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Irving Ramsey Wiles (American, 1861-1948) Irving Ramsey Wiles was born in upstate New York. He was introduced to painting by his father, artist Lemuel Wiles (1826 to 1905), but it was not until he studied at New York’s Arts Students League that he determined to make his father’s profession his own. It was here that Wiles first met his mentor, William Merritt Chase (1849 to 1916), and the two remained lifelong friends. After two [...] Click here to continue reading. Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce Campaign of 1877 Chief Joseph, a Nez Perce leader, known to his people as Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt or Thunder Rolling Down the Mountain (1840-1904), constantly appealed to the federal government to return his people to their ancestral homelands and not to a distant reservation in Idaho. His band is known for their brilliant military retreat, one that lasted over three months until their eventual surrender to the US. The Nez [...] Click here to continue reading. The Dirk Van Erp Studio The Dirk Van Erp Studio, also know as The Copper Shop operated in San Francisco, California from 1908 to 1977. Principle artists working in the studio included its founder, Dirk Van Erp (1860 to 1933), D’arcy Gaw and Agatha Van Erp. Working with a staff of skilled craftsmen and women these artists produced a line of high quality copper vases, accessories and lighting. Information courtesy of Craftsman Auctions, September 2002. Madeleine Park (1891-1960) Madeleine Fish Park was born in Mt. Kisco, New York on July 19, 1891, and the only child of Edwin Bennett Fish and Mary Elizabeth (Sutton) Fish. At an early age she often played with family pets which may account for her ease in handling and sculpting them later in life. After attending the Emily Fowler School in Mt. Kisco, Madeleine went away to Blair Academy in Blairstown, New Jersey. [...] Click here to continue reading. Walter A. Clark (American, 1848 to 1917) Clark originally studied engineering at M.I.T., before embarking on an extensive tour of Europe, Asia, and India. Upon his return to the United States, he settled in New York where he enrolled in the National Academy of Design and the Art Student League. It was during this time that he befriended the painter George Inness, Sr. (1825 to 1894), who occupied the studio next door, and who [...] Click here to continue reading. Steuben Glass Works The Steuben Glass Works in Corning, New York was founded in 1904 by an Englishman, Frederick Carder, who immigrated to America after serving an apprenticeship with John Northwood, a noted British glass artist. Working with Carder in this period was the American Thomas J. Hawkes, but most of the firm’s leading design work can be attributed to Carder. In the early years Carder created many types of lustrous lead glass, including [...] Click here to continue reading. Daniel Folger Bigelow (1823-1910) Daniel Bigelow was born in New York, but moved to Chicago in 1858, there gaining a strong reputation as a landscape painter and becoming one of the associates of G. P. A. Healy and the group of artists who founded the Chicago Academy of Design, later to be called the Art Institute. Many of his landscape subjects were taken from trip to New York and new England and were painted [...] Click here to continue reading. Constant Troyon (French, 1810 to 1865) Constant Troyon was born in Sevres and began his career as a painter of porcelain, following family tradition. By the 1830s he had abandoned this path for a life as a landscape painter, making his debut at the Salon of 1833. Troyon became one of the central artists of the Barbizon school. By 1840 he was painting with Theodore Rousseau and Jules Dupre, and in 1844 he submitted [...] Click here to continue reading. Alexandra Nechita (Romanian, American, born 1985) Born in Romania Alexandra began painting at seven years and had her first solo exhibition in Los Angeles at eight. She has been labeled “The Petite Picasso” by the press and has attracted international attention. Information courtesy of Ivey-Selkirk, May 2010. Harry G. Aitken – American, New Jersey, 1867 to 1952 Harry G. Aitken, a designer and head of the decorating department for the Onondaga Pottery Company (now Syracuse China), spent forty-four years there prior to his retirement in 1946. At that time he was supervising the largest china-decorating force in the U.S. Due to his congenial nature and his willingness to share his time and knowledge of art by giving free lessons, he was [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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