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John Flaxman John Flaxman (1755 to 1826) was an English neoclassical sculptor and draughtsman. At the age of 19 he went to work for the firm of Wedgwood and Bentley, where he made his living for the next twelve years as a modeler of classic and domestic friezes, plaques, ornamental vessels and medallion portraits. It was in these inventive jasper” and “basalt” ware compositions that the manufacturers of the age, who had conceived and [...] Click here to continue reading. Gustave Flaubert (French 1821 to 1880) Gustave Flaubert was a novelist born in Rouen, France. His 1857 realist masterpiece Madame Bovary garnered him attempted prosecution and widespread condemnation for immorality. Among his later works is Salambo (1862), a story of the siege of Carthage in 240-237 BC by mercenaries. His 1877 work, Three Tales, proved him a master of the short story. Information courtesy of Cowan’s Auctions James Montgomery Flagg (1877 to 1960) James Montgomery Flagg, born in Pelham Manor, New York in 1877, is one of those interesting figures in history who actually did so much, but is only remembered for one thing! Flagg was a gifted artist, displaying a prodigy’s talent; he created his first magazine illustration at age 12, and by the age of 14, he had become a regular contributor to Life. He actively pursued training for [...] Click here to continue reading. Mary Fullerton Faulconer (American, born 1912) Mary Faulconer studied under Alexey Brodovitch at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art where she taught in the Design Laboratory of the Museum School. She has in addition, served as Art Director of Mademoiselle Magazine and Harpers Bazaar. Her free lance work has appeared in Fortune, House and Garden, Life, Look, Seventeen, Town and Country and Vogue magazines. Among her credits is a painting reproduced for UNICEF in [...] Click here to continue reading. John Mackie Falconer (Scottish/American, 1820 to 1903) Portrait, landscape and genre painter, John Mackie Falconer was also an enameler and etcher. He was born in Scotland and emigrated to the United States around 1848, settling in New York City. The artist remained in New York City for the rest of his life and occasionally visited Canada, the Midwest, and Virginia on painting trips. Falconer was known for oil paintings of historic buildings, watercolors, etchings, [...] Click here to continue reading. De (David) Scott Evans (1847-1889) An important portrait and trompe l’oeil painter, David Scott Evans was born in 1847 in Boston, Indiana and as a young man taught music and art at Smithson College in Logansport, Indiana. He changed his name to De Scott Evans in 1870 after a trip to France during which he allegedly suffered an identity crisis (but may have been merely trying to avoid his creditors). In 1873 he [...] Click here to continue reading. Eugene Field, Sr. Eugene Field, Sr. was born September 2, 1850 in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of attorney Martin Field who earned quite a name for himself as one of the attorneys associated with Dred Scott, the slave who sued for freedom in 1857. When Eugene was five, his mother died, and he was sent to Amherst, Massachusetts to be raised by a cousin. Field began college at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, [...] Click here to continue reading. Stephen Morgan Etnier, (1903-1984) A painter of landscapes, marine, portrait and genre, Stephen Etnier was born in York, Pennsylvania, and maintained studios in New York City , South Harpswell and Popham Beach, Maine. He studied at the Yale Art School, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and privately with Rockwell Kent and John Carroll. A major 1998 retrospective of Etnier’s work at the Portland Museum of Art, Journeys Over Water, helped awaken [...] Click here to continue reading. Wharton Harrris Esherick (1887-1970) Living in a remote area by Valley Forge near Philadelphia, Wharton Esherick built his homestead and work place in the 1920s and left a legacy of bridging art with craftsmanship. Many of his works reflect the Art Deco style, and his distinctive furniture designs made him a pioneer of the decorative arts. He had little use for straight lines, and his structures are full of swirls and spirals, with an [...] Click here to continue reading. John Joseph Enneking (1841-1916) Landscape artist John Joseph Enneking was born in 1841 in Minster, Ohio. Enneking’s career as an artist began soon after he was severly wounded while serving in Union Army during the American Civil War. In 1868, he relocated from Cincinnati to Boston to study the trade of lithography and to paint landscapes. The popularity of his landscapes increased greatly after his return from an extended visit to France in [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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