As we suspected in our previous Insight article, (Prices disconnected from market reality?), a number of the estimates for the masterpieces offered at the New York sales on 1 and 2 November were... Read More
The Death of Socrates by Jacques Louis David. The work is the property of Princeton University Art Museum and is located in Princeton, New Jersey. The medium is oil painting created in 1787, with... Read More
George was born in the Bronx in 1924. His parents arrived from Eastern Europe and operated a butcher shop. They moved to New Jersey where they opened a chicken farm. George worked on the farm but... Read More
The painting is an oil on canvas portrait of Jean Cocteau, a famous and acclaimed artist, poet and writer. It is held in the collection of Princeton University Art Museum. It was made in 1916... Read More
Continuing our journey into the study of artists of the past, one woman artist and her exceptional artistic family captured my attention. In our first article of this series, the remarkable... Read More
The artists and illustrators of the American West are not often thought about in the 21st century. But it was these creative and courageous individuals of the 19th century that traveled to the... Read More
There are names of artists that most today would not recognize. Examples of their works are difficult to find, if you are able to find them at all. One might well say that perhaps they aren't... Read More
Part 2 of this series reveals Aloys Senefelder's own account of his discovery, as related by an 1879 unknown author K.M.H., whose writings were published in a monthly magazine. As artists we can... Read More
While in the process of dusting off the books of history, one may discover a hidden gem, a little treasure containing some very interesting tidbits of information. It is indeed fascinating how... Read More
The following anonymous article is a rare opportunity to tour the wealthy William H. Vanderbilt's art gallery as it existed during its renovation in June 1883. This delightful art review was... Read More
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