Maine Antique Digest

MAY 21, 2024

Swann Galleries, New York City Photos courtesy Swann Galleries For its April 4 sale of African American art, Swann Galleries offered 239 lots of paintings, watercolors, prints, photography, and sculpture and featured a special evening session called “Art for Life” of contemporary works sold to benefit the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation.

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Maine Antique Digest

AUGUST 23, 2024

Tremont Auctions, Sudbury, Massachusetts Photos courtesy Tremont Auctions This watercolor of a Bermuda cottage, 13¾" x 19¾", by Boston artist Henry Webster Rice (1853-1934) was a highlight of the images of the island. It sold for $2074 (est. 1000/1500). A single-owner collection of fine arts at Tremont Auctions’ May 5 auction in the

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Elsinore Gallery

JUNE 25, 2024

Oil and watercolor are her choice mediums lately, but she works in gouache and pastel as well. She is a multidisciplinary artist, equally skilled in oils, watercolor, acrylics and oils. Natasha paints a wide range of subjects, from cityscapes to portraiture, but has a special place in her heart for landscapes.

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Invaluable

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

While early plein air painters often relied on watercolors, which were portable and quick to dry, it wasn’t until the 19th century that the technique truly transformed with the advent of collapsible oil paint tubes. The invention of portable oil paints by John G. Rand in 1841 was a game-changer. Edward Willis Redfield – ”Drifted Road.”

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Auction Central News

MAY 25, 2024

SUDBURY, MA — An early 19th-century ‘British School’ watercolor painting of a waterfall raced away from an estimate of $200-$300 to bring $18,000 ($22,860 with buyer’s premium) at Tremont Auctions on May 5.

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Elsinore Gallery

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

A multimedia artist, Dee creates artwork in ink, watercolor, pencil and pastel. I embrace a diverse range of mediums and techniques, working with alcohol inks, watercolor, pencil and pastel, which all contribute to the variety of my artistic endeavors. A multimedia artist, Dee creates artwork in ink, watercolor, pencil and pastel.

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The Brass Armadillo Antique Mall

OCTOBER 19, 2023

According to Antiques and The Art Weekly, the top-selling antique was a group of fifteen watercolor portraits of members of a single African-American family, selling [.]

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The Magazine Antiques

MAY 15, 2024

Host Benjamin Miller is introduced to an amazing folk art watercolor depicting the father of the US Navy. The post <co>Curious Objects</em>: Discovering a Forgotten Folk Artist at the Independence Seaport Museum appeared first on The Magazine Antiques.

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WorthPoint

APRIL 5, 2024

This watercolor sketch of Revolutionary War soldiers sold for $129.99 The other is a 1782 painting created by American-French military engineer Pierre Charles L’Enfant depicting a woman serving troops food at American encampments.

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Art Services 2000

APRIL 5, 2020

One book, "Audubon in Florida" first published in 1974 from the University of Miami Press was especially helpful in identifying the birds that were the Florida species that he found and rendered life-sized in his original watercolors. The book's author Kathryn Hall Proby ( b.

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Alfie's Antique Market

JUNE 7, 2018

Available from Gloria Sinclair A watercolor floral painting by Lucy Kemp Welsh, 1930s. Available from June Victor Flowers in vase painting, signed, 1940s. Available from i Fine & Contemporary Art An enamel flower scent bottle, 1970s. Available from Robert McKoy Fine Arts A floral button down dress, 1950s.

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Art Peritus

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Wilson graciously donated this series of 53 original watercolors as well as the reproduction print-rights to benefit the Cottonwood Institute, an organization that connects underprivileged children with nature through outdoor activities and skill development.

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Art Dealers Association of America

APRIL 11, 2018

Blum & Poe: “ Robert Colescott ” March 10 - April 28 Hauser & Wirth: “ Mark Bradford: New Works ” & “ Geta Brătescu: The Leaps of Aesop ” & “ Louise Bourgeois: The Red Sky ” February 17 - May 20 Louise Bourgeois, The Red Sky (Detail), 2009, watercolor, ink, gouache, pencil, colored pencil and etching on paper, 11 panels.

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Watercolors Paintings Fine Art Sculpture 52

ValuePros Appraisal Services

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Independent, certified reports for Estate Settlement , Equitable Distribution, Insurance, Divorce, Charitable Donation, and Buy/Sell of: – Paintings – Prints – Watercolors – Drawings – Photographs – Sculptures OBTAINING INSURANCE COVERAGE APPRAISAL We have produced Certified Reports accepted by all Insurers, for (..)

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Fine Art Equitable Distribution Appraiser/appraisal Charitable Donations 52

ValuePros Appraisal Services

JANUARY 22, 2018

Independent, certified reports for Estate Settlement, Equitable Distribution, Insurance, Divorce, Charitable Donation, and Buy/Sell of: – Paintings – Prints – Watercolors – Drawings – Photographs – Sculptures OBTAINING INSURANCE COVERAGE APPRAISAL We have produced Certified Reports accepted by all Insurers, for antique, (..)

