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Paul Howard Manship (1885 to 1966) Paul Howard Manship was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. His early studies were at the St. Paul Institute of Arts and the Pennsylvania Academy of the fine Arts in Philadelphia. As a student and apprentice, he worked with George Bridgman, Hermon Atkins MacNeil, Solon Borglum, Charles Grafly and Isidore Konti. In 1909 he won the Prix de Rome scholarship and began his studies at the American Academy in [...] Click here to continue reading. Jean Mannheim (German/American 1863-1945) Born in Germany, Jean Mannheim fled to France to avoid being drafted into the army. In Paris he studied art and book binding at the Ecole Delecluse and Academie Colarossi. Mannheim immigrated to America and eventually settled in Pasadena, California. There he built a home on the rim of the Arroyo Seco, earned acclaim for his paintings and founded the Stickney Memorial School of Fine Arts. Edward Middleton Manigault (1887-1922) Painter E. Middleton Manigault was born in Canada in 1887, and raised there, but was also associated with Charleston, South Carolina where his great-grandfather Joseph Manigault lived, building the Joseph Manigault House, which is still used by the Charleston Museum. Middleton Manigault moved to New York as an eighteen-year-old. Encouraged by his parents in his art pursuits, he studied with Robert Henri and Kenneth Hayes Miller, who became his friend, [...] Click here to continue reading. William Henry Mander (British, 1850 to 1922) William Henry Mander was best known for his landscape paintings. His naturalistic style used a palette of soft colors ranging from greens and browns to yellows. Rural cottages, landscapes, and figures engaged in activities such as fishing or a shepherd leading his flock were is usual subjects. He specialized in painting views of the Midlands, Birmingham, North Wales, Lincoln and Sheffield, where he lived. Mander’s style [...] Click here to continue reading. Man Ray (American 1890 to 1976) Man Ray, born August 27, 1890, was an American artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France. Perhaps best described simply as a modernist, he was a significant contributor to both the Dada and Surrealist movements, although his ties to each were informal. Best known in the art world for his avant-garde photography, Man Ray produced major works in a variety of medias and considered himself [...] Click here to continue reading. Mahantongo Valley Pennsylvania Some of the most distinctive and elaborately decorated furniture created in early nineteenth century America originated in what is known as the Mahantongo or Schwaben Creek Valley of central Pennsylvania. Today, this body of work constitutes highly revered Pennsylvania German material culture. The majority of which can only be found in major museum collections such as the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. Located [...] Click here to continue reading. Jacob Maentel (1763-1863) Born in Germany in 1763, Jacob Maentel (sometimes spelled Mantel) died in New Harmony, Indiana one hundred years later. He came to the new American republic sometime before 1810 when he is known to have been working in Pennsylvania. From about 1810 to 1825 Maentel worked as a watercolor portraitist, usually working on paper averaging 12″ by 10″ in size and drawing his subjects in ink and then filling them [...] Click here to continue reading. Madeleine Lemaire (1845-1928) Fanny Reed. Reminiscences Musical and Other. Boston: Knight and Millet, 1903. Pages 85-90. CHAPTER VII: MADELEINE LEMAIRE. Who that knows her does not love Madame Madeleine Lemaire, the most gracious and fascinating of women and a most brilliant star in the artistic world of Paris! At a soiree at Princess Scilla’s, some years since, my attention was attracted by a very sympathetic and intelligent face; I asked this lady’s name, and [...] Click here to continue reading. Roderick Dempster MacKenzie Roderick MacKenzie was raised and educated in Mobile, Alabama. He studied art at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and later at the Chapu and the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris where he was a student of Constant, Laurens, and Jules Lefebvre. In 1913, after spending twenty years in India, MacKenzie returned to Mobile. He painted a series of pictures of the steel works at [...] Click here to continue reading. Everett Macdonald (1924 to 1991) Everett Macdonald was a self-taught jeweler from Southern California who worked in a sculptural style. A pioneer in unusual materials, he introduced the use of nylon thread in modern jewelry. For the most part, his pieces were one-of-a-kind, with occasional limited editions of no more than six. Information courtesy of Skinner, Inc. September 2007 |
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