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Satsuma The ancient Japanese province of Satsuma was in the southern most part of the island of Kyushu. Its association with the production of pottery and earthenware was well known by the early 17th century. It was at this time that master artisans from Korea were introduced following a series of invasions by Japan of Korea and the impress of artists into service for the Satsuma Shogunate. By the end of the 18th century, [...] Click here to continue reading. Basalt-Black Stoneware The English Potter Josiah Wedgwood developed Basalt, a black stoneware body, in 1768 using sifted ball clay to which manganese (and other minerals) was added and firing it at an extremely high temperature. Its use for production in the Wedgwood factory is rivaled only by that of Jasper. Wedgwood originally intended Basalt to be for the manufacture of cabinet vases for the 18th Century gentry. His design sources included illustrations from the [...] Click here to continue reading. Henry Ary (American, 1807 to 1859). Henry Ary was a key figure in the development of Hudson River landscape painting. Born near Providence, Rhode Island, by 1831 Ary was painting portraits in Albany, New York. Three years later Ary moved to Catskill, New York, where he was encouraged by Thomas Cole to paint landscapes. By 1845 Ary was living in Hudson, New York, and had begun to exhibit his landscapes at the National [...] Click here to continue reading. Gary and Karen Stuffel of Washington, Indiana Gary and Karen Stuffel loved the country life, and both loved the dream of living with early American antiques. Born in Daviess County, Indiana, they chose to settle in Washington where Gary worked as a union carpenter and Karen as a Postmaster for the Edwardsport post office, and then later the Montgomery post office. Their love extended to a project of acquiring a log home originally built [...] Click here to continue reading. Kataro Shirayamadani (1865-1948) – Rookwood Artist In 1887 Rookwood hired Japanese artist Kataro Shirayamadani after several unsuccessful attempts to retain a Japanese decorator. In May of that year Shirayamadani arrived from Boston, where he had been employed by Fujiyama, an import retail and decorating shop. Born in 1865 in Tokyo, Shirayamadani was a skilled porcelain painter whose talent proved most useful to Rookwood. Shirayamadani had been in Cincinnati in 1886 as a member [...] Click here to continue reading. Charles (Carl) Schmidt (1875-1959) Charles Schmidt was born in 1875 in Germany and apparently changed his given name to Carl shortly after joining Rookwood in 1896. He is noted for his fine scenic landscape and marine decorations under vellum glaze. He left Rookwood in 1927 to join R. F. Johnston Paint Co., and later worked for the The Cincinnati Times Star. Carl Schmidt decorated for Rookwood from 1896 to 1927. His mark was CS [...] Click here to continue reading. Andrew Newell Wyeth (American, 1917 to 2009) Born in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, in 1917, Andrew Wyeth was home-schooled by his father, the celebrated illustrator N.C. Wyeth. After learning drafting from his father, the younger Wyeth was awakened to the watercolors of Winslow Homer, whose Impressionistic style would inspire his own work in the watercolor medium. Wyeth’s first exhibition of artwork was in 1936, at the Art Alliance of Philadelphia. One year later, his first [...] 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. John William Boor, M.D. (1947 to 2007) John William Boor, M.D. was born and raised in the city of Philadelphia. Dr. Boor’s love for the fine arts stemmed from his fascination with American history and his tremendous pride and respect for everything related to or originating from the great colonial city of Philadelphia. To many he was their trusted doctor, specializing in Neurology. Others knew him as a collector of Americana. He had an [...] Click here to continue reading. Water Coupe Water coupes were small pots for ornamental as well as functional use by Chinese scholars. Displayed on their desks, they were filled with water for making ink or for refilling the artist’s brush washers to clean their writing utensils. Many were delicately carved from a variety of colored jades and agates and were patterned after organic plant forms or animals. Information courtesy of Lois Thomas, p4A.com editor, April, 2009. |
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