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Moran, Thomas – American Artist

Thomas Moran (1837-1926)

Moran was both an artist and an artist-explorer in search of new landscapes. His sketches from nature are complimented by examples of his studio work and together create an intimate portrait of the artist and his belief in the inherent poetry of landscape.

Born in Bolton, England, Moran immagrated with his family in 1844 to the United States, where they settled in Philadelphia. Unlike many artists of his time, Thomas [...] Click here to continue reading.

Koekkoek Family – Dutch Painters

Koekkoek Family of Dutch Painters

Hendrik Barend Koekkoek (1849 to 1909) descended from a prestigious family of painters, beginning with Hermanus Koekkoek (1815 to 1882) and spanning three generations. The Koekkoek family was an artistic dynasty in the Dutch traditions of genre, landscape and marine painting. Hendrik Barend was of the second generation; son of Hermanus, and specialized in the Dutch genre landscape tradition.

Information courtesy of Cowan’s Auctions, February 2007.

Chen Chi – Chinese-American Artist

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.

James Lamantia

James Lamantia (American, 1923-2011)

James Lamantia was a noted architect, artist and Emeritus Professor of Architecture at Tulane University. A graduate of Tulane and Harvard Universities and a Rome Scholar, Lamantia worked in architectural firms in both New Orleans and New York. Lamantia was also an accomplished painter; he exhibited his work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Chicago Art Institute among others. Most recently he [...] Click here to continue reading.

John Brewster Jr.

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.

Robinson, William S.

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.

Elizabeth Gilbert Jerome – American Artist

Elizabeth Gilbert Jerome (American, 1824 to 1910)

Tropical Sunset, by Elizabeth Gilbert Jerome, is a testament to the creative will in an era when women were actively discouraged from pursuing careers in the visual arts. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Jerome’s youthful drawings were destroyed by her stepmother when she was 15. She subsequently commenced her studies in drawing and painting at the age of 27. Even then her education would likely have suffered [...] Click here to continue reading.

Gene Davis – American Artist

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.

Jasper Francis Cropsey – American Artist

Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823 to 1900)

Jasper Francis Cropsey was born in Rossville, Staten Island in 1823, and at an early age displayed talent for both architecture and art. In 1843 he exhibited for the first time at the National Academy of Design, and founded an architectural office in New York. The following year he was elected an Associate Member of the Academy, at the age of 21. By 1845 he turned his [...] Click here to continue reading.

Tiffany, Louis Comfort & Favrile Glass & More

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.

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