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Robert Loughlin - the chair that brought me into a scene in NYC!

Robert Loughlin

Posted: September 29, 2011 17:03 Last Updated: | Heather Karlie Vieira

  For those of you who have set foot in New York City within the last thirty years or so - you have probably seen 'The Brute'.  Square jawed.  Strong.  Felt tip marker or paint.  He's been everywhere.  On mid century furniture, books, art, walls - you name, 'The Brute' has been there. He's the creation of famous New York City artist and icon, Robert Loughlin. Robert's story is a great one.  He's been in all the right places at all the right times.  He was buying important mid century furniture before it was important.  He was creating art and selling it to the movers and shakers of the ...


Judith Shahn, Beach Cabanas, 1951

Judith Shahn, The Early Work

Posted: September 18, 2011 14:19 Last Updated: | Susan Teller

Judith Shahn (1929-2009) was born in Paris to the artist Ben Shahn and his wife, Tillie Goldstein. She lived in New York City and spent summers in Truro, Cape Cod, Massachusetts.  As a small child Shahn painted alongside her father and as a young artist she took life classes with the painter Moses Soyer. She attended Olivet College, Michigan, and graduated from Mexico City College in 1949. She was a painter, draughtsman, printmaker, and graphic artist. Her drawings appeared in The New Yorker magazine from 1958 to1992, as well as in Harpers, The Nation, Gourmet, and others.  Starting wit...


The HKFA Boutique at Center44

New York Real Estate is Location, Location, Location

Posted: September 08, 2011 08:33 Last Updated: | Heather Karlie Vieira

You know this already.  We've all heard it.  The three most important things in real estate are location, location and location.  And when you're speaking of Manhattan real estate you had better add numerous zeros.  This 'City that Never Sleeps' offers everything you could want (and maybe some things that you don't) throughout the city.  And there's a price for that convenience.  Whether you rent or own, a Manhattan store is no small investment.  With rents in the 10's of thousands of dollars per month and prices to own in the millions, what is a start up business to do?  That all depends o...


Amazing Old Master painting from 1550 purchased at the NYC Flea Market

The End of an Era... Almost

Posted: August 31, 2011 20:29 Last Updated: | Heather Karlie Vieira

Ever since I moved to New York City in 2002, I have been an early morning (well before dawn) shopper at the flea markets along 6th Avenue.  By the time I had arrived on the scene, and I do mean scene, there were a few different parking lots and an indoor parking garage packed with hundreds of dealers set up selling every imaginable treasure, and some trash, you could ever hope to find.  Celebrities and rarities.  Sure, I was told of the good old days in the 80's and 90's, when there were many more lots and even better choices, but this was my time and I made the most of it.     I was the ...


Stephen Pace, abstract Circa 1952

My Kid Could Paint That...

Posted: August 25, 2011 20:45 Last Updated: | Heather Karlie Vieira

Have you ever heard that?  Have you ever said that?  Well, we won't be taking names, so don't worry.  Maybe you've asked yourself, "what is abstract art?".  Here's my take on it.  It is emotional.  It is strong.  It is powerful.  Abstract art is more than splashes of color, squiggly lines and paint splatters.  It is spontaneity.  It is the raw emotion of the artist presented for all who dare to look.  It is the visual representation of a feeling, or mix of feelings.  An artist strives to represent something without external likenesses.  The thing is not represented in realistic terms, but i...


Edith Branson, Hands #114, Oil on board 15"x20".  Courtesy of Blue Heron Fine Art.

Edith Branson (1891 - 1976) An American Modernist

Posted: September 24, 2010 11:55 Last Updated: | James Puzinas

Edith Branson was an American modernist painter who created her own interpretation of the multitude of avant-garde movements that blossomed in Europe and New York City in the early 20th century. Most of Branson's work is reflective of her personal life as a young woman living in the 1920's and 1930's. Though not autobiographical, her surrealistic works introduce a woman's introspection into the many social changes of the day. Edith Branson was a significant contributor to the New York art scene both through her numerous exhibitions and in the roles she served as a director of the Society of...


Anne Ryan, New York Harbor, about 1940, 12 x 16 inches

HELLUVA TOWN now on view.

Posted: July 16, 2010 13:35 Last Updated: | Susan Teller

90 Years of New York City Paintings and Works on Paper, 1919-2008 Work by 30 artists including Will Barnet, Isabel Bishop, Howard Cook, Howard Daum, Henry Glintenkamp, Blanche Grambs, Edward Laning, Margaret Lowengrund, Louis Lozowick, James Penney, Anne Ryan, Louis Schanker,  Ben Shahn, Harry Sternberg, Lynd Ward. Themes include the Times Square, Brooklyn Bridge, Central Park, Union Square, Washington Square, Tenements, Immigration, and Political Action.


James Daugherty, Beside the Golden Door, 1950

Helluva Town, Summer Show, 2010

Posted: July 05, 2010 10:52 Last Updated: | Susan Teller

NEW YORK CITY IN PAINTINGS AND WORKS ON PAPER, SPANNING 90 YEARS    JULY 8 THROUGH AUGUST 19, 2010SHOW HOURS: TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 11 AM TO 5 PM IMAGES MAY BE SEEN AT: WWW.SUSANTELLERGALLERY.COMAn extensive summer exhibition of images of New York City, from 1918 to 2008, including works Will Barnet, Fred Becker, Isabel Bishop, Bernarda Bryson Shahn, James Daugherty, Howard Daum, Don Freeman, Richard Haas , Riva Helfond, Fannie Hillsmith, Edward Laning, Hugh Mesibov, Betty Waldo Parish, James Penney, Albert Potter, Bernard Rosenquit, Anne Ryan, Louis Schanker, Ben Shahn, Fred Shane, Harr...