Kunstmuseum Basel settles on Pissarro painting with Jewish collector’s heirs
The Art Newspaper
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Richard Semmel, a Jewish textiles entrepreneur in Berlin, was forced to sell the painting after fleeing Nazi persecution in 1933
Monet to go on sale after Kunsthaus Zurich reaches settlement with Jewish heirs
The Art Newspaper
JUNE 19, 2024
The collector and textiles entrepreneur Carl Sachs sold the painting after fleeing to Switzerland from Nazi Germany in 1939
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The 71st Winter Show
Maine Antique Digest
MARCH 17, 2025
New York City For 71 years during the last ten days of January the great drill hall at the armory on Park Avenue between 66th and 67th Streets has been filled with the finest objects, paintings, books and manuscripts, textiles, and jewelry that the exhibitors can muster. This year, from January
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Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting Sold Under Duress During WWII
Artnet News
JUNE 28, 2024
The painting will be returned to the heirs of a Jewish textile manufacturer Albert Stern. The post Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting Sold Under Duress During WWII appeared first on Artnet News.
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Fall Antiques and Art Auction with Gunn Textile Collection
Maine Antique Digest
JANUARY 29, 2025
Top lots ranged from Clyde Singer paintings to Blenko glass. Meander Auctions, Whipple, Ohio Photos courtesy Meander Auctions Meander Auctions held its fall antiques and art auction September 28 at the companys gallery in Whipple, Ohio. The most notable inclusion, however, was the first part of the lifetime collection of Dr. Virginia
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In pictures: Art Basel's Unlimited section offers visions of utopia
The Art Newspaper
JUNE 17, 2025
There is also a healthy dose of textile, performance and painting from the 1960s onwards. There is a particular focus on sculpture, which, Carmine explains, “was a challenge. It’s good because it’s open, but it was a bit more difficult in terms of getting our rhythm in the space.” Here, Carmine picks some of his favourite works.
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Where Can I Sell My Chinese & Asian Antique items?
Antique Appraisers Auctioneers
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
Furniture, jewelry, snuff bottles, sculptures, textiles, and paintings can be classified as Asian antiques. The b est Connecticut Asian antique buyers will come with plenty of credentials and will be recognized within the antique buying community as well. Best Place to Sell Asian Antiques Chinese antiques come in all shapes and sizes.
Pauli Bailey – AIA Gallery Artist
Elsinore Gallery
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
Artist Biography : Pauli Bailey studied fine art and textile design at UC Davis graduating with a BS in Textile Design. She studied Plein Aire painting with Camille Prezewodek, a colorist, landscape with Gregory Kondos, and Carole Watanabe. I see paintings in every landscape. I’m a painter. I always have.
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WCG Private Practice Seminar
WCG
OCTOBER 22, 2024
Julia Brennan Principal, Caring for Textiles Julia M. Brennan , established Washington DC-based Caring for Textiles in 1998. The team specializes in the preservation of a wide range of textiles – treatment, storage, display, outreach and workshops, for individuals and institutions. Anna holds an M.A.
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Coastal Chic: Vintage Decor for Beach Cottages
WorthPoint
JUNE 16, 2025
This time away from the house naturally breeds new decoration notions, whether moving a few paintings around or skipping the throw rugs this summer. Ceramics and glass are sturdy materials, but any vintage wood, metal, or textile item may be vulnerable to the damp and salty air. Happy summer, and happy coastal chic decorating!
There's only one DC!
International Society of Appraisers
JULY 2, 2024
Look for Chippendale furniture and rare landscape paintings. After visiting the GWU Museum and the Textile Museum that houses over 21,000 textile pieces of art, try Tonic at Quigley’s Pharmacy for brews and tater tots with the undergrads or Founding Farmers restaurant for hearty farm-to-plate fare in a mod, buzzy space.
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Comparing Dynasties: Tang vs. Song Dynasty Art
Invaluable
JANUARY 29, 2025
Painting Painting also achieved new heights in the Tang Dynasty. Particularly popular during this period was the expansion of the shanshui , or mountain water field of landscape paintings. At the same time, Daoist and Buddhist themes also took center stage in these painting silk scrolls.
