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Chen Chi (Chinese, American, 1912 to 2005) The use of the hand scroll in Chinese painting appears to have evolved some three thousand years ago, from the practice of binding and rolling written documents to facilitate storage.[1] Painting in this format likely originated as a means of embellishing text through illustration. Paper (or silk) would be attached at the left to a round wooden roller upon which it was wound for storage, and at [...] Click here to continue reading. John Brewster Jr. (1766-1854) John Brewster Jr. was a successful New England portrait artist as well as one of the first individuals to learn American Sign Language. Brewster was born deaf and enrolled at the newly opened Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb at the age of 51, where he was present during the development of American Sign Language. Art historians have theorized that Brewster’s lack of hearing [...] Click here to continue reading. William S. Robinson (American, 1861-1945) William S. Robinson was an important member of the Old Lyme Art Colony in Lyme, Connecticut in the early 20th century. Following the death of patron Florence Griswold in 1937, Robinson left Old Lyme and relocated to Biloxi, Mississippi, at the recommendation of his friend, noted New Orleans artist William Woodward. He continued to create impressionistic landscapes, trading the Connecticut scenery for the charming images of shrimp boats and [...] Click here to continue reading. Gene Davis (American, 1920 to 1985) Gene Davis was a prominent member of the Washington Color School, known for his vertical stripe paintings. Born in Washington D.C. in 1920, Davis first worked as a sportswriter, and then as a White House correspondent covering the administrations of Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman; several of his photographs of Truman-with whom he played poker-are in the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art.[1] Davis received no formal art [...] Click here to continue reading. Louis Comfort Tiffany Louis Comfort Tiffany, born in New York City on February 18, 1848, was one of America’s foremost leaders of the Art Nouveau Movement. Tiffany opened his glassworks in 1885 on Long Island, New York producing a wide range of outstanding designs for lamps, windows and decorative objects. As a leading developer of new forms of art glass, L. C. Tiffany is most noted for his Favrile glass produced from 1892 into [...] Click here to continue reading. P. Skeolan An itinerant silhouettist working in the north of England, P. Skeolan is listed in British Silhouette Artists and their Work 1760-1860 Examples of his work inscribed Manchester or Liverpool are known. In addition to cutting silhouettes, Skeolan was a talented watercolor portraitist who advertised later in his career as “Skeolan Miniature Painter Harrogate”. In this latter role Skeolan is known to have colored photographs. At some point, likely circa 1860 or before, [...] Click here to continue reading. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson (American, 1899 to 1988) Louise Nevelson’s interest in working with wood scraps began at the age of nine while visiting her father’s lumberyard in Rockland, Maine. She started her career as an artist at the Art Students League in New York, where she was exposed to important works by artists such as Marcel Duchamp and Pablo Picasso. She later went on to assist Mexican artist Diego Rivera. Nevelson is best known [...] Click here to continue reading. He Haixia The following information about this distinguished 20th century Chinese artist is reproduced from a 2008 news release from the China National Academy of Painting. He Haixia’s Chinese painting exhibition is unveiled Sponsored by China National Academy of Painting, the Chinese painting exhibition of He Haixia is currently on display to commemorate the centennial anniversary of his birth until Sept.15 at the National Art Museum of China. The exhibition displays more than 100 [...] Click here to continue reading. The Lifetime Collection of Dr. James & Susan Widder, Cincinnati, Ohio For some, antiques are not just objects to buy, sell, and collect, but instead they are truly a way of life. For nearly ï¬ve decades, such as been the case with Jim and Susan Widder. They met at The Ohio State University when Jim was a graduate student (and Susan’s lab instructor), and when Jim completed his doctoral work, the couple settled in [...] Click here to continue reading. David Brokaw (American, 1812 to circa 1870) David Brokaw was born in New York and is believed to have painted in upstate New York as well as in Akron and Oberlin, Ohio. He entered Oberlin College in 1843 and made his home there, working as a photographer and goldsmith as well as painter, and serving as Oberlin’s mayor before leaving the area in 1863. - information courtesy of Garth’s Auctions. |
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