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Building a Collection and Art as an Investment

Artifactual History Appraisal

Another issue to keep in mind is what medium you'd like to purchase: a wide range is available including original works in oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastels, graphite as well as printed works including etchings, lithographs, silkscreens, and digital prints. Artists typically work in a few of their favorite mediums, such as mainly in oil.

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So You Found A John George Brown Painting?

Harrison Appraisals

While many of these works are oils on canvas, Brown also returned to watercolor, a medium he used in the mid-19 th century. The smiling faces of Brown’s street urchin paintings have been replaced with the serious countenances of infirm and dependent elders painted in dark cottages.