The Art Thief by Noah Charney
On Art and Connoisseurship by Max J. Friedlander
Little by Little: Six Decades of Collecting American Decorative Arts by Nina Fletcher Little
Creating Picturesque America by Sue Rainey
Chinese Export Porcelain: East to West by Shirley Ganse
Andrew Carnegie by David NasawGeo | September 27, 2007
Book review by Eric Miller
At the time he turned forty the painter Martin Johnson Heade had yet to produce a distinguished painting. In 1859 he rented a studio in New York ’s Tenth Street Studio building and changed his fate. His contact with other members of the Hudson River School radically improved his work. [...]
Hui | September 25, 2007
After the pastel workshop by Kevin Mclatchy at Hoyt Institute of Art, I didn’t create anything satisfying. It is hard to concentrate when you know you have to finish something within one and half hours and it is even harder if you try to do a landscape painting from places which do not inspire you. [...]
Hui | September 18, 2007
Collecting is about acquiring things valuable, or should I say invaluable? From toy trains to vinyl records, what matters is personal experiences and feelings. It does not surprise me that some vinyl record cost so much that you probably will never listen to them in your lifetime in order to maintain prestine considition.
One example is [...]
Geo | September 18, 2007
Winston Churchill once said “the farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.” This quote as I learned of it came from a book about the Luminist painter Fitz H. Lane, a transcendental-influenced Unitarian. The author, James A. Craig had something more to say on the way time relates to [...]
Hui | September 13, 2007
Here are the two tests that you may take it at lighter side.
“True or fake art” is a test based on modern and contemporary works. I scored 75 in this test.
“Famous or unknown artist ” is a test with mostly impressionistic works. Although I scored another 75, two works that I identified as by Eisenhower [...]
Geo | September 13, 2007
The Carnegie Museum of Art has on display two pieces of furniture that give us some insight into furniture making in Western Pennsylvania. The first is a tall case clock made by Thomas Hutchinson. The face of the clock bears his name and is labled Washington, Pa. The case features many elements known to be [...]
Hui | September 11, 2007
The legend of Maestro Rostropovich (March 27, 1927 – April 27, 2007) will reach a new height when Sotheby’s will auction his outstanding collection this month.
As a self exile, he soon proved he can just conquer the world with his cello. From reportedly a cello, one dog, two suitcases and two children, the Russian couple [...]
Hui | September 10, 2007
Sewickley Gallery WalkWhere: SewickleyWhen: Sept 14, Friday, 6-9 PMWebsite: http://www.sweetwaterartcenter.org/gallerywalking.asp
Shadyside Art FestivalWhere: ShadysideWhen: [...]
Hui | September 9, 2007
The opening reception of recent works by Joe Witzel is held at PANZA Gallery in Millvale yesterday. Joe, living in Troy hill of Pittsburgh, frequently drives up to Moraine State Park to draw the goldenrods in different seasons. When I stood in a full room of goldenrod paintings in vivid colors and eye-catching forms, [...]
Hui | September 9, 2007
The Hoyt Institute of Fine Art now features a special exhibition of works by Wolf Kahn in pastel, a medium what Khan calls his determining medium. On the one hand, it is special to show works in a medium whose directness and freshness are less known compared to oil paint; on the other hand, the [...]
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