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Karl Edwin Wiwen Nilsson (1894-1974) Karl Nilsson was the son of the Court Jeweler to the King of Sweden. He won the Gold Medal at the 1925 Paris Exposition des Arts Decoratifs, worked for Georg Jensen from 1925 to 1926, opened his own shop in Stockholm in 1927, and was later appointed the Court Jeweler. Renowned for his austere work with Brazilian-cut rock crystals, aquamarines and citrines set into stepped silver or gold mounts, [...] Click here to continue reading. Laszlo Neogrady (1896-1962) Laszlo Neogrady was born in Budapest and spent his artistic career in Hungary. The son of artist Anatal (Laszlo) Neogrady (1861-1942), Laszlo studied at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts and exhibited in Hungary starting in 1922. He preferred to work with evening light and specialized in monumental winter landscapes. Information courtesy of Cowan’s Auctions Peter Neff (1828 to 1903) Peter Neff was a native of Coshocton County, Ohio, and attended both Yale and Woodward College before graduating from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio in 1849. Between 1853 and 1854 Neff closely collaborated with Hamilton Neff, a Professor of Chemistry at Kenyon to develop what is generally acknowledged to be the first successful tintype photographs in America. In 1856, Neff acquired the patent for making “ferrotype” or “melainotype” plates, [...] Click here to continue reading. National Foundry National Foundry began operations in Whitman, Massachusetts, in the early 1880s manufacturing cap guns in bronze and cast iron. Their line expanded in the early 1900s to include cast iron andirons, candlesticks, bookends, and doorstops. Purchasers could decorate their doorstops with any color scheme following directions in the National Foundry catalog. Today the company is called Whitman Foundry and produces grey iron for machinery parts. Henri Nardeux (? -1850) Henri Nardeux, a French painter, exhibited his still-lifes at the Paris Salon from 1833 to 1850. Eadweard Muybridge An eccentric British photographic artist with a seemingly unpronounceable name became a household word in 1878. After six years of experimentation, Eadweard Muybridge (1830 to 1904) demonstrated that all four hooves of a horse momentarily leave the ground at a full gallop. With 50 cameras all armed with electrically triggered shutters, Muybridge introduced stop motion photography to a skeptical nineteenth century. California Governor Leland Stanford underwrote the “flying horse” demonstration, which took [...] Click here to continue reading. Tom Murray (American, born 1953) Born in Spokane, Washington in 1953 Tom Murray’s family moved to Arizona in 1957, where he has lived ever since. Murray began drawing and painting as a youngster. While studying art at the University of Arizona he pursued a career as a professional musician. In 1978 he devoted himself to his art full time. After working at an architectural firm as a commercial artist, Murray shifted his focus to [...] Click here to continue reading. Hermann Dudley Murphy (American, 1867 to 1945) Boston School artist, Hermann Dudley Murphy began his studies at the Museum School in Boston with Edmund Tarbell and Frank Benson. In 1891 he went to Paris where he attended the Academie Julian and studied with Jean-Paul Laurens. While in Paris, Murphy met James Abbott McNeil Whistler and was inspired by the palette, tonality, and compositions of the artist. Murphy, like Whistler, began to create his own [...] Click here to continue reading. Asa Munger, Clockmaker A jeweler and entrepreneur in Auburn, New York, Munger was well known for his eight day clocks, circa 1830. Unlike many clockmakers of his period, Munger is known to have produced both the works and the cases for many of his clocks. One of Munger’s rare “stovepipe” eight-day clocks sold for $52,500 at the 1 June 2000 auction of the Peter Zaharis clock collection by Cottone’s in Mt. Morris, New York. [...] Click here to continue reading. John Mulvany (1844-1906) John Mulvany was an Irish-born artist who is best known for his monumental portrayal of Custer at Little Big Horn, entitled Custer’s Last Rally. He studied in Dusseldorf and Munich, and arrived in the U.S. in 1856. After serving in the Union Army during the Civil War, Mulvany returned to Europe, and then came back to America and settled in the Midwest. After Little Big Horn, Mulvany began planning his [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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