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Ann Eckert Keenan (American, 1904 to 1982) Ann Eckert Keenan was born in New York City in 1904. She studied at the Art Students League, the Pratt Institute and the Grand Central Art School. She also studied with Xavier Gonzales and Eliot O’Hara, even starring in O’Hara’s documentary film entitled Painting With Lacquer. She traveled extensively throughout Europe and had her own atelier in Paris. Back in New York in the 1930s-1950, she found [...] Click here to continue reading. Alfred Bryan Wall (1861-1935) The son of painter Alfred S. Wall and the nephew of William C. Wall, Alfred Bryan Wall was a second-generation member of the Scalp Level School, a regional group who painted the Pennsylvania landscape in which they lived and worked. Wall was not formally trained as a painter, but rather learned from his father and uncle. Like most of the Scalp Level School members, he primarily painted landscapes, and was [...] Click here to continue reading. Adeline Oppenheim Guimard (American, born 1872) Adeline Oppenheim was a woman of means who resided in New York City and Paris. She exhibited at the Paris Salon and is housed in various American museums. She married Hector Guimard, who was a famous French architect in the Art Nouveau style. They lived in Paris in the avenue Mozart and they were thought to have fled France in the late 1930s to New York City. Information [...] Click here to continue reading. John Ritto Penniman (1782 to 1841) Born in Boston, John Ritto Penniman came from a talented family, his father was a physician and entrepreneur, and his ten siblings include booksellers, an artist and inventor, and a teacher. Penniman trained as an ornamental painter in Roxbury, Massachusetts, which was, at the time, a community of artisans, including clock and furniture makers. Some of his early work was as a dial painter for noted clockmakers Aaron [...] Click here to continue reading. Jimmie Lee Sudduth (1910 to 2007) Sudduth, a leader in the folk art movement, is best known for his use of clay, mud and organic materials in his mixed media paintings. After discovering as a child that clay and syrup were mediums that withstood the elements, Sudduth began to make art. Among the materials that Sudduth employed to provide texture and color were charcoal, chalk, coffee grounds, sand, pine needles, and sugar. He then [...] Click here to continue reading. Sgraffito Sgraffito derives from graffiare (Italian for “to scratch”) and graphein (Greek for “to write”) and is yet another example of a term that has been slowly adapted (or corrupted, some might say) for use in the American marketplace. Technically and historically speaking, sgraffito is used to describe a method of fresco used on walls (amazing examples still survive on even the exteriors of old buildings throughout Europe) and a means for decorating ceramics. [...] Click here to continue reading. Cartouche – Definition The decorative arts world has many “squishy” and vague vocabulary words, but few are “squishier” and vaguer than cartouche. Originally, the term comes from Egyptology and is used to describe a oval enclosing hieroglyphics and having a horizontal line at one end. (The line denotes royalty.) The oval had significance not unlike that of a closed circle, in that it was believed that an oval around a person’s name provided protection [...] Click here to continue reading. Grisaille Grisaille, from the French word gris meaning grey, is a term used to describe works of art painted entirely in a monochromatic palette. Technically speaking, there are other terms that apply when the monochromatic palette used is of a different color (brunaille for brown, verdaille for green, for instance), but grisaille is often misused to cover all monochrome works, regardless of hue. There are also plenty of works that are considered grisaille that [...] Click here to continue reading. Trundle Beds When many people see trundle beds, they think of Little House in the Big Woods. They may also think of impoverished people, frontier living, too many people and not enough room. In reality, trundle beds have been around far longer and have a very different tradition in history. But first, to define them: trundle beds (also sometimes called truckle beds) derive their name from little wheels or casters that allowed them to [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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