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The article presents an essay that discusses the life and artworks of American Renaissance artist Frederic Crowninshield. Frederic was known to be a mural painter, watercolorist, and an art administrator for the Art School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts and the American Academy in Rome, Italy. Various artworks made by Frederic are presented including "The Parting of Hector and Andromache," "Angel Playing a Banjo," and "St. Peter's from the Palatine."

An essay is presented on Bolognese painter, Giorgio Morandi. The author relates that when Morandi is getting ready to paint a still life, he would draw a pencil line around bases of his subjects to record their position as well as around his feet for him to know in what position he could come back to. It also mentions that of all the painters in the 20th century, his work is among the easiest to comprehend, is intelligible, and appealing.

The article features artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser. Born in 1928, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, Austria. His style was eccentric which he applied to painting, architecture and philosophy. He lived his life with seriousness and with a mission by advocating the importance of saving the environment, working without fee to design low-income residential building and delivering lectures to audiences. Before he died, he had ensured that his works would still be supported through affordable paintings or a museum.

The article focuses on contemporary artist families. Dan McCaw is an artist based in Torrance, California and has two sons who are also painters. He discovered his sons' talent for painting when they were young, and as they grew up, they worked as painters professionally. Differences in their styles exist such as with Danny's play with light and shadow in his works, while John's, the older of the two, is much adventurous. Works of artists Joan Meyer and Kathy Anderson, are also mentioned.

The article focuses on painters Arthur and Lucia Mathews. At the turn of the 20th century, the Mathews have created a new form of movement which is the California Decorative Style. It is a celebration of classical forms of beauty set in north California. They are classically trained painters with a modern approach, and embraced the idea of "art for art's sake." Arthur's works can be seen in public buildings in San Francisco. Works of the couple, such as the interior design of the Masonic Temple, are also discussed.

The article discusses the art collections of Kent and wife Vicki Logan, top collectors of contemporary art in the U.S. It discusses some of the couple's collections of paintings and sculptures made by different contemporary artists. Some of the paintings and art collections situated in the couple's home and gallery in Vail, Colorado are described.

The article focuses on the life and work of artist Ellsworth Kelly. Kelly is recognized as a master of modern art in a wide range of media including paintings, sculpture, drawings and prints and photography. In attempting to understand his work, writers have cited Kelly's experience with camouflage when he was in the Army during World War II. Instead of merging a form into a setting as camouflage does, Kelly's perception pulls the form out. This unique way of seeing surfaced early in Kelly's works.

The article provides an overview of the life and works of artist George Catlin. He was born in 1796 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and trained in the law and practiced his profession with little enthusiasm. Between 1832 and 1836, he made four excursions into Indian country that resulted in some 170 paintings, among them many of his finest. Catlin painted women as well as men, modeling faces with fluent strokes.

The article provides information on the heights that Chinese artists have reached in the global market. It reports on how China gained this status in the late 1970's when art schools reopened and artists in the People's Republic were suddenly exposed to all the latest trends in Western art. It states that Chinese Art academies and universities now offer courses in all media, old (sculpture, painting, calligraphy) and new (photography, film, video).

The article presents a calendar of events related to exhibitions in the U.S. The "Pissarro: Creating the Impressionist Landscape" will be held at the Baltimore Museum of Art in Baltimore, Maryland from February 11 to May 13, 2007. The "Transparent Reflections: Richard Pousette-Dart, Works on Paper, 1940-1992" will be held at the Cincinnati Art Museum in Ohio from February 3 to April 29, 2007. The"Matisse: Painter as Sculptor" will be held at the Dallas Art Museum in Texas through April 29, 2007.

The article presents information related to various artists and on how Indian paintings are entertaining the U.S. market. An artist Atul Dodiya is one of the famous Indian painter whose work can be considered mainstream. According to an artist, contemporary Indian artists are concerned with what is relevant to them and interested in issues in which they convey their work.

The article presents the views of various experts on how old paintings have undervalued market. According to an expert, great painting demand great money. An expert said that in the 17th century there are about 3,000 competent artists in Holland and some of them have yet to be recognized as the great masters that they are.

