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The period from roughly 1900 to 1940, known as the Rug Period or Regional Style Period, saw traders like Lorenzo Hubbell and others at posts such as Ganado encourage distinctive, mar...

Like French impressionist artists such as Degas and Manet, who manned the barricades in the siege of Paris in 1870, Chikanobu saw action fighting on the side of the defeated Tokugawa...

Like his teacher, Anshutz rejected what he saw as falseness and idealization in art. Randall Griffin in his book on Anshutz writes: “According to [Eakins and Anshutz], honesty and tr...

The painting reflects a society that saw the landscape not as wilderness, but as a carefully shaped environment—productive, familiar, and reassuring.

This ring emulates the ancient practice, already in use in Greece of the VI-V century BC, that saw the apposition of the face of Medusa on coins with an apotropaic intent, as it was ...

Etching on laid paper Signed in plate lower left: Armand Gautier Published by Cadart & Luquet, Éditeurs, 79 Rue Richelieu, Paris With the blindstamp of the Société des Aquafortis...

The heydays of archery as a social recreation in the 19th century saw four stand out bow-makers. Of course there were others who, principally makers of umbrellas and fishing tackle e...

Subsequent exhibitions, including the 1878 and 1889 Expositions Universelles, saw Cardeilhac further consolidate its position as a leader in the field.

He played in a few tournaments into his late teens but didn't really decide to make a career in golf until he saw that his younger brother, Tom, already a successful golf professiona...

Three-pronged body made of softwood with saw-veneer walnut, walnut root and fruitwood. Original classicistic locks and fittings with ring handles.

Although no conclusive archival sources link this mark to the historic Faïencerie de Lunéville Saint-Clément—long regarded as one of France’s most distinguished manufacturers of faïe...

She had a deep appreciation for the visual arts and saw some of the world’s greatest paintings in France, Italy, and the Netherlands.

Simon depicts him standing in a street, holding a book and leaning on a saw. The saw is typical of St. Simon's depictions as he was said to have been martyred by being sawed in half.

When I saw these chairs From across the field in one of my favorite antique dealers booth, I knew I had to have them.

Many Art Nouveau artists and designers saw their work as part of a larger movement to create a new, modern aesthetic and artistic style.

Georges Despret was prepared for the profession of glass-maker from childhood by his uncle, Hector Despret, forge master and industrial glass-maker, who saw in him his successor in c...

The period following his reign saw relations between the Republic of Venice and its powerful neighbor reach a state of relative calm, initiating a period of exchange and trade.

Gavin Morton, a second generation proprietor, saw a market in hand knotted carpets when they began to arrive in the British market in quantity from Turkish centers like Oushak.  

Known for saying he wished “to paint as he saw,” Lippi produced works characterized by elegant form, gentle coloration, and expressive realism Among his most admired paintings are t...

It was also a time of recovery and introspection after the horrors of the First World War, which saw significant shifts in the political world. Marxism was a widespread political ide...

Vollard met Renoir during the height of Renoir's career and saw the opportunity for lithography to help disseminate the artist's ever popular work, and Clot worked closely with Renoi...

Between the years 1853 and 1870, Baron Georges Haussmann, Prefect of the Seine, oversaw grand and ambitious building projects that transformed Paris and saw swathes of smart resident...

When King Henry VIII ordered the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539 the priory was abandoned and fell into ruin, but by the early 19th century interest in the Picturesque saw its...

The 1851 Great Exhibition in London saw Cardeilhac awarded a Council Medal for a magnificent épergne that demonstrated unprecedented technical complexity.

17th Century Neapolitan Maestro Title: Still Life with Cuttlefish Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: without frame 48.5 x 63 cm - with frame 59 x 73.5 cm Antique shaped and gilded woo...

Louis.Hope was among the group of artists who saw active duty in the Civil War, participating in eleven battles.

He who at the beginning was only a Sunday painter quickly saw his reputation increase. Today, his work is in collections in Paris, London, New York, Boston and Geneva.

Writing to his close friend and fellow Arts Club member Herbert Read in 1918, Kramer stated that when he looked at an object he saw both its physical appearance and its spiritual man...

