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Spencerian Compositions
Said to be “flourished”, the elaborate hand-drawn pen and ink compositions are often called “Spencerian Compositions” after Platt Rogers Spencer, Sr. One of twelve childred, Spencer was born in 1800 in East Fishkill, New York. Called “the man who taught American to write”, Spencer was an early administrator of Bryant, Lusk and Stratton Business College in Cleveland where he developed a uniform cursive writing system and instructional manuals which were used in [...] Click here to continue reading.
Vorschrift frakturs were often created by schoolmasters as specimens of penmanship and calligraphy for copying by their students as a means of learning to write. They often include alphabets, numerals and a favorite saying, etc. of the teacher.
Abe Blashko, born 1920
Abe Blashko grew up in Seattle and had an early proclivity for drawing. He dropped out of school to pursue art full time and, in 1938, became the youngest artist ever to have a solo exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum. Blashko’s drawings and prints from the late 1930′s and 1940′s capture the gritty edge of street life during the Great Depression in Seattle and New York City. According [...] Click here to continue reading.
James Everett Stuart (1852-1941)
Working in California, Stuart studied with well-known artists William Keith and Thomas Hill. He painted over 5,000 works, some of which are included in the collections of Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art, Los Angeles Art Association, Reno Arts & Crafts Society, de Young Museum (San Francisco), and the Golden Gate State Park Museum.
Samuel Rothbort (1882-1971)
Samuel Rothbort was born in Wolkovisk, White Russia in 1882. He was born to a family where the father was a scholar and the mother was a breadwinner operating a flour and grain facility. During his youth he worked as a cantor and traveled to various towns and villages, gaining many impressions of life in that era. Poverty as well as the political unrest of the times led to his immigration [...] Click here to continue reading.
Tunis Ponsen (1891-1968)
Tunis Ponsen was born in Holland, but is considered an American painter. He especially worked in oils and watercolors, but also did a limited number of lithographs and linoleum block prints. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with George Oberteuffer and Karl Albert Buehr. He was a member of the Chicago Painters and Sculptors, Chicago Gallery Association, and the Chicago Society of Artists. Ponsen exhibited at the Art Institute [...] Click here to continue reading.
Frank Townsend Hutchens (1869-1937)
The Norwalk, Connecticut impressionist Frank Townsend Hutchens studied with Irving R. Wiles and F.V. DuMond at the Art Students League in New York, and at the Julian and Colorossi Academies in Paris. He was a member of the Paris Association of American Artists, Taos Society of Artists, American Watercolor Society, Silvermine Artist Guild, and the Salmagundi Club.
Hutchens settled in New York City and in 1912, he moved to Norwalk, [...] Click here to continue reading.
Poster Condition Issues
Posters, for the most part, were printed in large format on the cheapest possible paper, and with an expected life of two to three months on billboards. They were ephemeral by definition and not intended to withstand the test of time. Therefore, in grading a poster’s condition the standards and criteria of the print collector cannot be used. The most important element in grading a poster’s condition is its appearance as [...] Click here to continue reading.
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