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August Laux (American, 1847 to 1921)
Born in the Rhineland area of Germany, August Laux became noted for his richly colored, precisely rendered floral still lifes and genre scenes, although early in his career his reputation was for frescoes and decorative painting. His parents were French, and relatives held high government positions in Strausburg. A cousin and one of his uncles were sculptors in Paris, and with exposure from childhood to persons creative in [...] Click here to continue reading.
William Lester Stevens (American, 1888 to 1969)
William Lester Stevens was a landscape painter and teacher from the Boston school of painting. He was born in Rockport, Massachusetts in 1888 and he died in Greenfield, Massachusetts in 1969. He studied with Parker S. Perkins in Rockport, Tarbell and Benson at Boston’s Museum School, and in Europe after World War I.
He was a National Academician and a member of the American Watercolor Society; a [...] Click here to continue reading.
Soren Emil Carlsen (1853 to 1932)
Emil Carlsen grew up near the Baltic coast of Denmark, where the sea was a constant and powerful presence. Although he also distinguished himself as a painter of woodland landscapes and still lifes, it was his poetic depictions of the ocean and its shifting skies which earned him the greatest critical praise.
Whether painting the Danish shoreline, the many faces of the Pacific in California, the sandy beaches [...] Click here to continue reading.
Stephen James Ferris (American, 1835 to 1915)
Ferris was a painter and etcher. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Art and with Samuel Waugh (1814 to 1885), before joining the staff of the Philadelphia School of Design where he was an instructor for over 25 years. Ferris was a member of the Boston Art Club and the Philadelphia Sketch Club. He exhibited widely, most notably at the Pennsylvania Academy, the Boston Art Club, [...] Click here to continue reading.
Daniel Ridgway Knight (American, 1839 to 1924)
A native of Philadelphia, Daniel Ridgway Knight developed his artistic talent early in life when he attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts with classmates such as Mary Cassatt and Thomas Eakins. Despite his talented and enthusiastic American contemporaries, Knight longed for the culture and thrill of Paris. He made his first trip overseas in 1861, where he studied under two highly regarded artists: Gabriel Charles Gleyre, [...] Click here to continue reading.
Louis Aston Knight (1873 to 1948),
The son of renowned American expatriate genre painter, Daniel Ridgway Knight, Louis Aston Knight was born in Paris in 1873 and spent most of his life working in France. In addition to the artistic training he received from his father, Knight studied at the Academie Julian with Jules Lefebvre and T. Robert-Fleury from 1891 through 1895. Knight’s work departed from his father’s as he usually depicted flower gardens [...] Click here to continue reading.
Lucien Bleyfus (French, 1876 to 1953)
In 1876, post-impressionist painter Lucien Bleyfus was born in Thorigny-sur-Marne, near Paris, France. While many of his paintings center around farm and village life of France, he has also produced numerous landscapes of Provence, the Riviera, and the Maritime Alps. Among his works, two were exhibited as symbols of the province Orleans at the Paris World Fair in 1937. Bleyfus also served as a member of the Societe [...] Click here to continue reading.
Alfred Rudolfovich Thielemann (German, born 1883)
A goldsmith of German origin, Alfred Thielemann followed in his father’s trade. In 1858 he qualified as Master Jeweler in St. Petersburg and became a Faberge workmaster in 1880. His workshop at 24 Balshaya Morskaya produced badges, jetons and fine jewelry.
Information courtesy of Heritage Auction Galleries, November 2008.
Wayne Beam Morrell (American, born 1923)
Born in New Jersey in 1923, Wayne Morrell continues to produce impressionistic works at his home and studio in Rockport, Massachusetts. He received his formal training in draftsmanship and commercial art at the Philadelphia School of Industrial Arts and also attended Drexel Institute. Morrell belongs to several art societies, including the Rockport Art Association; he has exhibited widely in the National Academy of Design, Allied Artists of America, [...] Click here to continue reading.
Daveda Movitz works in watercolors, ceramics, gouache and oil. After receiving her M.A. in Fine Art from Boston University, she has worked as an artist and has developed an abstract impressionist style to create increasingly emotive works. Her work has been featured in one person and group shows in the northeast including the Brooklyn Art Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Daveda has also worked as a teacher.
Married since [...] Click here to continue reading.
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