A Sunday trip to the Birmingham Museum of Art doesn’t provide enough time to cover its comprehensive collection, especially its Vietnamese ceramics exhibition, one of the finest in the world, and its Wedgewood collection, the largest outside England. Fortunately, the American Art and Decorative Art collection is substantial, yet not overwhelming. Paintings are largely organized … Continue reading One Sunday in Birmingham @ the Museum
Tag: Charles Willson Peale
What’s Up and On in New York City
Three paintings by George Inness traveled to Philadelphia before I did. I met them on the 20th Floor of a building in Rockefeller Center during an American Art preview at Christie's. Normally they would have been in the ground floor showrooms, but those were taken. Elizabeth Taylor's jewelry is moving in. It will be available … Continue reading What’s Up and On in New York City
Dallas International Returns, Open Thru Sunday
The Dallas International Art, Antiques and Jewelry Show is back again. The show opened with a private preview party that was not packed, but had a constant flow of people. The show made a first go of it in 2009 at the Dallas Convention Center, but skipped a year to return at a new location, … Continue reading Dallas International Returns, Open Thru Sunday
Philadelphia Museum of Art Acquires Exceptionally Rare Early 19th Century Portrait of an African-American by Charles Willson Peale
The Philadelphia Museum of Art has acquired the painting Yarrow Mamout, 1819, an exceptionally rare portrait of an African-American by Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827), one of the most renowned American artists of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Depicting an aged man who had been born in Guinea in western Africa, taken into slavery … Continue reading Philadelphia Museum of Art Acquires Exceptionally Rare Early 19th Century Portrait of an African-American by Charles Willson Peale
Death of a Warrior, Dearth of Competition for American Portraiture
Doyle Auctions sent out a release today regarding a recent sale. The headline was Robert Havell Jr’s Death of a Warrior brought more than $80,000 November 18--the Second Highest Price achieved for a work by the artist. Less noticed was the fact that a work by Charles Willson Peale went for what seems a very … Continue reading Death of a Warrior, Dearth of Competition for American Portraiture
A Gaggle of Interests, February 28, 2010
In this series, the UAA team will list some of the interesting items that we have found in auctions, antique shops, shows or eBay. We neither own the items or, in some cases, have the capability of examining the items in person. It mainly serves as an inventory record of what interests us (not necessarily … Continue reading A Gaggle of Interests, February 28, 2010
Personal Faults and Other Stories of Everyday Life
It’s interesting to me I have now been to enough museums that I can often look at a painting and know where it belongs—or at least where it’s usually hanging. The current exhibit American American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765-1915 gave me a number of opportunities to show off my memory. There’s The Artist … Continue reading Personal Faults and Other Stories of Everyday Life
Urban Art & Antiques 