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

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Soon after, however, Bransten—and many of the artists she exhibited—wanted to expand the gallery’s scope to show a wider range of works in other materials. In the early 1980s, she renamed the gallery once more—this time eponymously—and her illustrious journey as one of San Francisco’s leading art dealers took off. ©The artist.

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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

Crown Point’s location around the corner from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is one reason why visitors to the gallery come from around the world, but the reputations of its artists and the importance of the books it publishes are a stronger factor. When did you first become interested in visual art?

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American Folk Art: Celebrating the Creativity and Craftsmanship of Everyday Artisans 

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Everyday Artistry American folk art is remarkably varied, an element that makes the field all the more captivating because these forms and techniques are often informed by regional traditions and materials. Natural Materials Many examples of American folk art also rely upon organic media. Sold for $431.25

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American Folk Art: Celebrating the Creativity and Craftsmanship of Everyday Artisans 

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Everyday Artistry American folk art is remarkably varied, an element that makes the field all the more captivating because these forms and techniques are often informed by regional traditions and materials. Natural Materials Many examples of American folk art also rely upon organic media. Sold for $431.25

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“Light is therefore color” – Celebrating 250 Years of J.M.W. Turner

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A revolutionary painter who was one of Britains greatest and most visionary artists, Joseph Mallord William Turner (17751851) transformed the foundations of art with his romantically swept landscapes, bold coloring, and an abstract luminosity in his later works that helped lay the foundations of Impressionism and modern art.