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Fine Art Appraiser/appraisal Equitable Distribution Charitable Donations 52

Sarasota Antique Buyers

JULY 18, 2024

Items frequently purchased: Paintings: Ranging from 18th to 19th-century art, encompassing oils, watercolors, drawings, lithographs, etchings, and prints. During our visits to Bradenton, we thoroughly enjoy discovering new antiques and relish learning about their unique histories.

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Art Services 2000

APRIL 4, 2020

He was a house guest at several East Florida plantations and he created a number of his original watercolors of the bird species that he found. Foshay was the former curator of the New York Historical Society that has all of the original watercolors for "The Birds of America" in its collection.

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Art Appraisal Resources

JANUARY 16, 2024

Medium - Is your fine art an original painting, oil or acrylic on canvas or board, a watercolor, or a print? Is it the same Albert Bierstadt (Germany/US 1830 - 1902) or a painting with a Bierstadt signature? Is it a copy, a forgery, or a fake?

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WorthPoint

AUGUST 14, 2024

He worked with watercolors, and the images for each stamp are part of a book, Golden Moments , published by the USPS. In 1984, the US Postal Service awarded him the largest commission ever paid to an individual artist for creating thirty postage stamps depicting the 1984 Olympic Games.

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Collectibles Maker/Artist Prints Lithographs 52

ValuePros Appraisal Services

MAY 13, 2018

FINE ART APPRAISERS Our staff of experts certify the value of hundreds of pieces of fine art every month.

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Fine Art Appraiser/appraisal Equitable Distribution Charitable Donations 52

Coronado Appraisal

JANUARY 2, 2024

An artist who creates their own artwork has the ability to control every aspect of how the artwork is created , such as: medium (oil, watercolor, mixed media, metal), what they use to apply the medium (canvas, board, a hanging apparatus), and more.

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Harrison Appraisals

MARCH 31, 2023

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.

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Artifactual History Appraisal

JANUARY 31, 2017

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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Art Services 2000

APRIL 7, 2020

In order to understand the work of Audubon it is essential to know that the engravings and lithographs that have been made from his original watercolors have been issued in may forms and a number of editions. (but that is another story, entirely.)

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Art Services 2000

APRIL 16, 2020

With the advent of The Audubon Society and the 20th Century's interest in the environment Audubon's name is known throughout the world and his images of birds can be found everywhere, the rarest being his one of a kind watercolors, paintings, and drawings.

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Appraiser/appraisal Fine Art Engravings Prints 52

Artnet News

MAY 2, 2024

The watercolor is estimated to sell for as much as $600,000 at Sotheby’s New York. The post The Original ‘Harry Potter’ Cover Drawing Is Set to Smash Auction Records appeared first on Artnet News.

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Elsinore Gallery

JUNE 9, 2020

Capital Calligraphy Guild Watercolor Society of Oregon How We Grow Our Food Art Show We have also shown local groups like NW Pastel Society, various student shows and fund-raising shows for Isaac’s Room, Visions of Hope and more.

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Artifactual History Appraisal

JULY 29, 2020

In one design project, we skillfully incorporated the antique curio cabinet, vintage zither, heirloom rocking chair, and watercolor painting collection with contemporary new furnishings and custom accessories to create a welcoming and cohesive living room."

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Invaluable

APRIL 24, 2024

Born and raised in Chicago, Darger worked as a custodian and committed to painting with watercolors in his free time. These makers, who typically eschewed more traditional methods and materials, imbued their work with an uncanny sense of innovation and ingenuity. Henry Darger was a leader in the American Outsider art movement.

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Invaluable

APRIL 24, 2024

Born and raised in Chicago, Darger worked as a custodian and committed to painting with watercolors in his free time. These makers, who typically eschewed more traditional methods and materials, imbued their work with an uncanny sense of innovation and ingenuity. Henry Darger was a leader in the American Outsider art movement.

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Art Dealers Association of America

JUNE 21, 2018

Lava Thomas, Looking Back I , 2014-2015, graphite, conte crayon, watercolor on paper. All of a sudden it dawned on me that the art world was very limited in the 1970s and 1980s. I learned a lot from the artists, truly. ©The artist. Courtesy Rena Bransten Gallery. Why did you open your own gallery?

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Art Dealers Association of America

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

They told me they were offered, free of charge, an exhibit of German paintings, watercolors, and prints. A group of international forgers were situated in Ireland and England and they had a traveling German Expressionism art show. I got a phone call from a community college museum one day. I said, “Who’s in it?,” I said, “No.

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Art Dealers Association of America

MAY 7, 2019

She never stopped doing watercolors and drawings, even though it was not easy during the Depression when she was working full-time. When did you first become interested in visual art? I come from an art family. My mother went to the Art Institute of Chicago, and was a practicing artist all her life.

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Art Dealers Association of America

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Ambreen Butt, Mohammad Yaas Khan (16) , 2019, text, watercolor with white gouache, and pen on tea-stained paper. We chatted with Wendi about her decision to become an art dealer, her flexible gallery model, and how passion, scholarship, and solid business sense work together to form the gallery’s foundation.

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Michael Rose Fine Art

OCTOBER 20, 2023

John Singleton Copley, Self-Portrait Miniature , watercolor on ivory, 1769, 1 3/8 x 1 1/8 in. All of these objects enable historians to get a picture of social and economic realities for those who commissioned and treasured them.

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