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The Art of Henri Matisse’s Paper Cut-Out Sculptures

Sarasota Antique Buyers

A Look at Matisse’s Creative Process and Techniques Henri Matisse, a French artist known for his use of color, is widely recognized as a painter. He initially studied law in Paris but began painting in 1889 after his mother gave him art supplies. We buy antique bronzes of all variety and we buy antique sculptures.

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American Folk Art: Celebrating the Creativity and Craftsmanship of Everyday Artisans 

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The vast American folk art tradition offers authentic, innovative, and captivating creations whose reach spans generations and modes of creative expression. Despite this diversity, American folk art does share some core characteristics: Hand-Craftsmanship American folk art typically incorporates materials that can be wrought by hand.

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American Folk Art: Celebrating the Creativity and Craftsmanship of Everyday Artisans 

Invaluable

The vast American folk art tradition offers authentic, innovative, and captivating creations whose reach spans generations and modes of creative expression. Despite this diversity, American folk art does share some core characteristics: Hand-Craftsmanship American folk art typically incorporates materials that can be wrought by hand.

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5 Hot Lots Coming to Auction in October

WorthPoint

To hold their kimonos in place and be able to tote essential items, men hung decorative inro (small cases) that were suspended from their kimonos’ waist sashes. The two-gallon crock is decorated with a horse in cobalt blue and is salt-glazed, one of the hallmarks of antique stoneware. Eldred’s, estimate: $4,000-$6,000.

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A Forgotten Woman Artist: Lilian de Glehn Thibaut

Mark Hill

The Parisian cul de sac called Cité Falguière (below) is renowned as the group of artists’ studios in Paris inhabited across the years by a roster of then penniless, now world famous, artists. By January 1930, she had been picked up by the prestigious Galerie Druet, who frequently exhibited her art across the early 1930s.

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The Rise of African Modern & Contemporary Art

Grays Antiques

Part of a collection of tribal art from across the African continent available at Tabunov Antiques This spring, Bonhams African Modern & Contemporary Art department declared that they have seen 'an explosion of interest in modern and contemporary art from Africa' (1).

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Ocean Liners: Speed and Style

Alfie's Antique Market

This exhibition revives the golden age of ocean travel, from ground-breaking engineering and fashionable interiors, to the lifestyle on board and their cultural impact on art, architecture, design and film. The exhibition will also feature works by Modernist artists, designers and architects inspired by liners.