time Antique Helper played host to an important auto racing memorabilia auction. In 2006, the company presented The Duesenberg Estate and in June of 2011, Antique Helper joined forces with retired racer Jigger ... Flea Market Finds...Posted: April 02, 2012, Last Updated: April 02, 2012 | Heather Karlie Vieira  Or what finds YOU at the flea market. As you may know, I am re-examining my roots and heading back to Philly to open my own antique store. The antique and design scene there is growing at a break neck pace as new locales are created and new traditions begun. I have been writing about the store and looking at ways to become involved in this growing scene. One of those ideas was to set up at a local flea market... Flea markets are where I began to first understand antiques and where I began my business those ten years ago in New York City. So, it ... America’s Storyteller: Norman RockwellPosted: April 02, 2012, Last Updated: April 02, 2012 | Bill Rau  No other artist has been able to capture the essence of the American experience like Norman Rockwell. Even in the early stages of his career, the aspect that distinguished his work was that it was about the Everyman, providing a chronicle of the simple joys, awkward moments and trying circumstances that give our lives depth. Rockwell found success at an early age. He completed his first commission for a series of Christmas cards before he was 16. By 17, he illustrated his first children's book, and at 22, he had earned his first Saturday Evening Post cover, published May 20, 1916. His work ...
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100 Unearthed Lots and Asian Art Headline Clarke Auction's March 18th Auction for Asia Week New York 2012Posted: March 13, 2012, Last Updated: March 13, 2012 | Joseph Ronan Clarke  The last 100 lots of Clarke Auction’s March 18th sale include a variety of American and International oil paintings, drawings, and prints that the Auction had unearthed from a storage unit, earlier this week, but the discovery of the fine art is not the only conquest of Clarke Auction for the upcoming auction. The day’s auction, starts at 2:00pm, will include a worldly collection of art, furniture, and silver. Just as Mark Antony adored Cleopatra, so too does Clarke have a fondness for Egyptian beauty, as exemplified in the oil and sand on masonite painting, entitled “Le Menestral,” by ...
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Collecting Marine ArtPosted: March 08, 2012, Last Updated: March 08, 2012 | Marine Arts Gallery  What is marine art ? Marine art is a painting that the main element is water. From there it can include many different kinds of vessels from clipperships to tugboats and yachts. It can also include detailed harbors, and even figures on a beach. The subjects go on and on from there. Most people start their search for a perfect ship painting to go over a mantle. Others develop a passion and fill the walls! In the last 44 years we have sold over 10,000 paintings and carry both antique and contemporary works. The antique side of collecting can include artists such as Thomas ... Art Wynwood Fair HighlightsPosted: February 18, 2012, Last Updated: February 18, 2012 | Pamela Cohen FLYING MURALS OF WYNWOOD & CAMO DEER Capturing the essence of what the Wynwood Arts District and the Miami art scene have to offer, Wynwood pioneer Tony Goldman will exhibit what he describes as “the flying murals of Wynwood” in the fair’s VIP Lounge. Under his guidance, six 8’ x 24’ murals by international artists, including a Retna work from the Janet and Tony Goldman Collection, an existing piece from How & Nosm, as well as new murals from DAZE, Aiko and Futura, are installed Goldman has also commissioned a special exhibit by Ron English, who is one ... John Singleton Copley: the great portraitist of the eighteenth centuryPosted: January 13, 2012, Last Updated: January 13, 2012 | Gene Oliver  It is tempting for anyone who creates art to believe that it would be easier somewhere else. Where less people pursue art. Where every artistic creation has not already been done. Where everything and anything about art is not a click away. After reading John Singleton Copley by James Thomas Flexner, I could not help but wonder what would have been of the great portraitist of the eighteenth century if he hadn’t been born in the Boston colony and then lived in London? Would he have been as successful or would it have been easier for him to succeed? Although the book published by ... The Winter Sale 2012Posted: December 23, 2011, Last Updated: January 01, 2012 | Stephen B. O'Brien Jr.  