The article profiles art collector Barry Friedman. Like so many collectors, Friedman started with four-leaf clovers, coins, stamps, marbles and Indian head pennies. By 1973, he became a dealer of Pre-Raphaelite paintings by such artists as Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Sir Edward Burne-Jones and the Belgian Symbolist Fernand Khnopff. The Pre-Raphaelite spirit, however, is fully evident in the painted ceiling of his living room, which has been restored with the romantic, sensuous imagery of late 19th-century cherubs. In the past 20 years, Friedman has organized several landmark shows of photography, glass, early 20th-century avant-garde paintings, works on paper, sculpture and contemporary furniture.

This article reports that commissioning a portrait is an act of conceit, as it's often said, it might also pass muster as an act of courage. Either way, it can be a daunting proposition, one best approached cautiously. When one hires an artist to preserve one's image for posterity and perhaps for all the world to see, one wants to get it right. A portrait is a successful painting, according to Mikel Glass, a New Jersey fine artist who also accepts commissions. Each artist works in different ways, at different paces and for different prices.

The article presents information about artist Michael Allen. Allen's works, which range widely in size, scope and subject matter, explore themes equally large and small, from the conflict between man and nature to the common experiences of daily life, and often incorporate scenes he encounters in and near his home. While on-site, Allen creates small studies for what will become his larger studio works. Allen notes American Scene painter Edward Hopper as an influence. Allen was inspired by his grandfather, Russell D. Allen, who took up painting after retirement, and like Allen today, depicted his surroundings.

The article presents information on the artistic works of artist James Browning Wyeth. Like all great art, Wyeth's works are simultaneously complex and a pleasure to view. Wyeth has been painting birds for more than 40 years, and while his ornithological paintings are not as stylized and rigid, his painterly strokes have nevertheless captured realistic and detailed physical features. The Kent House, built by painter Rockwell Kent and now owned by Wyeth, is located far out in the ocean on Monhegan Island, Maine. Here his painterly strokes, color and composition create a house that breathes as a living creature, soaring with awe at the nature surrounding it.

The article focuses on the craft scene in the Western states. Founded in 1917, the Buffalo Bill Historical Center at Yellowstone Park's doorstep in Cody, Wyoming, is one of the best places to see hundreds of oils and bronzes by famous Western artists. One should not miss Cody's two blockbuster events held annually in September: the Western Design Conference and the Buffalo Bill Art Show and Sale, an invitational for important contemporary artists of the American West. A scenic drive through Yellowstone National Park brings one to Jackson, Wyoming, a posh resort and one of the top art markets in the West.

This article focuses on how inaugural emerging artist '05 brings collectors and new artists together. The magazine "Art & Antiques," brought together dozens of the nation's top galleries for Emerging Artist '05, an inaugural juried show in Scottsdale, Arizona, that highlighted paintings, prints, sculpture, photography and drawings by artists on the cusp of national recognition. Recently relocated to the renovated Southern Saddlery Building on South Broad Street in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Angela Usrey Gallery offers more than 4,000 square feet of exhibition space and participates in numerous national art fairs in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Santa Fe.

The article presents information on the contemporary art terms. A solid grasp of key terms can make reading and conversing about contemporary art easier and more rewarding. Fortunately, a growing body of print and online resources now exists to help diligent wordsmiths say what they mean. Even in the popular press much of the writing about contemporary art is, in a word, periphrastic. Nonetheless, a certain amount of terminology is inevitable in discussions of more recent art. Throughout the first half of the 20th century, bursts of extraordinary artistic innovation periodically sprouted whole crops of new words.

This article presents information about dreaming stories. Australian Aboriginal art sheds its ethnographic stereotype to take on the fine art market. Just a decade ago, Australian Aboriginal art was dubbed" ethnic" and relegated to anthropology. Organizers of the Cologne Art Fair created an ugly controversy in 1994 when they initially refused to show contemporary Aboriginal paintings because they were considered" folk" rather than" authentic" art. No longer considered tribal art, Betz can now sell exceptionally fine works by artists like Kathleen Petyarre in the $10,000 to $40,000 range, which are typical prices for contemporary works by Aboriginal artists in museums and private collections.

