Flora Danica Porcelain: Science, Intrigue, and Exquisite Craftsmanship
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica Soup Tureen, sold for $3,000 in Fine And Decorative Art, Featuring an Important Collection of Numismatics, February 2, 2021. Flora Danica porcelain is certainly beautiful, with its exquisite molding, delicate hand-painted flowers, and...
The Life and Cats of Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita
Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968), "Jeune Fille Assise un Chat," color lithograph on paper. Sold for $650 in Fine and Decorative Arts of the Globe, January 19, 2019. Born into a high-class family in Tokyo in 1886, Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita was a painter and...
The Joy of Becoming: George Nakashima’s Soulful Furniture
"Instead of a long-running and bloody battle with Nature to dominate her, we can walk in step with a tree to release the joy in her grains, to join with her to realise her potentials, to enhance the environments of man." -George Nakashima In the late 90s, a resurgent...
Lacquer? I barely knew ‘er!: A quick jaunt into Russian lacquerware and the transition and translation of icon painting into a Soviet approved art form
Icons to Folktales In 1917 Russian job prospects were bleak to say the least. The revolution had begun a new era of employment insecurity for intellectuals, the clergy, and the many artists dedicated to the painting of icons both for private use and church...
Cats in Japanese Woodblock Prints
Ukiyo-e artists throughout the Edo period explored a variety of genres, including historical events, kabuki actors, folk tales, beautiful women, and the natural environment. One recurring subject in Japanese woodblock prints that encompasses multiple genres is cats....
800 Concubines and a Saint: A Depiction of Prince Vladimir on a Russian Porcelain Easter Egg
Russian Porcelain Egg with Sterling Stand, for sale May 20th A saint, Prince Vladimir the Baptizer of Kievan Rus, is doubtless an appropriate image for a finely decorated, Russian porcelain Easter egg. Vladimir’s clothing is simple yet regal, swathed in a blood red...
Namikawa Yasuyuki; the Golden Age of Japanese cloisonné revealed in a wisteria vase
A full moon illuminates draped wisteria vines that seem to float along a dark blue sky. The delicate composition is unbroken, smooth, and betrays no hint of the complexity behind its existence, except for the golden white moon. This moon plays a larger role than just...
WHERE TO SELL PAINTINGS IN MINNESOTA?
Before you sell a painting it is important that you have information about it that will enable you to make the best decision.. Many people have been given or have acquired an old painting at some point in their lives. You may have purchased it at an estate sale,...
An Appendix to Euclid’s Elements: a story of many years and many miles of mathematical innovation
John Lodge Cowley’s An Appendix to Euclid's Elements is a fascinating book. It’s incredibly visually attractive, with pages of beautifully executed copperplate etchings that fold up into interactive geometrical diagrams. It’s even remarkably compelling for a math...
Alphonse Mucha’s Prints & Posters
Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939), father of le style Mucha, or Art Nouveau, is perhaps best known for his print and poster designs. He began as an apprentice scene painter in Vienna, then as a portrait painter in Mikulov. Eventually, Mucha gained patronage from two local...