I recently came across this rather amusing photograph of me while cleaning out a drawer of old photographs. I find it comical that at the age of three I possessed the strength to lift what appears to be a sixteen pound gander. Upon seeing this photo, the first question that came to my mind was "Could I have ever ended up in a non-waterfowl related field?" With an avid hunter as a father and the past Chairman of National Audubon Society as my uncle and Godfather, the sporting field was a profession I couldn't refuse. Little has changed in the last forty years, I still love ... George Ames Aldrich – A Cape Ann MasterpiecePosted: November 08, 2011, Last Updated: November 08, 2011 | James Puzinas  Every once in a while, a painting comes into our gallery that just knocks you off your feet. Painted in luscious colors, this large scale 48" x 48" work is a masterpiece of composition and execution. Created around 1919, at the height of the popularity of American Impressionism, George Ames Aldrich (1872-1941), pushes the envelope to produce a thoroughly modernist image of a traditional Cape Ann theme, the busy docks of Gloucester harbor. The influence of the European modernists first seen by many American artists at the famous Armory Show of 1913, ushered in one of the most creative ... Did eBay Enable The Convicted Banksy Art Forgers?Posted: July 29, 2011, Last Updated: March 23, 2012 | Joseph K. Levene  Two UK Banksy Art Forgers, each enabled by eBay's lack of consumer fraud protection, received suspended sentences, even though each sold hundreds of Banksy Counterfeits, deceiving countless eBay Buyers. These eBay Buyers now have worthless Art along with worthless Certificates of Authenticity. Thus far, over 120 fake Banksy's sold by the two con men have been recovered, which, if genuine, are valued in excess of $350,000. Lee Parker and Grant Champkins-Howard were convicted of selling hundreds of Banksy Counterfeits, yet a UK judge only sentenced them to ... Fitz Henry Lane’s Personal LifePosted: July 28, 2011, Last Updated: July 28, 2011 | James A. Craig  Given the enormous interest Fitz Henry (formerly Hugh) Lane’s artwork has generated over the years, it is perhaps only natural that little attention has been paid by scholars on Lane’s personal life. Further complicating matters is the fact that Lane left few artifacts beyond his artwork by which his daily life could be understood and “fleshed out.” With only a handful of private letters, newspaper clippings and reminiscences with which to guide us, an image of Lane has formed over time, one of a man who was dour, taciturn and lonesome. Contemporary quotes describing him as “nervous, ...
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About DeChant ArtPosted: July 15, 2011, Last Updated: July 15, 2011 | Teresa DeChant  Senior Entrepreneurial Fine Arts Consultant with over 18 years experience as a professional fine art consultant, fine art appraiser, curator to corporations, hospitals, financial institutions, and private individuals. Experience Includes sales, marketing, contract negotiations, art acquisition, advisory services for current collections, fine art exhibitions and archival preservation. Partner with clients to build an art collection that both reflect the client’s interests and aesthetic needs along with creating a collection of great value. Since 1984, operated a corporate art ...
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Anatomy of an AuctionPosted: May 24, 2011, Last Updated: May 24, 2011 | Bill Roland  As co-founders of Roland Auctions, Manhattan's newest auction house, my brother Rob and I face a recurring challenge. As soon as the property in the monthly auction is picked up, we have to start filling the gallery again. It often takes weeks of intense appraisals and negotiations before we are able to offer high caliber fine art, antiques and decorations from Manhattan's premier apartments and estates. That's why I say we're in the business of building relationships. For instance, it required strong relationship building and negotiation skills to bring three exceptional collections to ... “An Untamed Nation” at Questroyal Fine ArtPosted: March 16, 2011, Last Updated: May 19, 2011 | Louis M. Salerno, Owner  New York’s Only Annual Hudson River School Exhibition to Run March 10–April 2, 2011. Questroyal Fine Art, LLC is pleased to announce its eleventh annual Hudson River School exhibition, An Untamed Nation. The show, which opened to the public on March 10, features examples by America’s most beloved landscape artists of the nineteenth-century. Highlights include a sublime landscape by the 19th-century forefather of American art, Thomas Doughty, a marine masterpiece by Luminist painter Francis Augustus Silva, a vibrant Hudson River scene by Jasper Francis Cropsey, and a poetic landscape ...