The first artist, explorers who headed west from Missouri into the vast unknown of the North American continent brought back drawings and paintings of a land so extraordinary, so immense and so wild and so intriguingly inhabited by exotic primitive peoples, that their East Coast compatriots could hardly fathom it. Early images by artists such as George Catlin (1796-1872), Karl Bodmer (1809-1893) and Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-74) were testimony to what these men had seen, and contributed to the powerful magnetism that drew a stream of seekers, pioneers, entrepreneurs and artists in their westward-flowing wake.

In 1859, American seascape artist James Hamilton (1819-78) painted "What Are the Wild Waves Saying?" which was inspired by a chapter heading in Charles Dickens' serialized novel 'Dombey and Son." When the author visited the United States in 1868, Hamilton presented him with the painting, the only gift Dickens accepted while in U.S. Along with Hamilton, George R. Bonfield and Dulin Briscoe were among the most outstanding and prolific Philadelphia marine artists of the 19th century. They share a love of the sea that began in their childhood, and they created dazzling works to express that love.

The article focuses on the life and works of artist Robert Rauschenberg. The author states that the use of dirt and torn paper in Rauschenberg's early assemblages were intended to decay, signifying the fugitive nature of life and art. Information is provided on Combines, a show of Rauschenberg's two-and-three dimensional assemblages that incorporated personal memorabilia and junk retrieved from the street. It is viewed that Rauschenberg was an innovator from the start.

The article presents a list of upcoming art exhibitions in the U.S. Some of the exhibitions in New York City include "Marvin Israel (1924-1984): Black Paintings," by Cheim and Read on September 2; and"Along the Way: MTA Arts for Transit, Celebrating 20 Years of Public Art," featuring Roy Lichtenstein and Tom Otternesson, September 9. "Excavating Egypt: Great Discoveries From the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archeology at the University College in London" will be exhibited at Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University, Atlanta.

The article presents a profile of painter West Fraser. Established as Charleston, South Carolina's best-known, most widely collected contemporary artist, Fraser is an impressionist who captures the magic of place. From the Low-country vistas he loves to exotic scenes in faraway lands, his paintings exude the very atmosphere of their setting. Fraser has worked on twenty paintings of scenes found in the unspoiled landscape of Palmetto Bluff in Bluffton, an area just south of his childhood stomping grounds.

The article presents information on "Petra: Lost City of Stone," an exhibition of more than 200 items, including works that have never before left Jordan, monumental paintings by Western masters, virtual-reality and video displays and even a special display of Jordanian clothing and jewelry from the collection of Calvin College's own artist Sally de Vries, who spent more than 30 years traveling and working in the country. The exhibit, nearly 10 years in preparation, is only making five stops in North America. When a larger venue dropped out, Calvin College alumnus Neal Bierling, who had excavated at Petra, swooped in, helping secure the exhibit for his alma mater.

This article presents information related to Louisiana purchases. For generations, New Orleans has inspired artists and writers such as Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote and John Grisham. The gallery also has more than 750 antique chandeliers, including a magnificent 19th-century French Charles X bronze d'oré, 48-light chandelier that once hung at the Marquise de Valpincon's Chateau de Pomero. At 237 Royal, Harris Antiques has 10,000 square feet of floor space devoted to superb French and English furniture, antique bronze and marble sculpture, French and English Royal Academy and salon paintings, and a large inventory of English long-case clocks.

This article presents information about an artist's painting with paper. For up to 16 hours a day, artist Deborah Claxton, armed with several pairs of curved manicure scissors, a magnifying light, X-Acto knives and tweezers, cuts and assembles such bits of velvety paper in various sizes and colors on boards to create collage-like compositions. Claxton, who has created about 50 cut-paper pieces, is one of a few artists who use the cut-paper technique on a large scale. As she grew, Claxton developed an interest in ceramics and sculpture, which only sparked a greater desire to explore other art forms.

