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Frank Leonard Stick (1884-1966) Frank Leonard Stick was born in Huron, South Dakota and spent his youth hunting, fishing and trapping in Iowa. He became a hunting guide and began to document his excursions through paintings. He attended the Chicago Art Institute in 1904, where his talent was immediately recognized by his instructors. He painted predominantly in watercolor and is best-known for his hunting and fishing scenes. Information courtesy of Manitou Galleries/Manitou Auction Charles Webster Hawthorne (1872-1930) In 1894, Charles Webster Hawthorne moved to Long Island, New York, to study with leading American Impressionist painter William Merritt Chase. There he began painting en plein-air and he soon became Chase’s assistant. By 1898, Hawthorne established the Cape Cod School of Art in Provincetown, Massachusetts. A dedicated and passionate teacher, he used the school to promote the style and technique he learned from Chase, which included the use of [...] Click here to continue reading. Mellier & Co. Mellier & Co. operated at 2 Frith Street, near Soho Square, and later Margaret Street. They advertised themselves as “specialists in the rich decorative styles of the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries”. They became best known for their fine examples of antique French furniture and were among the English manufacturers who exhibited at the 1904 St Louis International Exhibition. Information courtesy of Neal Auction Company, December 2005 Pottier & Stymus A premier New York cabinet making firm, Pottier and Stymus was known for high-style furniture in the Neo-Grec, Renaissance Revival, Egyptian Revival and Modern Gothic styles. With beginnings in the 1840′s, the firm moved to the 375 Lexington Street address between 41st and 42nd Streets in 1871. Pottier & Stymus Manufacturing Company used a number to identify each completed piece and the same number for each of its component parts, in [...] Click here to continue reading. Timothy Pickering (1745 – 1829) Timothy Pickering was born in Salem, Massachusetts, in July 1745. He graduated from Harvard University in 1763, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1768, serving for some time as Register of Deeds for Essex County. Initially, Pickering was reluctant to sever ties with Great Britain but reconsidered his position and played a vital role in the Revolution’s success. He accepted General Washington’s offer to become Adjutant [...] Click here to continue reading. Michael Lenk (1890 to ?) Michael Lenk was born in Germany and came to West Allis, Wisconsin. Lenk was an amateur painter never having received formal training and is known to have painted Northern Wisconsin scenes; in some cases historical events and some with religious subject matter. Some of his works are in Wisconsin Historical institutions and at least one of his works “Fifth Day of Creation” was on loan to a traveling exhibit [...] Click here to continue reading. Kim Whanki (Korean, 1913 to 1974) An early proponent of abstract art in Korea, artist Kim Whanki created paintings that harmonized experimental forms of expression with Korean sensibilities. Kim’s images served as a bridge between a past rooted in unchanging traditions and an emerging modernity, as South Koreans sought a new national identity in the aftermath of Japanese colonialism and the Korean War (1950 to 1953). Kim was born February 27, 1913 into a [...] Click here to continue reading. Harvey Begay (born 1938) Harvey Begay was encouraged by his father, Kenneth Begay the father of contemporary Navajo jewelry, to pursue jewelry making and to express his own style. Harvey stated, ‘My visual awareness is always absorbing contoured forms in buildings, in contemporary sculptural pieces, and in the centuries-old southwestern Indian motifs used on pottery and rugs.’ (Schaaf 2003:75). He has won numerous awards at Indian Market and has had his work exhibited at [...] Click here to continue reading. Aaron Burr Burr served with distinction in the Continental Army at the battles of Quebec, Monmouth, and New Haven. He is best remembered for taking the life of Alexander Hamilton in an 1804 duel. After conspiring with General James Wilkinson to create a new republic in the Southwest, he was arrested in 1807, tried for treason, and acquitted. He went abroad in 1808 and tried but failed to interest the English and French in [...] Click here to continue reading. Kangxi Emperor (1654 – 1722) The Kangxi Emperor, (born May 4, 1654, died December 20, 1722) was the third Emperor of the Manchu Qing dynasty, and the second Qing emperor to rule over all of China, from 1661 to 1722. He is known as one of the greatest Chinese emperors in history. His reign of 61 years makes him the longest-reigning Emperor of China in history, though it should be noted that having ascended [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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