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Louis Ritman (American Artist, 1889 to 1963)
A critic in the “International Studio” in April 1919 referred to Ritman as “the Vermeer of the impressionist school”. This is not surprising as Louis Ritman’s work embodies all the elements of American impressionism and post-impressionism; high-keyed palette, limiting spatial depth by use of complex array of multicolors, decorative effect of profuse patterning in composition and well-modeled, anatomically accurate figures.
Ritman came with his family [...] Click here to continue reading.
Emma Fordyce MacRae (American Artist, 1887 to 1974)
MacRae was born in Vienna Austria, but moved to the United States as a child. Her love for art started at an early age and can be credited largely to her parents’ collection of paintings from European artists. MacRae painted mainly in the Gloucester area of Massachusetts and New York City. Throughout her life, she frequently returned to Europe to study the latest trends in European [...] Click here to continue reading.
The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. James Grievo, Stockon, New Jersey
It all started around 1971. Just home from college and having a difficult time finding a job, I started going to house tag sales where I would find small interesting things to sell to antique dealers. It was something I really enjoyed doing, and 1 was amazed I was making real money for the first time. I soon realized that this was [...] Click here to continue reading.
The Lifetime Collection of Carl & Joyce Mueller, Tallmadge, Ohio
“For over one half century, we have collected – lived with – and enjoyed antiques”.
Carl spent over fifty years in the commercial radiator business started by his father in 1920. Joyce is a retired elementary public school teacher. Our first collecting passion was for Edwardian era antique automobiles and mechanical music (music boxes, automaton, orchestrion, etc.) Shortly after our marriage in [...] Click here to continue reading.
The Collection of El Roy and Helene Master
The offering of the antiques and collectables of El Roy P. and Helene Livingood Master comes with some degree of sadness. This collection has remained intact for five generations and it is hoped that others can now appreciate its beauty and fine craftsmanship.
Helen, Harry and Minnie Janssen
This legacy started with the arrival of Henry Janssen and Ferdinand Thun from Germany at the turn [...] Click here to continue reading.
Property from the Collection of Margaret Scott Carter and Winthrop L. Carter
Scotty and Win were certainly well known to many of us as an integral part of the New England antiques business for over forty years. In the early 1960′s Scotty was exhibiting at an antiques show that Win came to as he was looking for items for a show where he would be exhibiting. Win walked into Scotty’s booth and found many [...] Click here to continue reading.
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Moyer, Lederach, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Jay R. Moyer, a public servant and former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, is a proud descendant of Mennonite and Schwenkfelder immigrants, who arrived on ships such as the “Good Ship Friendship,” which docked in the City of Philadelphia in 1729. Jay’s ancestor, Hans Christian Meyer, along with other early settlers from Switzerland and Germany, finally settled and helped to form [...] Click here to continue reading.
Edward Willis Redfield (American, 1869 to 1965)
The leading exponent of Pennsylvania Impressionism, Edward Redfield was born in Bridgeville, Delaware in 1869. After his family moved to Camden, New Jersey, he studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, then went to Europe in 1889, where he attended classes at the Academie Julian in Paris. Together with Robert Henri and several other American students, Redfield traveled along the Mediterranean coast and [...] Click here to continue reading.
Edwin Lord Weeks Art in the Collection of Bernard Broder
Ellen K. Morris, PhD, who is currently preparing a catalogue raisonne of the artist writes about the Broder collection as follows:
Comparatively little is known or understood of Edwin Lord Weeks’ earliest works. In part, this must be because many of them fall outside the context of the works for which the artist is primarily known – finely rendered works recording his travels in [...] Click here to continue reading.
Isaac Augustus Wetherbee, 19th Century Portrait Painter & Photographer
Isaac Augustus Wetherbee (also spelled Wetherby) was born in Providence, Rhode Island on December 6th, 1819 to Isaac Wetherbee and Sophia Greene. He was painting in the Norfolk County / Boston area in the late 1830′s and 1840′s. The 1842 Boston City Directory lists him as a portrait painter and he is thought to have been one of the earliest Daguerreotype photographers. According to the [...] Click here to continue reading.
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