Nearly 200 people made it to the Witte Museum in San Antonio for the Annual CASETA conference. If you're not familiar, CASETA stands for the Center for the Advancement and Study of Early Texas Art. Before you start, there are two things to know about Early Texas Art. First, if you spend time hanging around … Continue reading Early Texas Art, A Primer: Part One
It was the tenth anniversary of the Collectors of Fort Worth Art Show and Sale of Early Texas Art at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center, but our second time at the show. The event seemed somewhat downsized from the year before, and some of the work was, as could be expected from such a … Continue reading The Dallas Nine and More in Fort Worth
Long Island Sound by Onderdonk "The two cities are totally different. In Dallas, they call it sushi. In Fort Worth, they call it bait," said Royd Riddell, a Dallas dealer in maps and fine prints at the art sale from the Collectors of Fort Worth last Friday. The sale was held at Fort Worth Community … Continue reading The Bait — Art Sale from Collectors of Fort Worth
Whit Hanks collection includes 19th-century Indochinese Catholic artifacts The stellar Whit Hanks collection of European antiques and Vietnamese French Catholic religious relics serves as the centerpiece of Austin Auction Gallery’s June 26-27 East Meets West cataloged Estates Auction. A total of 600 lots will be offered, 350 coming from the Hanks collection. Owner of a … Continue reading Antiques of French Colonial Vietnam, Onderdonk Painting to be Auctioned in Austin
Julian Onderdonk (1882-1922), Bluebonnets at Sunrise Western art is not a commodity easily definable. We may think of it as depicting cowboys, cacti, and cattle. The most notable Western Art by Frederic Remington and Charles Russell depicts just that. One of the points made in a talk at Heritage Auction Galleries last night by Art … Continue reading The Bluebonnets and Western Art at Heritage
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