It was at this time that the Netherlands saw economic prosperity and artistic achievements many of which are now on display in the art galleries all over the world.

It was at this time that the Netherlands saw economic prosperity and artistic achievements many of which are now on display in the art galleries all over the world.

Its popularization in France was thanks to Napoleon Bonaparte, who promoted the activity because he saw it as a good strategy for improving the quality of military horses.

Its jaw, lined with 60 saw-edged teeth, was powerful enough to apply 6 tonnes of pressure in one bite – enough to crush a car.

Queen Elizabeth came to the throne in 1558 and ruled until 1603. Her reign saw a sharp increase in the exploration of foreign lands.

In 1890, Henri Saintin was among the dissenting artists who initiated the split of the Salon into two separate exhibitions, and until his death in 1899, he exhibited at the Salon of ...

THE STORY: Having spent over an estimated million dollars conserving, restoring, framing, and authenticating thousands of artworks from our family collection over the decades (many ...

A moonlit evening with a friend, we were walking in the garden at Saint-Alban-de-Montbel. Suddenly we saw our shadows appearing on the wall of the house; a little crazy, we began to ...

"Wonderful things": When Carnarvon asked what he saw, Carter replied, "Yes, wonderful things,"

The Early Years:  Bloch & Eschwege emerged during a period of immense cultural and economic transformation in France. The mid-19th century saw the rise of a prosperous bourgeoisi...

He tried to paint "The thing as he saw it" to catch the moods of Nature, after the manner of recognised masters of landscape painting".

He produced portraits, genre scenes, and exotic landscapes rooted in realism and romanticism. His art saw regular representation in the Paris Salon and continues to appear in Museum'...

His determination to stay true to nature and faithfully and painstakingly reproduce what he saw without the need for lurid colours and extraneous figures makes him one of the most gi...

The upper image depicts woodcutters at work deep in the tropical rainforest, preparing timber by hand with traditional saw frames. The lower image features trained Asian elephants pu...

Solid wood shelves with saw-tooth adjustables that have increments of 2".

Based on the construction techniques and saw marks we are reasonably confident that this Antique French Buffet dates from the mid-1700's.

The Chief editor of Scribner's, Joseph H. Chapin, saw great success with the Maxfield Parrish-illustrated "Poems of Childhood" by Eugene Field, the first title in his new series of "...

A letter from Vincent van Gogh to his brother Theo spoke of Constantin Meunier in an extremely flattering manner: "Dear Theo, In all his works, Meunier is far superior to me. In Brus...

The work belongs to the historicist movement of the second half of the 19th century, a period that saw a proliferation of reinterpretations of mythological and heroic themes driven b...

The late 19th century was a period of significant change in Japan, as the country opened to the West during the Meiji Restoration (1868–1912). This era saw a dramatic increase in the...

Significantly, one of the causes of Vincent's tragic disagreement with Gachet, leading him to quit the doctor's home for the nearby inn, where he took his own life, was what van Gogh...

He tried to paint "The thing as he saw it" to catch the moods of Nature, after the manner of recognised masters of landscape painting".

Originally the Schneider brothers worked for Daum but they saw an opportunity to move to Paris as they saw Nancy as being too remote -sadly they did this in 1913 and their production...

Lebasque absorbed fresh ideas from Vuillard and Bonnard, founders of the ‘Nabi’ group, who saw themselves as harbingers of a new painting style.

Laroon was very alive to trends in French painting and almost certainly saw engravings of the works of Watteau. First recorded by Robert Raines as from the collection James Brydges...

A moonlit evening with a friend, we were walking in the garden at Saint-Alban-de-Montbel. Suddenly we saw our shadows appearing on the wall of the house; a little crazy, we began to ...

Known for saying he wished “to paint as he saw,” Lippi produced works characterized by elegant form, gentle coloration, and expressive realism Among his most admired paintings are t...

In an age when France was still humiliated by the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, and when luxury production in other countries was threatening the cultural hegemony the French saw as t...

French, circa 1860 Dimensions: H: 11 in / 28 cm W: 14 in / 35 cm D: 10.5 in / 27 cm Designed to offer a refined presentation of various liqueurs, the ensemble reflects the bo...