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Walters Family & Walters Art Museum Collection William Walters (1819 to 1894) left his home town in central Pennsylvania to establish a Baltimore grain trading firm which ultimately developed into one of the country’s most important wholesale liquor houses. Divided in his loyalties when the Civil War began, Walters took his wife and children, Henry (1848 to 1931) and Jennie (1853 to 1922), to Paris. There he pursued his passion for commissioning art and [...] Click here to continue reading. George Paulding Farnham (American, 1859 to 1927), Tiffany Designer George Paulding Farnham studied in the studio of Tiffany’s chief designer, Edward C. Moore, and in 1885 became his assistant. His skill as a designer and sculptor was recognized by Moore and Charles Lewis Tiffany. At the age of 27 he was selected to create the Tiffany jewelry collection that would be sent to Paris for the Exposition Universelle of 1889. Farnham and Tiffany recieved [...] Click here to continue reading. Mildred G. Watkins (American, Ohio, 1883 to 1968) Mildred Watkins was one of the first of a generation of Ohio-based artists who, in turning their attention to the medium, elevated enameling to unprecedented levels of beauty and inventiveness. She started as a painter who sort of “fell into” enameling. She studied portraiture at the Cleveland School of Art, but was not fond of laboring over her paintings, saying that “anything she did after the [...] Click here to continue reading. Ted Muehling – American Designer Ted Muehling has been designing jewelry and fine objects in his New York City studio since 1976. He uses diverse materials to create pieces inspired by natural forms, such as olive branches, pinecones, and insect wings. His designs “trace the invisible forms that exist between nature and our perceptions of it”. Information courtesy of Skinner, Inc., December 2008. Alfred Rudolfovich Thielemann (German, born 1883) A goldsmith of German origin, Alfred Thielemann followed in his father’s trade. In 1858 he qualified as Master Jeweler in St. Petersburg and became a Faberge workmaster in 1880. His workshop at 24 Balshaya Morskaya produced badges, jetons and fine jewelry. Information courtesy of Heritage Auction Galleries, November 2008. Marianne Ostier Ostier Inc. was founded by designer Marianne Ostier and her husband Oliver Ostier, a third generation court jeweler who came to America from his native Austria following the Anschluss of 1938. Both manufacturers and retailers, the Ostiers produced a number of jewels that were original in design and superbly crafted. Their shop was located at 5 East 57th Street in New York City. A multi-faceted artist whose skills included painting [...] Click here to continue reading. Raymond Yard – American Jeweler (1885 to 1964) Raymond Yard began his career in fine jewels at the age of thirteen as a door boy at Marcus & Co. In 1922 he opened his own shop at 522 Fifth Avenue where his first commission was a Rockefeller wedding. His business was an instant and continued success, and discretion was his hallmark. Even with little to no advertising and making clients wait to obtain the [...] Click here to continue reading. Kalo Shop The Arts & Crafts metalcrafter Kalo Shop was in operation form 1900 to 1970 and was a significant producer of 20th-century hand-wrought silver. It was started by Clara P. Barck and five other women in Park Ridge, Illinois. The company moved to Chicago in 1914. Though they tried, unsuccessfully, to open a retail store in New York, they never retailed their wares in department stores, instead selling directly to the consumers. The [...] Click here to continue reading. Charles Edenshaw – Daxhiigang (1839-1924) Charles Edenshaw or Daxhiigang, was a Haida chief as well as a highly accomplished carver, painter, and jeweler. Franz Boaz wrote of Edenshaw as “the best carver and painter among the Haida” (Hoover 1983: 63). His carving ability ranks among the best due to not only his technical abilities but his ability to render traditional forms in a manner consistent with his cultural upbringing, creating masterpieces for the tourist [...] Click here to continue reading. Harvey Begay (born 1938) Harvey Begay was encouraged by his father, Kenneth Begay the father of contemporary Navajo jewelry, to pursue jewelry making and to express his own style. Harvey stated, ‘My visual awareness is always absorbing contoured forms in buildings, in contemporary sculptural pieces, and in the centuries-old southwestern Indian motifs used on pottery and rugs.’ (Schaaf 2003:75). He has won numerous awards at Indian Market and has had his work exhibited at [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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