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Trusted Local Antiques Buyers and Their Services in Bradenton
Sarasota Antique Buyers
JULY 18, 2024
Items frequently purchased: Paintings: Ranging from 18th to 19th-century art, encompassing oils, watercolors, drawings, lithographs, etchings, and prints. Textiles: Our interest extends to textiles, including clothing and scrolls. Stones: We have a particular focus on jade and agate.
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Protecting Antique Furniture from Heat and Humidity
Harrison Appraisals
JULY 19, 2019
Check Location : Most collectors understand the adverse effects that result from exposing paintings and textiles to Ultraviolet light, but they often forget that their antique furniture is also at risk. Upholstery, hand painted decorations, natural finishes and designs will gradually lighten and eventually disappear.
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Fun Vintage Kitsch Collectibles We Love
WorthPoint
MAY 23, 2024
” One of the most iconic examples is a series of paintings by C.M. A series of paintings by C.M. Another classic kitsch body of work is the art of Margaret Keane , who painted children with large, expressive eyes. She had an epic battle with her ex-husband, who tried to claim he painted the works.
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Constructivism: The Intersection of Art and Industry in the Avant-Garde Movement
Invaluable
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Sold for $200 via Helios Auctions (October 2023) Utilitarian objects, from furniture and textiles to posters and public installations were all designed with a functional Constructivist aesthetic in mind that would influence the Bauhaus principle that form follows function. Vavara Stepanova -Textile Design 3, Step 3.
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Patrick Boyd Carpenter: ' It’s a Proper Old Fashioned Antique Shop.'
Grays Antiques
OCTOBER 6, 2018
In terms of stock, I’ve got a good selection, Master drawings, sculptures, oils, textile, and prints. May I say that I really like this owl painting, would you tell me something more about it ? It’s a 1920s oil painting of a Tawny Owl by Lodewijk Van Der Steen 1891-1954, circa 1928. How would you describe your collection ?
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Ming vs Qing Dynasty Art and Antiques
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APRIL 29, 2024
The exceptionally varied artistic production of this golden age of Chinese culture, from ceramics to painting and calligraphy can be separated between the two dynasties that share distinct characteristics and artistic achievements that evolved Chinese cultural heritage. Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty (r.1402–1424)
An Artful Perch Remade at the Providence Athenaeum
Michael Rose Fine Art
MAY 26, 2021
Just outside the entry to the Art Room the careful observer will also find a fantastic diminutive nocturne of the Athenaeum painted by printmaker Eliza Gardiner hung discreetly under a sconce. When he is not busy painting woodwork and reinstalling art, he also teaches art history as a professor at Wheaton College.
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The Origin of Wedding Rings: Ancient Tradition or Marketing Invention?
GIA 4Cs
MAY 8, 2020
After brides used their thimbles to sew clothes and textiles for their new home, they could then saw off the tops of their thimbles to create rings. These two portraits, painted at different times, show the Holy Roman Emperor, Maximillian I, and his first wife, Mary of Burgundy.
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Textile Art & Racial Identity
MIR Appraisal
MARCH 5, 2021
Textile has been a rich and important cultural tradition with a long history throughout different regions and peoples of Africa, with many distinctive styles and techniques. The fabrication of textiles by African Americans, particularly quiltmaking, is inexplicably tied with slavery. Beadwork is common in Eastern and Southern Africa.
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American Folk Art: Celebrating the Creativity and Craftsmanship of Everyday Artisans
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APRIL 24, 2024
From self-taught artists to delightful wood carvings and intricate quilting and textile makers, American folk art encapsulates the spirit of a nation and the legacies handed down across its history. Set of Seven Round Polychrome Painted Masonite Pennsylvania Dutch-style Hex Signs. Pennsylvania Dutch hand painted plate with Distelfink.