After almost 30 years of painting breathtaking Western landscapes, measuring up to 96 inches in scale, nationally acclaimed artist Wilson Hurley knew a few things about working large. In everything else he'd done like graduating from West Point, Hying air-and-sea rescues at the end of World War I, operating as a forward air controller in Vietnam, earning a law degree and practicing law and co-founding an Albuquerque bank, he relied on knowledge gained from methodical study and the conscientious application of that knowledge. Later, Hurley would invite critiques from renowned painters, including Theodore Van Solen, Jozef Bakos and Robert Lougheed. Hurley eventually proved he was, with works in museums and collections around the country and more than eight years devoted to monumental paintings at the Cowboy Hall of Fame and the Oklahoma state capitol building.

Ann B. Kobdish is an artist brimming with energy. Since her paintings consist of multiple layers of transparencies, she initially places a lead oil ground of white on the canvas to give the painting" a nice third dimension." Kobdish's break came when she was a student at the Memphis College of Art. Landscapes are where she finds her internal peace and that's what she likes to paint. Kobdish also cites Mark Rothko, Milton Avery and Paul Klee as the one's who inspired her.

It was just about three years ago, in 2001, that the young artist Jeremy Lipking entered a few of his canvases in the California Art Club's Spring Salon. With his classic good looks has but one word to sum up his burgeoning art career. Considering Lipking has a solo show looming at New York City's Arcadia Gallery and his goal set of 25 completed paintings, he seems remarkably unflustered, something amazing for this gifted young realist painter who already has a following on both coasts. Lipking spent one year at the California Art Institute in Thousand Oaks. Lipking already has developed the rigorous discipline necessary for success.

This article presents information related to various forthcoming arts exhibitions. The exhibition "Presence: Paintings and Works on Paper by Richard Pousette-Dart," is being held on June 12, 2004 in Chicago, Illinois. The exhibition "Constable's Skies," is being held in New York City on June 25, 2004. One Point Gallery presents abstract expressionist Jane DeDecker in a solo show in Denver, Colorado, on July 4, 2004. Scottish born artist Stuart Luke Gatherer brings his rich figurative paintings to the Eleanor Ettinger Gallery in "One-Man Exhibition," in New York City On July 10-11, 2004.

This article focuses on artist Carolyn Plochmann's art. Employing a variety of techniques— acrylic, oil, gouache, watercolor, mixed media and gold leaf— Plochmann creates art that lures viewers into a meditative experience. Plochmann's paintings offer a glimpse into the world she shares with her husband, who is a retired philosophy professor and Plato and Aristotle scholar. Plochmann is an artist who takes her professional relationships seriously. For the past 35 years, she has been represented by the Kennedy Galleries in New York City.

Before starting one's Georgetown, Washington D.C. tour, pick up a "Gallery Guide" and a "Georgetown Art & Antique Map & Guide," free at area shops. Next, go a block west to Wisconsin Avenue NW and head north for a tour of Georgetown's "magic mile" of antiques. At Galerie L'Enfant, 1442 Wisconsin Avenue and P Street, three full floors are tilled with furniture and objects d'art from the Renaissance to the present. Paintings are displayed salon-style, with historical works hanging alongside pieces by contemporary artists such as Joseph Dawley, whose paintings sell for $1,500 to $100,000.

This article profiles Mexico City, Mexico-based artist Trini, a graduate of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, Belgium, where she earned a degree in painting, Trini who goes by a single name has lived and worked in Mexico City for the past 18 years. "My pictures are always about the city; I'm interested in urban life and in capturing its energy," she says of her brushy, slightly abstract, acrylic-on-canvas images of cars, pedestrians and building facades, which often appear in shadows or cast long, dramatic shadows themselves. The artist has won prizes for her work in Belgium and Mexico but is most proud of her grand prize in painting at the 1999 Monterrey Biennial in the northern-Mexico city that has become a showcase for contemporary art events of international significance.

