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Carducius Plantagenet Ream (American, 1837 to 1917) Born in Lancaster, Ohio in 1837, Carducius Plantagenet Ream, lived in New York and Cincinnati before settling in Chicago (1878) where he became that city’s most famous still life painter, known especially for his depictions of fruit. Typically his work featured tabletop studies of fruit placed near or in a china dish or glass. He also painted fruit on the vine or freshly picked from the tree. [...] Click here to continue reading. The Ralph Raby Collection Ralph Raby is a direct descendant of the Chicago retail shoe magnates George and Joseph Bullock. The Bullocks were typical upper-class Victorians, with a sophisticated eye for fine furniture, art and decorations who traveled extensively throughout Europe. The majority of the Raby collection was assembled by the brothers and their wives in the 1870′s and 1880′s. Their travels and philosophy were described by Mr. Raby for a 1984 Chicago Tribune [...] Click here to continue reading. Wolfgang Rabl (Austrian, born 1942) Wolfgang Rabl studied art techniques at the Akademie der Bildenden Kunste, Vienna, in 1964 and 1965. At this time Vienna was the center for the influential movement known as ‘Fantastic Realism’. Generally, Fantastic Realism combines extreme realism with either fantasy or elements of the unconscious. The movement was officially founded in 1947 by such artists as Rudolf Hausner (1914-1995), Wolfgang Hutter and Anton Lehmden. Another well known representative was [...] Click here to continue reading. Walter Emerson Baum, ANA (1884-1956) A son of Bucks County, Walter E. Baum was born in the town of Sellersville in 1884 and died there in 1956. Considered by many to be “the father of art in the Lehigh Valley”, Baum was a founder of the Lehigh Art Alliance in the pre-WWII era and was director of the Allentown Museum of Art, as well as of his own Baum School of Art, and art [...] Click here to continue reading. John Pierce Barnes (1893 to 1954) This Philadelphia native painted in Collingsdale, Pennsylvania and studied at the Philadelphia School of Industrial Design and The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. As his painting talent grew and his passion for art progressed, Barnes was given the opportunity to study abroad in Europe for two years. His work was exhibited through the PAFA and he received both the Cresson Traveling Scholarship and the Second Tappan Prize awards [...] Click here to continue reading. James Bard (American, 1815 to 1897) – Ship Portraitist Working in Greenwich Village, New York, James Bard and his twin brother John collaborated together in the early nineteenth century and became the preeminent maritime artists of their time. After the American Revolution and War of 1812, the young American republic experienced a burst of financial growth and national pride. Paintings of sailing ships and steamers, which depicted the speed, beauty and advancements in industry [...] Click here to continue reading. George Herbert Baker (1878-1943) A member of the “Indiana School” of painters in the early 20th century, George Herbert Baker was born in 1878 in Muncie, Indiana. He studied at the Cincinnati Art Academy and earned a number of prizes for his exhibits in the Hoosier Salon, Muncie and Richmond (Indian) Art Association, and at the 1930 Indiana state fair. In addition to oils, Baker worked frequently in watercolors and pastel. Baker was closely [...] Click here to continue reading. The Bien Edition of Birds of America Considered rare, the Bien edition is perhaps the least well documented of the major editions of John James Audubon’s landmark Birds of America. It was the first attempt to reproduce the birds life-size. The Bien sheets with one image measure about 26″ by 38″, the same size as the Havells. However, instead of placing one small bird on a large sheet, as in the Havell edition, two [...] Click here to continue reading. Helen Allingham (1848 to 1926) Helen Allingham was born Helen Mary Elizabeth Paterson in Swanlincote, a small village in Derbyshire, England, the oldest of seven children born to Alexander Henry Paterson, a physician, and his wife Mary Chance Herford. Early on, the Paterson family moved to Altrincham, Cheshire, where Dr. Paterson established a prosperous practice and his daughter’s talent for art began to develop under the guidance of her grandmother Mary Herford and her [...] Click here to continue reading. Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin (British 1870-1935) Cecil Aldin did his first set of hunting prints in 1899, The Fallowfield Hunt. This was a series of six sporting prints in which many of the backgrounds were pastiches of equine destinations that Mr. Aldin had known. He also did a series on inns that have become his best selling work to date. Aldin worked mostly in pastel or watercolor and produced a number of fine etchings [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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