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American Folk Art: Celebrating the Creativity and Craftsmanship of Everyday Artisans
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APRIL 24, 2024
From self-taught artists to delightful wood carvings and intricate quilting and textile makers, American folk art encapsulates the spirit of a nation and the legacies handed down across its history. Set of Seven Round Polychrome Painted Masonite Pennsylvania Dutch-style Hex Signs. Pennsylvania Dutch hand painted plate with Distelfink.
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Baroque Tapestries: Weaving Stories of Grandeur and Opulence
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OCTOBER 21, 2024
Part of the push for such commissions was the inherent practicality of tapestries: in addition to being easier to remove, store, and move as compared to a painting or sculpture, they also provided an effective layer of insulation to keep the cold out of otherwise drafty stone palace walls.
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In pictures: following the thread at Frieze New York
The Art Newspaper
MAY 8, 2025
Textile-based art is abundant at the fair this year, from pieces approximating the forms of paintings but made of found fabrics to hand-woven, intricately beaded works and even a wearable, many-layered cape
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London Gallery Weekend 2025: must-see shows for digital art lovers
The Art Newspaper
JUNE 6, 2025
They represent a multi-generational vanguard in media art where painting, craftwork and sculpture can be the outcome, or output, of working with video, code, the blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI). The AI generates intriguing machine-learning backgrounds that recall Salle’s existing paintings.
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In pictures: meet the newcomer galleries debuting at Art Basel
The Art Newspaper
JUNE 19, 2025
She uses existing textiles, embroidering them by hand in an act of personal dialogue with the materials and their unique histories. The piece explores the resilience of the human spirit and transgenerational trauma, focusing on collective memory in Ukraine,” says Kamila Walendykiewicz, an artist liaison representative. “The
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Antiques Road Trip USA: Massachusetts
WorthPoint
JANUARY 16, 2025
You can visit the Museum of Fine Arts Boston to see paintings by Winslow Homer, Fitz Henry Lane, Childe Hassam, and John Singleton Copley. If you visit the Gardner Museum, some of the most interesting sights to see are the empty frames on the wall showing where the paintings stolen during the famous Gardner heist were hung.
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Anni Albers: Weaving Modernism into Art and Design
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MARCH 4, 2025
Celebrated as one of the most influential textile artists of the 20th century, Anni Albers redefined the possibilities of weaving and elevated it to a fine art. Upon joining the Bauhaus in Weimar in 1922, Albers was steered patriarchally toward the weaving workshop, with more traditional arts like painting and architecture dominated by men.
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Attleboro Arts Museum Presents Eight Compelling Visions
Michael Rose Fine Art
AUGUST 9, 2021
The show, titled 8 Visions , features photographic collages by Monica DeSalvo, drawings by Craig Elliott, ceramics by Lindsey Epstein, textile-based work by Virginia Mahoney, paintings by Kat Masella and Alexander Morris, photographs by Lisa Redburn and jewelry by Chuck Tramontana.
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Insights on Auction Sales: Native American Art, Nintendo Power Glove
WorthPoint
MAY 18, 2025
Southwest Native American Arts This Navajo sand painting textile sold for $1,937 at R.G. Their top seller was a striking Navajo sand painting textile from the 1990s, bringing in $1,937. On May 15, 2025, WorthPoint added 218,518 items to its Price Guide, with a total sales value of $12,839,191.65 Munn Auctions.
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Preserving the Past
Art Peritus
APRIL 30, 2025
Whether its a rare painting, an outdoor sculpture, or a set of antique silverware, caring for these pieces ensures their survival. If you own paintings, carefully consider where they are displayed. The Role of the Custodian Collectors are more than just ownersthey are custodians of history.
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Arctic Visions: A Look at Inuit Art
Invaluable
MAY 21, 2025
Inuit Textiles Inuit makers also began to maneuver within the realm of textiles as early as the Thule culture around 1000 CE. A particularly thriving community in textile arts emerged in the 20th century in the Baker Lake community in Canadas Nunavut Territory. Pitseolak Ashoona – Inuit Woman with Fish Spear and Bird.