The charm of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is that it is a charming, walkable big city with a small-town feel. Sited between two glorious rivers, the Delaware and the Schuylkill, two miles apart in center city, Philadelphia offers an incredible array of antiques shops and art galleries. The Snyderman Gallery⁄The Works Gallery, at 303 Cherry Street, specialize in contemporary visual arts, paintings, jewelry, ceramics, glass, fiber arts and studio furniture. The Schwarz Gallery, 1806 Chestnut Street, is one of the city's most elegant spaces. It houses 18th-to 20th-century American and European paintings with a particular emphasis on Philadelphia artists.

The article highlights the Art Basel exhibition held at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Florida. The five-day art exhibition has featured an obstacle course of high-priced paintings and sculpture, where some 40,000 visitors spent a total sum claimed to reach as high as $400 million. The works of artists And Warhol, Richard Prince and Josef Albers have been heavily represented. Moreover, the subject of the fevered auction is contemporary Asian art.

The article focuses on the materials used by various painters for making a painting. The conservation of an artwork depends not only on its handling but also on the material used to make it. Albert Pinkham Ryder, an American artist used to use such unorthodox materials as sand, sugar, tobacco juice and urine into his paintings. German painter Anselm Kiefer uses straw or dried flowers in his paintings. Some painters even use butterfly wings in their paintings.

The article presents information on the works of Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai. He produced tens of thousands of prints, paintings, teaching manuals and book illustrations for both public and private collectors over a period of 74 obsessively creative years. It is reported that deciphering Hokusai's long and productive life is no easy task. After 14 years working for and studying under his master, Hokusai abandoned commercial print design and set himself up as a professional painter, book illustrator and designer of exquisite privately published prints.

The article presents information about artist Gustavo López Armentía. His watercolors depict the struggles of humanity using muted colors and versatile blend of ground marble and quartz, found objects and acrylic resin. When creating multi-dimensional works, Armentía uses a torch to draw directly onto the surface. He can engrave or perform image transfers on the quartz media because its surface is similar to an artificial stone or polished stucco. The 1997 Venice Biennale, along with several other international events, catapulted Armentía, who is self-taught, from Latin American circles to a more worldwide stage, the American market.

The article presents information on American painter Alex Katz. Katz had come of age as an artist in the era dominated by the New York School, and while he rejected abstraction in favor of realism he nonetheless adopted the mural-size scale of the Abstract Expressionists for his own representational paintings. Katz also departed from the hieratic aesthetic of the New York School in respect to his preferred subject matter. Still another of Katz's distinctive achievements consists of the small-scale figurative collages he created in the 1950s.

The article focuses on Rob Colvin, a 28-year-old artist undergoing a transition from landscapes to still lifes. A realist by definition, the nature of Colvin's approach is painting directly what he sees but with unexpected abstract layers of depth and humor. Colvin's technique consequently finds him painting a different subject than he originally intended. From bananas and plastic bags to industrial factory scenes to lush landscapes, Colvin's subjects possess an eclectic range. Ed Kellogg at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, where Colvin received his bachelor of arts degree in philosophy and religion, guided Colvin away from abstraction and into landscape painting.

The article reports that "Portrait Battle" by artist Donald R. Ricker is an unpretentious yet thoroughly enjoyable history painting. Visiting this painting is like dropping in on two old friends who will never change. That's what comes with mythic status. The story is familiar enough to be told tongue-in-cheek and still be poignant. Some realists will object to Ricker's impromptu style. Funny, but looking into the facts, as "Portrait Battle" makes one want to do, one discovers that Ricker hasn't tried to copy the faces and details exactly.

This article presents news briefs related to art collection industry in several countries. The U.S. State Department is investigating whether Sotheby's Holdings Inc. played a role in the sale of a painting seized from a wealthy Havana family after the 1959 Cuban Revolution. The Malaga Port scene by Joaquín Sorrolla y Bastida was part of a large collection left behind by members of the sugar-producing Fanjul family when they escaped to Florida. The 1969 Salvador Dalí painting "The Double Image of Gala," stolen in 1974 from Knoedler & Co. in New York, appeared again in 1999 in Cadaqués, Spain, cut up and bearing a new name, "Dalí Painting Gala." Eighteen artworks worth approximately $500,000 were stolen from an unidentified movie producer's Brentwood, California, home in late October. "Small Liberties Born Out of Larger Ones" 1996, by American assemblage artist Arman, was reported stolen in January 2004. The assemblage incorporates sliced-bronze replicas of the Statue of Liberty and measures 120 inches by 24 inches by 20 inches.

