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The Story of Chung Ling Soo, Asian Imposter Chung Ling Soo was not many things. He was not a faithful husband: Chung lived with his mistress and only saw his wife, who was also his assistant, during his shows. He was not a good person to lend money to, for although Chung was a vaudeville sensation, he was always in debt. He was not an entertainer with a sparkling smile. He destroyed his teeth [...] Click here to continue reading. Marc Chagall (1887 – 1985) Marc Chagall was a man of keen intelligence, a shrewd observer of the contemporary scene, with a great sympathy for human suffering. He was born on July 7, 1887 in Vitebsk, Russia; his original name was Moishe Shagal (Segal), but when he became a foremost member of the Ecole de Paris, he adopted French citizenship and the French spelling of his name. Vitebsk was a good-sized Russian town of [...] Click here to continue reading. George Catlin (1796-1872) George Catlin was born in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania in 1796. He was the first American artist of stature to visit and depict the Plains Indians on his own and spent about eight years (1824 to 1836) traveling among the 48 North American Indian Tribes, including tribes in Alaska. His sketches and paintings are the first and most important record of land west of the Mississippi River before white settlement. His goal [...] Click here to continue reading. The Arts & Crafts Movement The principles of the Arts and Crafts movement were initially frontiered in England through the efforts of John Ruskin and William Morris. Ruskin was not a craftsman but an academic scholar at Oxford. He believed passionately that the Industrial Revolution would erode the English countryside by turning it into factory fields while relegating the skilled English craftsman to the status of a laborer. The battle cry of his movement, [...] Click here to continue reading. Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (British, 1872 to 1898) Aubrey Beardsley, beloved and reviled in Britain as the most visible rebel against staid Victorian mores, began work as art editor for The Yellow Book in 1894. His decorative Art Nouveau style, considered grotesque and vulgar by many, was vastly imitated in America, and added life, spice, excitement and novelty to American poster sidings. Writing in The Poster in November 1900, Scotson-Clark pointed out that, “Until the [...] Click here to continue reading. Andy Warhol (American, 1928 to 1987) Andy Warhol, a son of an immigrant coal miner and arguably the most influential visual historian of the twentieth century, Andy Warhol was born in 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Warhol moved to New York City in 1949 where he became a successful illustrator, painter, film-maker, and author and kept the company of socialites and street people alike. In a meaningful departure from Expressionism, Warhol embraced popular culture and [...] Click here to continue reading. The Albany Foundry Co. Albany Foundry Company produced doorstops, hitching posts, and firebacks from 1897 to 1932 near Albany, New York. Les Maitres de l’Affiche Les Maitres de l’Affiche (The Masters of the Poster) refers to one of the most influential art publications in history. The 256 color plates that make up this suite represent a wide-ranging selection of outstanding original prints from the turn of the twentieth century, when this popular art form first reached its peak. By the 1890′s the streets of every great city were enlivened by large, colorful posters. [...] Click here to continue reading. The Jane and Howard Frank Collection The unrivaled group of original artwork and fine, rare books and pulp magazines in this catalog comes to you from the renowned collection of Jane and Howard Frank, widely considered to be among the most important assemblages of fantasy and science fiction art and literature in the world. The Franks are pioneers, with a shared passion for art of the weird and fantastic, and beginning in the 1960s, [...] Click here to continue reading. Pieter Van der Aa (1659-1733) Pieter Van der Aa was from Leiden, Holland and was a fine publisher and maker of maps and atlases including the notable 1714 ATLAS NOVEUA ET CURIEUX DE PLUS CELEBRES ITINERIES (A New Atlas and curious and celebrated itineries). His fine volumes included local views of the New World. In 1729, Van der Aa published his monumental works GALLERIE AGREEABLE DU MONDE which contained 2500 plates and maps, [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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