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The Art of the Ottoman Empire: Splendor in Miniatures and Tiles
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MAY 27, 2025
And at its heart were two dazzling traditions of miniature painting and Iznik tilework that told a story of beauty and of an empire’s evolution. Unlike European paintings of the era, miniatures didnt aim for realism or perspective. Osmn Hamdy Bey. Sold for 224,000 GBP via Sotheby’s (June 2004).
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The Glasgow School: The Legacy of Scotland’s Art Nouveau Movement
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MAY 7, 2025
Instead, the group were unified by the city of Glasgow and the Glasgow School of Art, from where they produced paintings, furniture, and even stamped their style on buildings in the spirit of Art Nouveau. Mackintosh also applied his Art Nouveau-infused style to interiors, furniture, textiles and metalwork.
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5 Hot Lots Coming to Auction in April
WorthPoint
APRIL 4, 2025
After his accident, Da took up painting and never returned to making pottery. Vintage clothing collectors and fashionistas will not want to miss Augusta Auctions Brooklyn Museum Textiles & Vintage Couture Auction on April 16 in Bellows Falls, Vermont. Augusta Auctions Augusta Auctions, estimate: $3,000-$5,000.
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How to Create the Perfect Vintage Nursery
Invaluable
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
The Bauhaus art movement inspired artists to use their creativity to solve practical problems, and Anni Albers ’ transformative approach to textiles helped to weave the fabric of modern art. Focus on geometric shapes, neutral colors with primary accents, and industrial materials to design a stylish and timeless nursery space.
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Assets 2025: Interview with Tom Kline
International Society of Appraisers
MARCH 16, 2025
TK : Washington is well known as a museum city with the Smithsonian’s 21 museums here, but there are also numerous private museums, most notably the Phillips Collection and the Corcoran and Textile Museum, which are now part of George Washington University.
Petworth Park Antiques & Fine Art Fair dates
Antique Collecting
APRIL 22, 2025
The Petworth Park Antiques & Fine Art Fair opens for the 11th time on May 16 to 18 in the The post Petworth Park Antiques & Fine Art Fair dates appeared first on Antique Collecting.
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Masters of the Bauhaus: Shaping Modernism’s Legacy
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NOVEMBER 4, 2024
In the school manifesto, Gropius stat ed that “the Bauhaus strives to reunite arts and crafts – sculpture, painting, applied art, and handicrafts – as the permanent elements of a new architecture”. When the school moved from Weimar to Dessau he began to teach a class in painting. Walter Gropius, photographed by Julius Kurt.
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William Morris: Weaving Beauty into the Everyday
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MARCH 20, 2025
He expressed his remarkable artistic skill across various media but was best known for his textile designs. Burne-Jones in turn introduced Morris to his social network, including Dante Gabriele Rossetti who along with his artistic associates had introduced England to Pre-Raphaelite painting in 1849. Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co.
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RESCHEDULED: WCG Annual 3-Ring Circus, Wednesday, January 29, 2025
WCG
JANUARY 10, 2025
As the projects Conservation Textile Specialists, one of our primary tasks is to create custom storage mounts and housing for every object in the BFM collection. But in the summer of 2024, I encountered a book with a silk covering that needed a textile conservators eye. Follow us on Instagram , Facebook , and YouTube !
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WCG Annual 3-Ring Circus, Thursday, January 9th, 2025, 5:00–7:30 pm
WCG
DECEMBER 9, 2024
As the projects Conservation Textile Specialists, one of our primary tasks is to create custom storage mounts and housing for every object in the BFM collection. But in the summer of 2024, I encountered a book with a silk covering that needed a textile conservators eye. Follow us on Instagram , Facebook , and YouTube !
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The Aesthetic Movement: Beauty For Beauty’s Sake
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APRIL 28, 2025
Drawing colors and styles from various cultures, artists of the Aesthetic Movement found inspiration in Renaissance painting, ancient Greek sculpture, and East Asian art, especially Japanese prints. Sold for$700 via Millea Bros Ltd (December 2021), Key Figures Rosetti painted it, William Morris decorated it, and Oscar Wilde wrote about.
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