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Drypoint In drypoint, a copper or zinc plate serves as a canvas to which an artist directly applies a sharp pointed steel needle. There is no acid or ground. The gouge made by the artist’s needle forms a rough edge called a burr where it cuts into the plate. When prints are “pulled” from the plate, the burr produces a very soft line in the print, a primary characteristic of drypoints. As more prints [...] Click here to continue reading. The Brooklyn Bridge The Brooklyn Bridge is in New York City and connects the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. It was designed by John Augustus Roebling as a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge. Roebling was killed in an accident just before construction started in 1869. His son Washington A. Roebling who had assisted his father in the design of the Brooklyn bridge and several other projects then took over the job of chief engineer at the [...] Click here to continue reading. Alfred Heber Hutty Born in Grand Haven, Michigan, in 1877, Alfred Hutty went to Charleston, South Carolina, in 1919 when he was in his early forties and immediately cabled his wife “Come quickly. Have found heaven.” Hutty had worked as a stained glass designer in Kansas City and at Tiffany Glass Studios in New York, but he had also begun a long association with the Woodstock, New York, art community and with Lowell Birge [...] Click here to continue reading. McKenney & Hall Thomas Loraine McKenney (1785 to 1857) and James Hall worked together to compile a volume of portfolios that represented Indian life, lore and custom. As Superintendent of Indian Trade under Presidents Madison, Monroe, Adams, and Jackson, McKenney had the interest and opportunity to learn first hand the customs and beliefs of many Native American Tribes. He championed the fight to preserve some of the details of the Indian culture, which [...] Click here to continue reading. Marion and Donald Woelbing, Franklin Wisconsin. Marion and Donald Woelbing were the solid citizen types that for generations have built American small businesses. They were a true partnership supporting each other in their diverse interests ranging from breeding and showing American Kennel Club grand champion prize winning dogs, to building with their own hands “Thorntree,” their home in suburban Milwaukee, to building an impressive collection of 17th and 18th century American antiques, to collecting [...] Click here to continue reading. William Thomas Smedley (American, 1858 to 1920) William Thomas Smedley was a freelance artist who provided illustrations for many books and major magazines such as Scribner’s, Harper’s, and The Ladies Home Journal during the latter half of the 19th century. Smedley, who was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1858, received his formal artistic training at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. At the completion of his education there, Smedley moved to [...] Click here to continue reading. Ex Collection of Thomas S. Holman: Souvenirs of The Grand Tour In the 18th and early 19th century young Englishmen embarked on lengthy travels to the Continent, known as the Grand Tour. Ostensibly, the voyage was to round out one’s education, which still emphasized a strong knowledge of Classical arts and architecture, languages, history, literature, and philosophy. It also provided months, and sometimes even years, to collect art and artifacts. Later in the [...] Click here to continue reading. George Rodrigue (American, Louisiana, 1944 to 2013) IN MEMORIAM: A native of New Iberia, Louisiana, George Rodrigue was not only an accomplished artist, he was also a savvy businessman and philanthropist. A student of the University of Louisiana and the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, Rodrigue began his career in illustration, before turning to painting full time. His earliest works, steeped in the Acadian lore and Cajun history of his ancestors [...] Click here to continue reading. Collection of Margaret and Lawrence H. Skromme, Lancaster, Pennsylvania Lawrence H. Skromme, P.E. was a lover of farms and farmers all his life. He was born on a farm in Roland, Iowa on August 26, 1913, the son of Norwegian immigrant parents Austin G. and Ingeborg (Belle) Holmedal Skromme. Lawrence Skromrne graduated from Kelley, Iowa High School in 1931 winning an agricultural scholarship for his work in Future farmers of America. He graduated from [...] Click here to continue reading. Francois Xaver Habermann (German 1721 to 1796) A German printer and publisher working in Augsburg, Germany, Habermann is known for a series of hand colored engravings of American cities, including New York and Boston, during the Revolutionary period. This series was titled Collection des Prospects, and is popularly known as Vues d’ Optiqu. The title was printed in reverse above the view so that it would read properly in the optical viewer. Individual views [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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