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Selling American Paintings to Buyers Doesn’t Have to be Hard. Read These 5 Tips

Antique Appraisers Auctioneers

American art collectors can be a diverse lot and they take a wide-ranging interest in artists ranging from John Singer Sargent to Georgia OKeefe. That can be fairly simple with more recent paintings by an artist who is still alive. The fame of the artist also plays an important role in the paintings value. Know your painting.

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Blame it on Audubon. Or how I became a fine art appraiser, Part Two.

Art Services 2000

One book, "Audubon in Florida" first published in 1974 from the University of Miami Press was especially helpful in identifying the birds that were the Florida species that he found and rendered life-sized in his original watercolors. Hall of the 1833 portrait created by American artist Henry Inman ( b.

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The Enduring Allure of Small Artworks

Michael Rose Fine Art

Unknown maker, Right Half of a Diptych: Crucifixion of Christ , French, c. John Singleton Copley, Self-Portrait Miniature , watercolor on ivory, 1769, 1 3/8 x 1 1/8 in. In a small self portrait in the collection of the Met, American artist John Singleton Copley captures his own likeness in the tiniest way. cm (4 1/8 x 2 7/8 in.),

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New Uses for Old Things: Thoughts in Support of Mixing Antiques in Modern Interiors

Artifactual History Appraisal

In one design project, we skillfully incorporated the antique curio cabinet, vintage zither, heirloom rocking chair, and watercolor painting collection with contemporary new furnishings and custom accessories to create a welcoming and cohesive living room."

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“You Need Energy and Conviction” - Gallery Chat with San Francisco’s Rena Bransten

Art Dealers Association of America

©The artist. In 1974, on something of a whim, she partnered with her colleague and friend Ruth Braunstein to open Quay Ceramics , a gallery focused on artists creating experimental works in the medium, many based in Northern California. Early artists shown included feminist icon Judy Chicago and ceramic master Ron Nagle.

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“People Are Rewarded by Close Looking” – Kathan Brown of Crown Point Press on the Enduring Excitement of Printmaking

Art Dealers Association of America

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.

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"I Like to Put People and Art Together" – Wendi Norris on Connecting with a Wider Audience

Art Dealers Association of America

The roster, however, is wide-ranging, incorporating modern artists such as Dorothea Tanning , Wolfgang Paalen , and Alice Rahon with contemporary artists such as Chitra Ganesh , Ana Teresa Fernández , Peter Young , and Ambreen Butt. It was more along the lines of, “I want to work with great artists.” It still is.