San Tsai Pottery
The Chinese term “san tsai” means “three colors” or “three glazes” and is used most often in referring to the lead glazes used to decorate T’ang Dynasty pottery.
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Martha Ann and Ray Samuel Collection When Martha Ann Brett and Ray Samuel married in 1946, both knew they wished to collect paintings but were also aware of the fact that their newlywed budget would not stretch to include works by the French Impressionists. However, such good friends as NewOrleans dealer Albert Lieutaud, his wife, Lily, and Naomi Marshall suggested that Louisiana art, both period and contemporary, had largely been ignored, was of a [...] Click here to continue reading. Paul Starrett Sample (1896-1974) Paul Sample was born in Kentucky, but spent much of his youth moving about the country with his family. As a young man he attended Dartmouth College, but his interests at that time focused on athletics. His studies were interrupted at the outbreak of World War I when he was called to serve in the Navy. At the conclusion of the War, he returned to Dartmouth to receive his [...] Click here to continue reading. Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret Saint Memin (1770-1852) Charles Julien Saint-Memin was a French nobleman who came to New York in 1793, and in 1796, began making portraits. With the help of the physiognotrace, a mechanical device that allowed for the relatively easy creation of profile portraits, Saint-Memin produced hundreds of portraits in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and elsewhere. Walter Dendy Sadler (1854-1923) Walter Sadler was born in Dorking and brought up in Horsham, where he showed a talent for drawing. At age 16 he decided to become a painter and enrolled for two years at Heatherly’s School of Art in London, and later studied in Germany under W. Simmler. He exhibited at the Dudley Gallery from 1872 and at the Royal Academy from 1873 through to the 1890s. He painted contemporary people [...] Click here to continue reading. John A. Ruthven (born 1933) John A. Ruthven is a naturalist, author, lecturer and internationally acknowledged master of wildlife art. Often called the “20th Century Audubon”, Ruthven uses the same techniques as his famous predecessor. After studying and researching his subject thoroughly, he sketches to rigid specifications then painstakingly renders the original painting with infinite detail. John’s fascination with nature began as a young boy in Cincinnati. In 1960 he entered the Federal [...] Click here to continue reading. Mrs. Moses B. Russell (1809-1854) Clarissa Peters was born in Februay 1809 in Andover, Massachusetts. While little is known about her early life, it is believed that she taught at the Blue Hill Academy in Blue Hill, Maine. By 1835 she was working in Boston as a miniaturist and giving instruction. In 1839 she married Moses Baker Russell, who was also a miniaturist and instructor. Even after the precipitious decline in demand for miniature [...] Click here to continue reading. Moses B. Russell (1809-1884) Moses B. Russell, portrait and miniature portrait painter, and daguerreotypist, born in Woodstock, New Hampshire on April 5, 1809. He began work in Boston in 1833 where he exhibited at the Boston Anthenaeum, the Harding Gallery, the Boston Art Association, and the Boston Mechanics Association. His 1841 entry in the BMA exhibition, he won a silver medal for several of the miniatures described as, “undoubtedly the best in the Exhibition.” [...] Click here to continue reading. Piegans (by Charles Marion Russell) In 1918, when the cowboy artist painted the splendid oil, Piegans, life for Charley and Nancy Russell was filled with contentment. It certainly had not always been. Their early years together were marked by sheer poverty, and on Charley’s part, the demanding search for the proficiency he sought in his painting, and for Nancy the intimidating search for the key to get her husband’s work before the public and [...] Click here to continue reading. Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (German/American, 1869 to 1959) Carl Rungius was born in Berlin, Germany and attended the Berlin Art School, the Academy of Fine Arts and the School of Applied Arts in Berlin. He made his first trip to America in 1894 and moved there permanently in 1897. He maintained a studio in New York for a number of years, but would stay away from home for weeks at a time, hunting and [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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