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David Bates – American artist born 1952 David Bates spent his childhood in Garland, Texas, where his father took him hunting and fishing, a theme that often has been incorporated into his artwork. Both his portraits and his scenes of swamps in Louisiana, Arkansas, and east Texas convey a sense of regionalism, focusing on the people, the scenery, and the local pastimes of the area of the country where Bates lives. In many [...] Click here to continue reading. Robert Atwood – American Artist 1892 to 1970, Robert Atwood, a native of New Jersey, often traveled throughout the country to paint the various landscapes, including the scenery of Tennessee, Vermont, Massachusetts, and California. His brushwork progressed from signs of the Impressionist movement from the latter half of the 19th century into a more 20th century modernist technique. Most of Atwood’s works display flattened planes and brighter, slightly unnatural color schemes that reveal Post-Impressionist [...] Click here to continue reading. Rolf Armstrong – American Artist, 1889 to 1960 Rolf Armstrong’s glowing portraits of gorgeous film stars and vivacious girls-next-door soon established him one of the best paid commercial artists in America. Often dubbed the “Father of Pinup Art,” his very first calendar pinup, created in 1919, set a new standard for the depiction of feminine charm for over forty years. Armstrong’s art is imbued with grace, vibrancy, and life, and as a result, his [...] Click here to continue reading. Isaiah West Taber – American Photographer 1830 to 1912 Isaiah West Taber, 1830-1912, first came to California during the Gold Rush, returned to his native New Bedford in 1854, and moved back to California ten years later. After working with Bradley and Rulofson and other San Francisco photographers, he opened his own business around 1875. Besides being an accomplished photographer in his own right, he also published photographs taken by others, most notably Yosemite [...] Click here to continue reading. Carleton Eugene Watkins – American Photographer 1829 to 1916 Carleton Watkins is best known for his photographs of the California landscape. He first left his native New York around 1850 to head west at the time of the California Gold Rush. He settled in San Francisco, where he was introduced to photography by daguerreotypist, Robert Vance. Watkins soon began taking photographs of the California region, in particular Yosemite and the Mariposa Valley. His images [...] Click here to continue reading. Kang Definition A “kang” is the Chinese word for fireplace. In the colder regions of China these were built of clay or brick. They would be would be heated from underneath and used as a bed and general living space. But low tables would be placed on the kang when needed to hold tea, meals, spittoons and other everyday items. Information courtesy of Robert Goldberg, p4a editor, February 2010. Charles Gordon Cutler (American, born 1914) Charles Cutler was the son of Massachusetts painter Carl Gordon Cutler (American, 1873 to 1945), and was primarily a sculptor. He served as the head of the sculpture department at the Cincinnati Art Academy and exhibited widely, most notably at Vose Gallery in Boston. Information courtesy of Cowan’s Auctions, February 2009. John Cavanaugh (American, 1921 to 1985) John Cavanaugh was a sculptor of extraordinary talent whose early career was wrought with poverty and emotional hardship. His experience with hammered lead was conceived at the New York Sculpture Center in Brooklyn when he cleaned the facility and fired kilns in exchanged for free studio time. Through this technique, Cavanaugh produced an enormous array of hammered lead sculptures, many life sized, and was featured in numerous solo-exhibitions [...] Click here to continue reading. Jack Butler Yeats, (Irish, 1871 to 1957) Jack B. Yeats, described by T. G. Rosenthal as “Ireland’s greatest visual artist (The Art of Jack B. Yeats, London, 1993, page 1), was born in 1871, the son of John Butler Yeats (1839 to 1922), painter, illustrator, and in later life the drinking companion of the Ashcan School painter John Sloan and the American collector John Quinn. Jack Yeats’ older brother was the poet, William Butler [...] Click here to continue reading. John French Sloan (American, 1871 to 1951) A student of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Sloan’s early artistic career was spent as an illustrator for local newspapers in Philadelphia. In 1904, he moved to New York where his many etchings and paintings of New York City, part of the Ash Can School, led to his considerable fame. “His posters display a firm control of graphic design that continued throughout his extensive career as [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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