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Hirsch Is New Owner of Dallas Auction Gallery

Maine Antique Digest

Prominent antiques dealer and appraiser Reyne Hirsch is the new owner of the Dallas Auction Gallery and aims to attract a younger generation of buyers to collecting antiques and fine art. Hirsch was already co-owner of the nearby Patrick Jones Gallery, specializing in contemporary and modern art, when she received a

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Les Nabis Revealed: The 8 Artists Who Redefined Modern Art as We Know It

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Energized to achieve a “beauty beyond visible reality,” the Nabis group of French artists challenged convention to create a new artistic vision, as they harnessed Paul Gauguin’s synthetism to envisage an exciting alternative that would usher in the age of modern art.

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How Japonisme Shaped Modern Art

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Coined in the late 19th century to describe the Western craze for Japanese art and design, the influence of Japonisme blossomed after Japanese ports reopened to Western trade in 1854 after being closed to the West for over 200 years, and in doing so helped to lay the foundations for Modern Art.

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Baker Schorr Fine Art

Art Advisor's Blog

When my dear friend, Judy Jackson, the doyenne of estate sales in Midland, found out I would be in town, she insisted I stay the night in order to attend the opening of a new show at a fairly new gallery in town, Baker Schorr Fine Art. What a fine opportunity to spend time with a good friend and check out a new gallery!

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What is American Art? What You Need to Know About Buying Native-American Art

Antique Appraisers Auctioneers

The definition is generally left up to American Art Buyers and art institutions that display the art. The Boston Museum of Fine Arts has redefined their interpretation for Colonial-related art as North American Colonial Art but includes all of early American art when speaking of American Art.

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Assemblage and Collage: From Found Objects to Fine Art

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Upending the fine-art world, Collage and Assemblage subverted the very fabric of art, as artists like Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso and Marcel Duchamp elevated everyday items into high art, broke boundaries, and challenged traditional notions of what constitutes art, leaving an indelible print on the art world in their wake.

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What is Modernism? A Guide to Art, Literature, and Design

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This pivotal movement influenced art, design, literature, and philosophy, leading to an immense cultural transformation worldwide. But what exactly is Modernism, and why and how has it impacted the world as we know it today? What is Modernism art and which artists embraced the movement? What is Modernism in Art?