Sarasota Antique Buyers

MARCH 22, 2024

A Look at Matisse’s Creative Process and Techniques Henri Matisse, a French artist known for his use of color, is widely recognized as a painter. He initially studied law in Paris but began painting in 1889 after his mother gave him art supplies. However, he was also a skilled draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor.

Sculpture

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FEBRUARY 17, 2025

A pioneering and imaginative artist of early 20th-century modernism, Paul Klee excelled in experimenting with color and form. His innovative visual language, cultivated by a melding of abstract practices borrowed from Cubism to Surrealism, revealed parallel passions in artistic practice and theory. But was he a Cubist?

Paintings

Sarasota Antique Buyers

JULY 18, 2024

In particular, we are interested in English and Continental items from the 18th to the 20th centuries, as well as modern and traditional furniture. We understand that each piece’s value depends on various factors, such as age, quality, condition, rarity, period, and maker. Modern art: Our interest extends to modern art pieces.

Textiles

Michael Rose Fine Art

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

From the urban explorations of John Sloan or Edward Hopper to the more nuanced and human-focused prints of artists like Elizabeth Catlett or Sister Corita Kent, printmaking experienced something of a long golden age. 1945, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Frank McClure, 1979.98.74

Lithographs

MIR Appraisal

JULY 12, 2019

Wang Shaojun is a Chinese sculptural artist based in Beijing, China. Born in 1958, he is now a professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, China’s most prestigious and well-known art university, and an artist. Within the global art world, the discourse regarding Chinese contemporary art is still somewhat problematic.

Sculpture

Art Dealers Association of America

MAY 7, 2019

Moving to Berkeley and then Oakland in the early years, and settling in San Francisco in 1986, Crown Point began by printing and publishing Bay Area artists including Richard Diebenkorn , Beth Van Hoesen , Wayne Thiebaud , and Robert Bechtle. Its how-to books on hand-printing processes enable artists anywhere to have successful access.

Prints

Grays Antiques

OCTOBER 6, 2018

He was an extraordinary figure within British art. He was a Scottish artist of Italian heritage, who lived in Paris, and was established in Chelsea. Influenced by Giacometti and the Surrealists, now much of his work is exhibited at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. How would you describe your collection ?

Drawings

Reagan Upshaw Fine Art

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The climate is constantly changing, and art fads can be as short-lived as those of the world of fashion. After centuries in which art markets and art museums were dominated by white men, hitherto under-represented artists are now being aquired with a vengeance, particularly by institutions.

Paintings

Grays Antiques

JULY 12, 2019

The auction will increase the growing confidence of buyers and traders looking to invest in African Art, both modern and contemporary. But what is causing the draw towards these objects, is it simply market forces?

Antiques and Decorative Arts

Art Dealers Association of America

APRIL 30, 2021

When Leon opened his first space in Bogotá in 1991, he was focused on showing a roster of North American and European artists such as Sol LeWitt , Bernar Venet , and Josef Albers. When I started to paint at 8 years old, I was like a mini artist. And from that period I started to learn to be involved in the arts all my life.

Maker/Artist

Art Dealers Association of America

JUNE 20, 2019

Since his first gallery opened in the 1980s, Franklin Parrasch has maintained a dedication to furthering the careers of artists whose work defies any predetermined definitions of media or style and seeks to address existential questions through physical creation. What inspired you to pursue a career in visual art? Photo by Adam Reich.

Maker/Artist

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APRIL 24, 2024

The vast American folk art tradition offers authentic, innovative, and captivating creations whose reach spans generations and modes of creative expression. Despite this diversity, American folk art does share some core characteristics: Hand-Craftsmanship American folk art typically incorporates materials that can be wrought by hand.

Maker/Artist

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APRIL 24, 2024

The vast American folk art tradition offers authentic, innovative, and captivating creations whose reach spans generations and modes of creative expression. Despite this diversity, American folk art does share some core characteristics: Hand-Craftsmanship American folk art typically incorporates materials that can be wrought by hand.

Maker/Artist

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JULY 10, 2024

As the 1940s came to a close, a number of artists were looking for something new. During the style’s second wave, artists including Helen Frankenthaler , Morris Louis , Kenneth Noland and Jules Olitski also harnessed the spirit of non-figurative painting but embraced the idea of form as more important than any mythical content.

Paintings

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APRIL 14, 2024

Challenging traditional notions of artistic expression, Minimalism pushed the boundaries of what art can be – and its concentrated form of beauty would leave a lasting legacy. His vocabulary of visual art contained lines with simplified colors and shapes, which are evident in his Wall Structure Blue (1962) and his Wall Drawings.

