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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 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.
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.
Ferdinand A. Brader (1833-?)
An untrained, itinerant artist, known for his large, detailed, birdseye view, pencil drawings of farms and other dwellings, Ferdinand A. Brader was born in Switzerland in 1833. He migrated to the United States and Pennsylvania in the early 1870s.
Most of his drawings are quite large, some measuring 50″ by 36″, and were done using graphite pencil. In 1893 he began incorporating colored pencil into his pictures. Most of [...] Click here to continue reading.
William Russell Birch (1755 to 1834)
William Russell Birch, born in Warwick, England on April 9, 1755, was an accomplished artist known for his engravings and enamel portraits. Today, his work is in the collections of major museums. Birch’s training and career coincided with the so-called golden era of miniature painting of the eighteenth century. In England, miniature enamel portraits and other objects of pictorial art, stylistically resembling easel painting, became the leading form [...] Click here to continue reading.
Leroy Neiman (American, 1921 to 2012)
LeRoy Neiman is known for his brilliantly colored, semi-abstract paintings. In 1954, a chance meeting with Hugh Hefner led to a longtime association with Playboy magazine for the artist. He is also well known for his extensive work illustrating sports figures and events. With his trademark Salvador Dali-esque mustache and ever-present sketchpad in hand, the eighty-year-old-plus Neiman remains a fixture at ringside for boxing’s biggest events. He died [...] Click here to continue reading.
Paul Cornoyer (American, 1864 to 1923)
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Paul Cornoyer attended the city’s school of fine arts before traveling to Paris in 1889 to study with Jules Lefebvre, Benjamin Constant, and Louis Blanc. Upon returning to St. Louis in 1894, he established himself as a painter of urban subjects. Eventually his work attracted the attention of William Merritt Chase, who advised Cornoyer to visit New York. In New York Cornoyer continued [...] Click here to continue reading.
Edward Moran (American, 1829 to 1901)
One of the preeminent American marine painters of the 19th century, Edward Moran was born in Bolton, Lancashire, England, in 1829. At the age of 15 Moran immigrated with his family to the United States. He first studied landscape and marine painting in Philadelphia, and at the age of 32 Moran returned to England to study at the Royal Academy in London. Ten years later he was based [...] Click here to continue reading.
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