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The Dirk Van Erp Studio The Dirk Van Erp Studio, also know as The Copper Shop operated in San Francisco, California from 1908 to 1977. Principle artists working in the studio included its founder, Dirk Van Erp (1860 to 1933), D’arcy Gaw and Agatha Van Erp. Working with a staff of skilled craftsmen and women these artists produced a line of high quality copper vases, accessories and lighting. Information courtesy of Craftsman Auctions, September 2002. Steuben Glass Works The Steuben Glass Works in Corning, New York was founded in 1904 by an Englishman, Frederick Carder, who immigrated to America after serving an apprenticeship with John Northwood, a noted British glass artist. Working with Carder in this period was the American Thomas J. Hawkes, but most of the firm’s leading design work can be attributed to Carder. In the early years Carder created many types of lustrous lead glass, including [...] Click here to continue reading. Edward Francis McCartan (American, 1879 to 1947) While studying in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, McCartan was greatly influenced by Jean-Antoine Houdon’s classicism, a style reflected in the ornamental figurative bronzes he created. When McCartan returned to New York, he rented a studio from fellow sculptor Malvina Hoffman and taught at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design. He was awarded the Helen Foster Barnett Prize from the National Academy of Design in New York, [...] Click here to continue reading. Claude Michel Clodion (French, 1738 to 1814) In 1755 Clodion went to Paris and entered the workshop of his uncle Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, and upon his uncle’s death became a pupil of the noted J. B. Pigalle. In 1759 he won the grand prize for sculpture at the Academie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, and in 1762 went to Rome. Catherine II tried to convince him to come to work for her court in [...] Click here to continue reading. Jules Felix Coutan (French, 1848 to 1939) Known for his classically inspired allegorical works, Jules Felix Coutan had a long and successful career as a sculptor and teacher. He studied under Pierre-Jules Cavelier (1814 to 1894) at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and won the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1871. He debuted in the Salon of 1876, where he won the gold medal. In 1881, Coutan’s proposed plans for a commemorative monument [...] Click here to continue reading. Cornelius & Company Among the most successful manufacturers of cast girandoles in the United States was the firm of Cornelius and Co., founded in Philadelphia in 1827 by Christian Cornelius, a silver plater, and his son Robert (1809-1893). The firm became Cornelius and Baker in 1851. No pattern books for the company have come to light so that identification of the casting subjects is not certain. Information courtesy of Northeast Auctions, April 2005 Jugendstil Movement In the late 19th century there was an artistic Renaissance in southern Germany, led by the artists and designers of the Jugendstil movement in the area around Munich. While Jugendstil artists like Arnold Bocklin are often thrown in with the French Art Nouveau artists of the same period, their art was stylistically original and focused on Germanic themes and mythology. The term “Jugendstil” originated in 1896, when it was published in the [...] Click here to continue reading. Tiffany’s ‘Favrilefabrique’ or ‘Linenfold’ Tiffany’s ‘Favrilefabrique or ‘Linenfold’ pressed glass was developed in 1913 and was used exclusively for lampshades, both in panels and in a complete circle, a method devised by Leslie H. Nash, son of the first foreman of the Corona Tiffany glasshouse. Information courtesy of Cowan’s Auctions Inc. Maria Regnier, American Silversmith (1901 to 1994) The work of noted St. Louis silversmith Maria Regnier is marked by its sleek simplicity emphasizing the beauty and luster of the material itself rather than its adornment. Her distinctive geometric designs have been exhibited at museums in Boston, Chicago, New York and St. Louis. Born in 1901 in Hungary Maria moved to the United States in 1921 following her passion for silver and metalworking early in [...] Click here to continue reading. Carl Kauba (Austrian 1865-1922) Carl Kauba was an Austrian who specialized in sculpture of Western American subjects. Kauba was a pupil of Carl Waschmann and Stefan Schwartz in Austria. He traveled widely in the American West around the mid 1890′s. After his return to Vienna his Western bronzes were cast for the American market between 1895 and 1912. Small and medium bronzes were sometimes cold painted. Information courtesy of Cowan’s Auctions Inc., March 2007 |
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