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Sculptor's Death Date Unearthed: Edmonia Lewis Died in London in 1907Posted: January 09, 2011, Last Updated: May 19, 2011 | M. Richardson Cultural historian Marilyn Richardson has solved one of the persistent mysteries of American art history: where and when did the sculptor Edmonia Lewis die? The answer is, London, England, on 17 September 1907. According to British records, Lewis, whose full name was Mary Edmonia Lewis, had been living in the Hammersmith area of London and died in the Hammersmith Borough Infirmary. She left a modest financial estate. Beginning with publications from the late 19th-century, the date of her death has been given as anywhere between 1895 and 1911 with no supporting primary evidence. Although she ... GALLERY GAZING IN SANTA FE by Laura BeachPosted: December 31, 2010, Last Updated: May 19, 2011 | Laura Beach  SANTA FE, N.M. – December is the best month to be in Santa Fe. Snow sugars the old town and farolitos – occasionally still the paper bag and candle variety of childhood memory – climb stepped adobe walls. Pinon scents the night air. At the nearby pueblos, feast day dances bind the generations in spiritual traditions as old as time. A first stop is Coulter Brooks Art & Antiques at 924 Paseo de Peralta. Jan Brooks and Lane Coulter – who is known for such well-thumbed references such as New Mexican Tinwork, 1840-1940; Navajo Saddle Blankets: Textiles to Ride in the American West and ... John Sloan's Yolande in Gray Tippet, 1909Posted: October 21, 2010, Last Updated: May 19, 2011 | Norton Museum of Art  In this half-length portrait, a young brunette woman peeks flirtatiously at the viewer from the corners of her almond-shaped eyes. There is a hint of a smile on her closed lips, and a rosy hue tinges the contours of her high cheekbones. Her body is angled away from the viewer, and she tips her head ever so slightly forward. A mound of thick, dark brown hair crowns her pretty, creamy-complexioned face, and a large black bonnet extends outward from the back of her head. She wears a loosely painted maroon jacket and a gray, fur tippet—or scarf—around her neck. A matching gray and white ...
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Is there a Market for Castles?Posted: September 22, 2010, Last Updated: May 19, 2011 | Carey Vose  Having been in business for six generations, our family has amassed a number of great stories. Luckily, my grandfather, Robert C. Vose Jr., was an amazing storyteller, and spent the last ten years of his life compiling these stories that have been passed down through the generations. I want to share one of my personal favorites, which illustrates the old adage amongst art dealers, 'You never know what is going to come through the door!' Enjoy! As told by Robert C. Vose, Jr. (1911-1998) A young artist friend bought a house in the Adirondacks. While cleaning out the garage, he noticed a ...
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Frank Vining Smith: Maritime Painting in the 20th CenturyPosted: July 13, 2010, Last Updated: May 19, 2011 | Julie Carlson Wildfeuer  The marine art of Frank Vining Smith (1879-1967) has become part of America's collective consciousness. When we envision a wind-propelled sailing ship plying the high seas, often the image in our mind's eye is inspired by, if not actually painted by, Smith. Prints of his ship paintings adorn seafood restaurant walls, original oils grace art museums and corporate office suites, and his best works now inspire collectors to bid upwards of $25,000 at auctions. The life and work of this beloved artist of America's great age of sail has finally been rightfully recognized with the ... "American Masters from the Collection of John and Jean Wilkinson' opens in FloridaPosted: May 23, 2010, Last Updated: May 19, 2011 | ArtfixDaily Staff  Twenty works by leading American artists such as Thomas Cole, George Inness, Alfred Maurer, Jane Peterson, Thomas B. Pope and Anthony Thieme, are on loan from the private collection of John and Jean Wilkinson to the Appleton Museum of Art. The exhibit, which runs through July 25, illustrates art movements from the Hudson River School of the 19th century to early 20th century modernism. Also, on view through May 30 is "Florida Journeys: African-American Artists From The Sunshine State" with nearly 40 artworks by some of Florida’s finest African-American artists such as Kenneth Falana, ... Latest Artist Blog EntriesThe Art of Creating an Income With ArtPosted: December 20, 2011, Last Updated: December 20, 2011 | Robin Wethe Altman  I recently finished a commission for a woman in my writing class. Connie is a person who is overflows with enthusiasm for people and life. She bubbles over when she is excited about a topic and she can cry in an instant at something that is sad. Well... She wanted me to create an oil painting of her sister and her sister's two daughters sitting on a bench in Laguna Beach. The mother lost her husband when the girls were just babies and has struggled to work and do her best at raising the girls alone in Taiwan. It turned out that the mother did quite well financially but in the stress ... Fine Art Daily, May 13, 2011Posted: May 13, 2011, Last Updated: May 19, 2011 | Jean Dixon Sanders  Good morning, all. Monty here. We are settling back into our normal routine of state visits, OBE ceremonies, thinking about the Royal Chelsea Flower Show, Ascot and Garden Parties. HM loves the annual flower show because she gets a sneak peek before all the people rush in crowding and pushing. I am more partial to the garden parties ...because of all the food that inevitably comes my way. Gravity is a dog's best friend. This is a snap of HM and me taken last year as we waited our turn at the Buckingham Palace Ice Cream Van. I kid you not. Wills even managed to have use of it at one ... |
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