An Old Label from Wunderly Gallery Except for Chinese ink-wash paintings, whose ownership is genuinely documented through personal seals over hundreds of years, for the majority of the artworks available in the market, tracing the previous owner is harder than deciphering a papyrus document written in hieroglyph. However, sometimes we are blessed with old labels from prominent galleries. … Continue reading At Concept Art Gallery — The Passage of Time Evident on Gallery Labels
Tag: Albert Francis King
Landscape by A. F. King on eBay
A reader notified me today that there is a landscape painting by A. F. King on eBay. (item number 230355414102) He probably found this blog by search A. F. King through Google in which Urban Art and Antiques ranks 3 for the searched term.
The painting is now located in UK although the seller bought it from Berlin years ago. Although King's family moved from Germany and changed the name from Kong to King, I am not sure whether the artist himself traveled to Europe. (He did moved to Nebraska for a while.) It would be interesting to figure out how a picture by a regional artist traveled across the Atlantic. [read more...]
Regional Interests Boost The Sale At Constantine And Pletcher
The strong performance of the auction shows a relatively healthy economy of Pittsburgh region. A. F. King, and Joseph Woodwell are mostly known in the Ohio Valley and Western Pennsylvania area. Westmoreland Museum of American Art, which dedicats their efforts to promoting the art of Southwest Pennsylvania, has through years of exhibition of both permanent collection and temporary shows, curated a group of regional collectors and ignited their fever in appreciating the regional art, in particular Scalp Level School. [Read More...]
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