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Narciso Platero Abeyta (1918 to 1998) Narciso Platero Abeyta, also known as Ha-So-De, was born on December 15, 1918 in Canoncito, New Mexico. He spent four years in the army during WWII. When he returned home he attended the University of New Mexico, studying under Raymond Jonson. In 1961, Abeyta was published in Art in America and again in American Indian Art in 1976. He received numerous accolades during his career and participated in [...] Click here to continue reading. Abel Lewis Inn, Bristol, Connecticut The A. Lewis Inn, opened in 1794, and is still standing in Bristol, Connecticut. The original proprietor, Abel Lewis, is buried in Bristol’s old North Cemetery located on Lewis Street. Abel Lewis was born September 16, 1749 and married Ruth Adams January 10th, 1771. The Lewis family progenitor was William Lewis (from England on the ship “Lion” to Boston in 1632). A. Lewis Inn was core part of [...] Click here to continue reading. A.C. Williams Banks & Toys When A.C. Williams, Jr. bought his father’s business, the A.C. Williams Co., in 1886, it was a leading manufacturer of hardware items in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. After fires in 1889 and 1892 destroyed the Chagrin Falls operation, Williams decided to move the company to Ravenna, Ohio. It was soon after this move that a Detroit buyer suggested that the miniature product models carried by the company salesmen would make [...] Click here to continue reading. Les Maitres de l’Affiche Les Maitres de l’Affiche (The Masters of the Poster) refers to one of the most influential art publications in history. The 256 color plates that make up this suite represent a wide-ranging selection of outstanding original prints from the turn of the twentieth century, when this popular art form first reached its peak. By the 1890′s the streets of every great city were enlivened by large, colorful posters. [...] Click here to continue reading. Tapa This cloth is made from the treated inner bark of the paper mulberry tree grown in home gardens. After one or two years, the trees are cut down; their bark stripped off and pounded flat in a fashion that spreads it out into a coarse cloth. Vegetable dyes and charcoal are used to paint intricate black and red symmetric designs on the cloth in a style reminiscent of Aboriginal art. Joseph Jourdain (1870 to 1866) Joseph Jourdain was born in 1780 at Three Rivers, Quebec. He moved to Green Bay, Wisconsin in 1796 and worked at an Indian Agency (possibly White Earth) for 38 years. He was later transferred to Winnebago Rapids where he remained until his death in 1866. Information courtesy of Cowan’s Auctions Inc., March 2007 Louis M. Morgan (1814-1852) Louis M. Morgan was a Pennsylvania-born artist who relocated to Kentucky to paint portraits. For three years he remained at the Winton estate of Dr. Robert Peter and Francis Dallam Peter (just north of Lexington) and painted all of the family members there while unsuccessfully courting Letitia Dallam. One of his most enduring works is of Simon Kenton that is now owned by the Ohio Historical Society. See Whitle, Kentucky [...] Click here to continue reading. Florence Ezzell Stevenson (American, 1894 to 1974) Florence Ezzell Stevenson, born and raised in Alabama, she attended the Tuscaloosa Conservatory of Art and Music and the Art Institute of Chicago. After a decade-long departure from art (during which she raised her family), she made a triumphant return at the All-Illinois Society of the Fine Arts in 1928. One jury member proclaimed, ‘The most stimulating of the pictures in the show are a pair of [...] Click here to continue reading. Erwin J. Neusch – American Folk Artist 1892 to 1993 Artist Note: Erwin J. Neusch of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, folk artist and respected as one of the nation’s best wood carvers, Neusch’s work adorns the most beautiful churches of Philadelphia and New York. A seven-foot crucifix at Maryknoll Seminary in Ossining, New York, is his most prized work. Information courtesy of Cowan’s Auctions Inc., October 2010 Chris Achilleos (Greek/British, born 1947) Chris Achilleos’ career has spanned over three decades and he has painted magazine and video covers, posters, and album sleeves, as well as hundreds of stunning book covers during the seventies and eighties for the fantasy classics of such legends as Robert E. Howard, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Michael Moorcock, and J. R. R. Tolkien. Information courtesy of Heritage Auctions, February 2007 |
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