Maker/Artist

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JULY 1, 2024

Upending the fine-art world, Collage and Assemblage subverted the very fabric of art, as artists like Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso and Marcel Duchamp elevated everyday items into high art, broke boundaries, and challenged traditional notions of what constitutes art, leaving an indelible print on the art world in their wake.

Fine Art

Reagan Upshaw Fine Art

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

In 1978, Roberta and I joined our friend Buzz Spector to found White Walls: A Magazine of Writings by Artists. One of the few publications dealing with word-and-image art, it soon began to attract submissions by some notable artists in the field. Artists in Residence) Gallery, the first cooperative gallery run by and for women.

Sculpture

WorthPoint

OCTOBER 14, 2024

When he was younger, Koppel studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and the Academie Rancon in Paris, where he concentrated on drawing and sculpture. These are the sculptural beauties I would relish adding to my collection of wearable modern art. His first jewelry pieces were put into production in 1946.

Jewelry

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MAY 14, 2024

I had the feeling that there was a dimension of reality that had not been dealt with in art: the dimension of ugliness.” This was a solemn time and the artists showed the social and political turmoil of life. In defiance of trends towards abstraction, Neue Sachlichkeit artists embraced realism.

Paintings

The Art Newspaper

JUNE 26, 2025

Two of the works—a wood engraving and a drawing—depict Gill’s daughter Petra, naked in a bath, while the other is a drawing of a nude Elizabeth. Gill’s art has been controversial since his abuse and incestuous relationship with his sister, Gladys, came to light in a 1989 biography by Fiona MacCarthy.

Consultation

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OCTOBER 30, 2024

Rituals and Symbolism The ritualistic creation of rangoli during Diwali combines artistic expression, spiritual symbolism, and cultural tradition. Its creation is embedded in Indian Hindu culture, not only as a decorative piece of art, but also for its divine significance of welcoming prosperity and reinforcing tradition.

Maker/Artist

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MAY 21, 2025

This ever-shifting lifestyle meant that all of nature became a sourcebook for their art, both for themes and materials. Core Themes in Inuit Art During these early generations of Inuit artistic production, core themes and styles of artistic expression emerged. Kenojuak Ashevak – Dogs See the Spirits.

Maker/Artist

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JUNE 11, 2025

Drawing inspiration from French realists and impressionists, as well as Dutch and French art, The Glasgow Boys were artistic radicals. Characterized by bold brushstrokes and an emphasis on light and color, this was the beginning of modernism in Scotland. This is Scotland’s answer to Impressionism.

Paintings

WorthPoint

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Warhols Volkswagen screenprint, from his Ads Series of 1985, is signed and numbered, with only 190 copies in totalplus a handful of artists proofs and trial prints, making it a rare find. This piece is a perfect example of how Warhols work transcends simple commercialism, taking everyday objects and turning them into timeless, valuable art.

Fashion and Trends

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MAY 7, 2025

As Art Nouveau was developing in continental Europe, a unique brand of the movement was taking shape at the Glasgow School of Art. Coinciding with a 19 th century cultural and industrial boom in Glasgow, the Glasgow School of Art emerged as a hub for innovation and progressive attitudes that helped to foster The Four.

Furniture

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NOVEMBER 27, 2024

As the 20th century dawned in Brazil, so too did a new modern art that would not only redefine the country’s artistic landscape, but also build cities in its own image. This was a new art for a new Brazil. Characteristics and Techniques Brazilian Modernism was marked by an experimental approach.

Modern Art

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APRIL 28, 2025

What started from the homes and studios of a radical group of artists and designers in 1860s England would prize beauty above all else as they sought to escape the ugliness and materialism of the Industrial Age. For two decades the cult of Aestheticism bloomed with bright ostentation, as artists created a movement dedicated to pure beauty.

Antiques and Decorative Arts

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JUNE 30, 2025

When Barbara Hepworth died in a fire at her St Ives studio in 1975, Britain lost a remarkable artistic voice. The artist who put the hole in modern art and made it her signature helped shape the direction of 20th-century sculpture. St Ives offered Hepworth a haven, but also a community of like-minded artists.

Sculpture

The Art Newspaper

JULY 8, 2025

Lauder and Committee on Painting and Sculpture Funds, 1996 © Gerhard Richter 2025 Nicholas Serota, the former director of Tate, will co-curate a vast retrospective of works by the influential German artist Gerhard Richter this autumn at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris (17 October-2 March 2026). Gift of Jo Carole and Ronald S.

Paintings

The Art Newspaper

JUNE 17, 2025

Shapiro had said that art “is about a kind of self-definition and a clarification of who one is in the world”. He told the Times : “Every form is loaded with the psychology of its maker.” The piece was recently acquired by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Art begets art. It’s a big long discourse.”

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