by Lawrence Wilbur (American, 1897-1988). Wilbur was born in Whitman, MA. He moved to California to work in the engraving department of the Los Angeles Times. In 1925 he relocated to New York City and enrolled in the Grand Central Art School where he studied under Harvey Dunn, N.C. Wyeth and Pruett Carter. In 1957…
Very large 18th Century platter
depicting an imperial dragon with flaming pearls. The rare rouge color was made possible by blending ground ruby glass and powdered gold. Particles of both of these elements can be seen distinctly under magnification.No other ceramics from this period have been found to contain these paired ingredients. Microscopic enhanced image showing the ruby glass and…
Rough Customer
by Burt Proctor (1901-1980, American). Proctor became a painter of western landscape and of cowhand scenes with men on horseback. Much of his painting was done in his leisure time afforded by his early career as mining engineer and later as a successful commercial illustrator. Of his early talent, it was said he painted horses…
Home on the Range
by Lon Magargee (1883-1960, American). At age 13, Magargee ran away from his upper-class Pennsylvania home and went West in 1896, led by his zest for the wild and adventuresome life. Here he established a reputation as a cowboy painter and illustrator with work most associated with Arizona Brewing Company ads featuring humorous aspects of…
Arbitra, the Lost Portrait
by Walter Kuhn (1877–1949, American). Kuhn was a painter and impresario who organized the influential Armory Show of 1913, which was America’s first large-scale introduction to European Modernism.. The 1913 International Exhibition of Modern Art, held in the New York Armory in Manhattan, was sponsored by the Association of American Painters and Sculptors. The show…
Henry Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk and 5th Earl of Berkshire (1739-1779)
, by Joshua Reynolds (English, 1723-1792). Joshua Reynolds, a contemporary of Gainsborough, was the dominant English portraitist of the “Age of Johnson,” and painted up to 3,000 portraits, including those of many of the most wealthy and famous figures of his day. A painter of great energy, he was said to have worked constantly, never…
Rocky Coastline
by Jean-Joseph-Xavier Bidauld. (1758–1846, French). At the outset of his career, Bidauld studied and painted throughout France and Italy, gaining a reputation as a “history painter.” Returning to Paris in 1790, he entered the Salon, in which he participated regularly. In 1792 he began receiving official commissions and, after 30 years of commissions and…
Two pen and ink religious scenes
by Girolamo Bonini (Italian, 1620-1680). Christ Giving Communion to the Apostles at the Last Supper. Lucas Medicus, Salutat Vos. Bonini was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Bologna. He was the pupil of the painter Francesco Albani and part of a team of painters who decorated the Sala Farnese of the…
An Englishman’s Wife
by Walter Martin Baumhofer (1904-1987, American). Redbook Magazine interior art for a story involving American officers in England during World War II. Baumhofer was recognized for his cover paintings on such iconic magazines as The American Weekly, Collier’s, Cosmopolitan, Esquire, McCalls, Redbook, and Woman’s Day. He was also a prolific illustrator for pulp fiction magazines…
Portrait of Jan Asselijn, Painter (“Krabbetje”), c. 1647
by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, and engraving. Rembrandt is considered to have been one of the finest painters and printmakers in European art history.