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Aaron Siskind (Artist/Photographer, 1903 to 1991)
Aaron Siskind was the most important and influential practitioner of abstract photography in the United States. As the photographer and photo historian Carl Chiarenza noted, “His development as a photographer paralleled the development of the abstract expressionist painters, many of whom were his close friends.” Siskind began his career in the 1930s producing a powerful series of documentary images entitled “Harlem Document.” During the 1940s he shifted focus [...] Click here to continue reading.
Edward Emerson Simmons (1852-1931)
N.B. Edward Simmons was born in 1852 in Concord, Massachusetts. The nephew of renowned author Ralph Waldo Emerson, Simmons became fond of art, literature, and music at an early age. After graduating from Harvard with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1874, Emerson secured a job for Simmons at the San Francisco Chronicle as a drama critic. Although he stayed on the West Coast only briefly, he did meet and [...] Click here to continue reading.
Francis Augustus Silva (1835 to 1886)
Silva began painting when he was apprenticed to a sign painter in his native New York. Despite receiving no formal art education, he launched his fine art career in 1865 and by 1868 was included in the National Academy of Design’s annual exhibition.
Although Fitz Hugh Lane and Martin Johnson Heade are often heralded as the leaders of the Luminist movement, Silva has come to be recognized as [...] Click here to continue reading.
Ada Walter Shulz (American 1870-1928)
According Shari Finnell’s Indianapolis Woman Magazine article, Skirting the Issue, “Shulz’s interest in the arts started early. As a young girl, she put off her chores as long as possible so that she could paint. Her widowed mother was a major influence, moving the family to Indianapolis so that her daughter could better develop her talents at Shortridge High School. Later, her mother moved to Chicago so that Shulz [...] Click here to continue reading.
Yaffa Sikorsky Quote
“I make pieces that I myself would like to live with. My background as a painter led me to relate to clay forms as three-dimensional canvases; when I began blowing glass, the dimension of motion and flow were added. I use lampworked imagery in my new work. Nature is my inspiration. I use nature as an impulse, blending my feelings and fantasies. I add and delete as I deem necessary to [...] Click here to continue reading.
Louis Bassi Siegriest (1899-1989)
Louis Seigrist was born in Oakland, California in 1899. He studied at the California School of Fine Art in San Francisco where in the 1920′s he was associated with a California Bay Area group called the Society of Six. The group, based in Oakland, focused on California scene subject matter, aggressive use of color, and a freedom of style rooted in Impressionism. Siegrist also did commercial art assignments in Seattle, [...] Click here to continue reading.
Stella Shutiva (1939 to 1979)
Stella Shutiva brought the aesthetics of prehistoric ceramics into the twentieth century, using techniques she learned from her mother, Jessie Garcia. She made the “fingernail” feature popular with white clay in the 1970′s, and is known for her bowls, seed jars and wedding vases. Stella won numerous awards and her work is in multiple publications, including Dillingham (1992:206-208), Painter (1998:15), and Hayes & Blom (1996:52-53), (1998:25, 49).
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Colonial Era Shoe Buckles
Colonial shoe buckles were interchangeable and could be used with more than one pair of shoes. Thus, they were important accessories that became valuable keepsakes over the years and they are among the most popular Colonial items today.
Christian Shively Jr. (American, 1770 to 1836)
Christian Shively Jr. was born in Maryland, and removed with his family to Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. In 1804/5, he and his family, which included his parents, his brothers and sisters and their families, his new wife and their children, and his wife’s parents, headed west, settling near Wolf Creek, in the present-day area of Madison and Jefferson Townships, just west of Dayton, Ohio. In 1810, Shively contracted with [...] Click here to continue reading.
Everett Shinn (1876-1953)
Everett Shinn played a many sided role in American art. As a member of the “Ashcan School,” his pastels of New York street scenes ranged from park avenue to the Bowery. His early experience as a newspaper artist-reporter gave him great technical facility which he later exercised as an illustrator for many national magazines such as McClure’s, Hearsts International, Everybody’s and The Century. Shinn’s career as an illustrator, however, was only [...] Click here to continue reading.
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