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Tabriz Carpets Of all Iranian city carpets Tabriz carpets are perhaps the most Persian. Tabriz has long been a major weaving center and has been dominated by Persian merchants. Only in the last 50 years has the Persian carpet trade shifted to Tehran. Tabriz carpets are made in all sizes from small mats and prayer rugs on up to some of the largest carpets made. Carpet Construction Size: All sizes made up to [...] Click here to continue reading. Charles C. Svendsen (1871-1959) Charles Svendsen was born December 17, 1871 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He studied under Thomas Noble (Cincinnati Art Academy) and at the Academy Julien in Paris, traveling and exhibiting internationally throughout his career. Susse Freres Foundry Tracing its origins to 1758, the Paris foundry of Susse Brothers is most well known to collectors for their production of fine art bronze sculptures in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Their catalogue represented the work of many leading artists of the time, including Yevgeny Lanceray, Pierre Jules Mene and Mathurin Moreau. The firm continued its art casting work into the 1990′s and may continue in operation today. Their work was [...] Click here to continue reading. Charles Frederick Surendorf (1906-1979) Charles Surendorf was born on November 9, 1906 in Richmond, Indiana. Following graduation from Ohio State University, Surendorf studied at the AIC and ASL in NYC. In 1935 he moved to the San Francisco Bay area and taught at Mills College. Active in the local art scene, he was director of the first San Francisco Art Festival. In 1946 he settled in the town of Columbia in the Sierra [...] Click here to continue reading. Carol Summers (Born 1925) Carol Summers is a master modernist print maker known for his dreamy landscapes and graphic still life images. He was originally trained as a painter in the mid 20th century, but he became interested in woodcuts during the 1950′s and that has been the largest part of his work since. His work is held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Corcoran Gallery, among others. [...] Click here to continue reading. Thomas Sully A teacher at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Thomas Sully became one of the foremost early 19th-century portrait painters, known for painting pretty faces on his subjects, often disregarding reality. He was the son of English actors and was born in Horncastle, Lincolnshire. He came to Philadelphia in 1792 when he was nine years old. Sully showed early drawing talent and first studied with his older brother, Lawrence, a miniaturist, [...] Click here to continue reading. Thomas Wilcocks Sully (Jr) (1811-1847 Thomas Sully, Jr., was a son of American portrait painter Thomas Sully. He was a portrait and miniature painter active in Philadelphia during the 1830s and 1840s. He exhibited at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and The Artists’ Fund Society. Information courtesy of Skinner Inc. Josef Sudek (Czechoslovakia, 1896 to 1976) Josef Sudek is celebrated for the luminous landscapes and still lifes he created during a 40 year-long career. He initially set out to be a bookbinder but, after being injured in combat during the first World War and losing his right arm, he shifted vocations. As a young artist Sudek was influenced by painting, particularly the romantic Czech landscape painting of the turn-of-the-century. To best replicate the soft [...] Click here to continue reading. Henry Stull (1851 to 1913) While Henry Stull initially wanted to be an actor, his life and art ultimately revolved around racehorses, especially at Coney Island, New York. To make this point, it has been said he was born above a stable in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in 1851, but this may be an item helpful to making his life story seem even more predestined. However, he did have close exposure as a child to [...] Click here to continue reading. William Strickland (American, 1788 to 1854) William Strickland’s career as an architect, engineer and artist spanned 45 years. The son of a master carpenter, Strickland was apprenticed at the age of 15 to Benjamin Henry Latrobe, America’s first professionally trained architect. In 1818, Strickland won the competition for the Second Bank Building with a design based on the Pantheon. The bank is considered a seminal work in Neoclassicism and Greek Revival in the United [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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