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Earl Cunningham – Self-Taught Artist (1893-1977) The self-taught Florida artist Earl Cunningham used a rich palette of jewel-like colors and vivid imagination. Cunningham portrayed an unlikely combination of boats and ships in his paintings. In 1906, Cunningham left his family home in Edgecombe, Maine at the age of 13 and worked a variety of jobs including peddler, tinker, and crewing on sailing ships. He married Iva Moses and for many years operated a [...] Click here to continue reading. Thomas Seir Cummings (American, 1804 to 1894) Thomas Cummings was born in Bath, England and emigrated to New York City when he was a child. He studied art with Henry Inman and became his studio partner from 1824 to 1827. He founded the National Academy of Design with Nathaniel Rogers and from 1850 to 1859, he served as Vice-President of the Academy. He stopped exhibiting his own work in 1851. He was one of [...] Click here to continue reading. William Cummens, clockmaker Massachusetts clockmaker William Cummens worked in Roxbury from about 1788 to 1834 making tall case, shelf clocks and timepieces following an apprenticeship to Simon Willard. His clocks usually signed “Warrented by William Cummens, Roxbury”. His son, William Jr. apprenticed as a clockmaker with him circa 1816. Crown Milano was a popular and patented art glass pattern produced by the Mt. Washington Glass works in Boston, Massachusetts, during the 1890′s. The pieces have an opal or earth-toned ground to which heavy gold enameling has been applied. Some Crown Milano decoration includes beads and/or jewel-like stones. Crown Milano is typically marked by a crown within a wreath device, hence its name. Generally speaking, Crown Milano art glass is identical to an earlier, [...] Click here to continue reading. Anthony Elmer Crowell (1862 to 1951) Perhaps the best know decoy carver in the world, Anthony Elmer Crowell was born in East Harwich, Massachusetts in 1862. In his youth Mr. Crowell was a cranberry farmer and hunter. There is no evidence that Mr. Crowell ever benefited from the help and experience of an older hand, however, by 1898 he excelled at carving decoys, with his favorites being native Cape Cod ducks and shorebirds. Although [...] Click here to continue reading. Henry H. Cross (1837-1918) Born in Flemingville, New York, Henry Cross became a noted painter of Indian portraits and racehorses. He was an adventurous person who ran away as a teenager several times to join a circus. At age sixteen, he traveled to Paris where he studied with animal painter Rosa Bonheur between 1853 and 1855. Returning to the United States, he earned a living painting animals on the sides of wagons and traveled [...] Click here to continue reading. Creamware or Queensware? Creamware was renamed Queen’s ware in 1766 after Josiah Wedgwood was appointed “Potter to Her Majesty,” Queen Charlotte. Wedgwood did not invent the body but found the clays and developed the glaze that gave it its warm white look. His two most famous commissions in the ware were the dinner set made for Queen Charlotte and a set for the Empress Catherine II of Russia, variously estimated between 952 and 1282 [...] Click here to continue reading. Bruce Crane (American, 1857-1937) Son of amateur painter Solomon Bruce Crane, Bruce Crane was born and raised in New York City where he was exposed to art through the city’s galleries and museums from an early age. After studying with friend and mentor Alexander Wyant, Crane lived and worked throughout the Northeast. He painted rural views of the Adriondacks, East Hampton, and the areas surrounding his studio in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Drawing on the [...] Click here to continue reading. Allen Gilbert Cram (1886-1947) Allen Cram was born in Washington D.C. on February 1, 1886 and received his fine art education in the East, studying under William Merritt Chase. He later moved to San Diego, working mostly with western scenes. He was also an etcher and an illustrator for the U.S. government. He passed away in Seattle, Washington in May of 1947. Information courtesy of Cowan’s Auctions October 2006 Thomas Bigelow Craig (1849 – 1924) Thomas Bigelow Craig, born in 1849 in Philadelphia, was best known for his summer landscapes depicting grazing or wading cows. Although he was a largely self-taught artist, some evidence exists that Craig may have studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He exhibited at the Nationl Academy annuals for 45 years and also spent time as an artist in the California art scene. He died in [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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