Remove Fine Art Remove Material Remove Textiles
article thumbnail

Evaluation to Valuation: Navigating Fine Art Appraisals

Art Appraisal Resources

How do you place value on something as intricate and subjective as fine art? In this post we explore fine art valuation and appraisal, how an appraisal is conducted and the different types of art appraisals. The appraiser will assess its condition, size, materials and overall condition.

article thumbnail

WCG Private Practice Seminar

WCG

Morning Sessions: Casey Wigglesworth Vice President Fine Art Insurance with Huntington Block Casey Wigglesworth is Vice President of Programs at Huntington T. Casey currently manages HTB’s Fine Art and Musical Instrument specialty insurance programs. Julia Brennan Principal, Caring for Textiles Julia M.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Constructivism: The Intersection of Art and Industry in the Avant-Garde Movement

Invaluable

Sold for £45,000 via Sotheby’s (November 2017) Founded in 1915 by Vladimir Tatlin and Alexander Rodchenko , Constructivism’s vision was to produce artworks and buildings using modern materials and designs that would awaken the working class to imperialist divisions and inequalities. Vavara Stepanova -Textile Design 3, Step 3.

article thumbnail

Marcel Breuer: From Bauhaus Visionary to Furniture Design Icon

Invaluable

He studied and then taught at the Bauhaus School , revolutionizing fine arts, craft, and industrial design. Breuer s Bauhaus Beginnings: A New Vision for Design The Bauhaus was an influential avant-garde school of design, architecture and applied arts that was founded in Germany in 1919 by Walter Gropius.

article thumbnail

Textile Art & Racial Identity

MIR Appraisal

Textile has been a rich and important cultural tradition with a long history throughout different regions and peoples of Africa, with many distinctive styles and techniques. The fabrication of textiles by African Americans, particularly quiltmaking, is inexplicably tied with slavery. Beadwork is common in Eastern and Southern Africa.

article thumbnail

Anni Albers: Weaving Modernism into Art and Design

Invaluable

Celebrated as one of the most influential textile artists of the 20th century, Anni Albers redefined the possibilities of weaving and elevated it to a fine art. Transcending the narrow confines of a functional craft, Anni Albers transformed weaving into a fine art by incorporating modernist aesthetics and artisanal tradition.

article thumbnail

Slate of Candidates for the 2025 WCG Board Elections

WCG

In the Fall of 2023, she graduated with distinction from West Dean College’s Master’s program in the conservation of books and library materials. Candidate for Treasurer(term ends June 2027): Kaitlyn Munro Seymouris an associate textile conservator at Caring for Textiles, originally joining the team in 2014.