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American Ceramic Circle 2023 Symposium | November 29, 2023
I recently was offered an amazing opportunity to take a behind-the-scenes tour with Dr. Laura Johnson at the Winterthur Museum in Wilmington, Delaware. This was my first time at...
Brunk Auctions in the Community | November 28, 2023
November was a busy month for Brunk Auctions furniture and decorative arts specialist Polly Rolman-Smith, who attended conferences in Williamsburg, Virginia and Louisville, Kentucky, in...
Lauren Brunk on Michelle Erickson | November 10, 2023
The ceramicist Michelle Erickson, is that sort of rockstar artist that makes you wish you were sitting there with her in the studio, not just looking at her work in a museum or magazine...
The Face of American Art | November 9, 2023
George Washington is without a doubt the best known face in the history of American Art. He is a powerful symbol of our country, known the world over. He is also the reason for the...
New York, Once New Amsterdam: The Flow of Dutch Influence Over the Atlantic | November 6, 2023
Present-day Lower Manhattan proudly carries the historic legacy of the early Dutch settlement established in 1624. For 40 years, New Amsterdam served as the foothold for the Dutch in the...
The Historical Allure of Gold | Novmber 2, 2023
Lot 526(Two) Half-Ounce Austrian Philharmonic Gold CoinsThroughout the ages, the yellow metal has been prized for its symbolic and ceremonial usage in different cultures around the world....
Ferdinand Pettrich, Portrait of Henry Clay | October 23, 2023
Max Loehr: Renowned Asian Art Scholar | October 11, 2023
Max Loehr spent his life working with Asian works of art. A respected art historian and noted authority on Chinese art, Max Loehr would eventually accept the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Chair...
Line — Circle ○ Dot ● The Paintings of Gordon Onslow-Ford | September 29, 2023
Lot 172Early Gordon Onslow-Ford PaintingBorn in 1912, Gordon Max Onslow-Ford came from an artistic family. By 1937, Onslow-Ford was dedicated to a career as a painter. In the fall of that...
The Irascibles | September 28, 2023
iras·ci·bles: artists marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger fiery petulant prickly quick-tempered snappish testy waspish creative ...
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