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Seeking Art: Ira Chaffee Goodell, Ezra Wood & The Puffy Sleeve Artist
Members of the American Folk Art Society are seeking works by two early American artists. One named Ira Chaffee Goodell is well documented. The other, known simply as the Puffy Sleeve Artist, remains a mystery. Here’s a bit of history on Goodell. After training as a lawyer, Ira Chaffee Goodell discovered his true calling as [...]
George Inness: American Visionary Artist
One of America’s most important painters of the Hudson River School was George Inness (1825–1894). Largely untrained, his genius was born in New Jersey, cultivated in Manhattan and nurtured in Europe. He was a visionary artist, an outsider, who left one of the finest catalogs of work in the American tradition. Now, the Sterling and [...]
150 Years After Gettysburg The Met Offers New Civil War Insights
The Civil War may be one of the most mined themes ever to come to exhibition. Yet this chapter in American history keeps on giving. The Metropolitan of Art is hosting a Smithsonian show devoted to the paintings of American artists who responded to the war on layered levels of introspection and presentation. Its title, [...]
Irene Stella Retires. Antiques at the Armory Now Run By GLM.
It was announced this week that Irene Stella, the grand dame of antiques fairs has retired. The official announcement came on May 20th. Along with this announcement, came word that Stella shows have been sold to GLM, the production company that recently acquired the Miami National Antiques Show, making it the largest producer of indoor [...]
Real, Fake or Repro? Look With a Slow Eye
Editor’s Note: Today award-winning author and antiques hound Maureen Stanton offers sage advice on arming yourself with knowledge when searching out American antiques, 20th C. modern art and design or European antiques. Today’s homepage image is Maureen Stanton shopping a flea market. To order Ms. Stanton’s recent book “Killer Stuff and Tons of Money,” click [...]
Finding a Frederick Stuart Church for $4
Editor’s Note: We’re delighted to give you this exclusive article by Maureen Stanton, award-winning author of “Killer Stuff and Tons of Money.” It’s the first in a series called Eye of the Beholder. Tomorrow we bring you Part II. EYE OF THE BEHOLDER by Maureen Stanton “Training Your Eye – Part 1: Relatively Rare” Flea [...]
Brimfield’s Back Story
As Maureen Stanton tells in “Killer Stuff and Tons of Money,” the Brimfield Flea Market began in 1959. While it is generally touted as the largest outdoor flea market and antiques show in the country, at least two other shows dispute that. Never mind – one is located in California and the other in Texas, [...]
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