This article presents information related to animalier art. Art enthusiasts with an affection for four-footed friends are certain to enjoy an exhibition devoted to eight contemporary artists at the Manhattan outpost of the London-based Frost& amp; Reed. Artists include Ashley Collins, whose paintings have been collected by the likes of screen stars Robert Redford and Debra Winger. Prices run from$ 1,000 to$ 30,000. More than half of the pictures on view cost less than$ 5,000. Frost& Reed, 21 E. 67th St. (212) 717-2201.

The article presents information related to artist, Mari Kloeppel. In her oil portraits, Kloeppel captures both her subjects' physical features and their character. Even though she is careful to maintain accuracy even depicting spots and imperfections Kloeppel, who has a background in abstract painting with a bachelor's degree in art from San Jose State University, stresses that she is not a photorcalist. She depends on anatomy books and animal skulls to execute this classic approach, which includes painting layers of flesh and veins.

The article presents news items related to the art world. Paul du Toit, a South African artist whose first solo New York show opened as of April 20, 2004 at 49 Greene Street, doesn't waste anything. He explained that if he doesn't like one of his canvases, he simply chops it up and reassembles its parts into another painting. On a weekend day when most New Yorkers would rather be picnicking in Central Park, hundreds of people were instead taking in an exhibition of Corot landscapes and Constable cloud paintings at Salander-O' Reilly or looking at picnic scenes by Léger and Picasso at Michelle Rosenfeld. The other participating galleries were Cook Fine Art, Leo Castelli, Gerald Peters, Helly Nahmad, Jacobson Howard, Shepherd& Derom and Winston Wachter Mayer. The black Town Cars were lined up on Sixth Avenue, dropping off guests arriving for an exhibition to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the New York City sub-way system— even though the F, V, N, Q, R, W, B, D, 1, 2, 3, and 9 lines were within blocks of the UBS Art Gallery. Colin Thomson, director of the UBS gallery, Gabrielle Shubert, director of the New York Transit Museum, and curators Carissa Amash and Charles Sachs had assembled more than 200 subway-related objects.

In the early 1980's, Craig Robins spent hours looking at Pablo Picasso's early drawings. Through this meditation on the visual development of the artist's thoughts and ideas, he developed a lifelong fascination with the creative process. As the youngest member of Miami's Art and Public Places Trust in the late 1980's, he became an early proponent for the integration of art into the architectural landscape. Ivelin, his wife and a performing artist, responds to art intuitively, while Robins' approach is more intellectual, placing the work within the stylistic and historical context of their other works.

No exhibition season in New York nowadays would be complete without at least one example of The Media Event, a blitz of attention in the news that succeeds, if only for a week or two, in elevating some tawdry assault on respectable taste to the status of a major art sensation, as of February 01, 2004. Many of these media events have lately been imported from London, where a well-organized gang of Young British Artists has made such media-savvy assaults a specialty. But New York has not been laggard, either, in providing domestic varieties of the kind of art in which deliberately offensive imagery can be expected to command journalistic acclaim. John Currin, an American painter, specializes in vividly realistic paintings of naked, young women with oversized breasts in a manner commonly associated with girlie magazines and porno movies.

Asian art is a hot topic this month, as of February 01, 2004 and beckons museum-goers from New York City to Columbia, Ohio, to Honolulu. From February 22, at Berkley, California, the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum in "Awakening: Buddhist Paintings from Tibet, China and Japan," offers lessons in life and death in Asian paintings. From February 29, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, is depicting Philadelphia baseball history from the 1880s to the 1980s, these paintings provide a visual evolution of the players, game, uniforms, equipment, ballparks and fans.