Worlds Fair

A striking American Art Deco “Trylon” penny scale, produced in 1939 by Mills Industries of Chicago in connection with the 1939 New York World’s Fair. Known as the Model 430 Trylon S...

His career earned him numerous public and private commissions and Sicard received various awards at fairs and exhibitions, including the medal of honor at the 1900 World's Fair and t...

One of Rohde’s iconic lamp designs was featured as part of Mutual-Sunset’s light fixtures included in the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair. A 1936 catalog shows Mutual Sunset operating show...

During the nineteenth century, Val Saint Lambert gained international acclaim, exhibiting at major world fairs in Paris and London. By the late 1800s it employed thousands of skilled...

Brienz woodcarvings were presented on several worlds fairs with great success. With the Gran Tour Tourism wealthy people from all over the word visited the area and took their woodca...

Other exhibitions included the Denver Art Museum; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha; Kansas City Art Institute; PAFA; AIC; New York World’s Fair; NAWA; and NMWA. Drewelowe’s works are found ...

The enterprise continually expanded and went on to become, by the turn of the century, perhaps the foremost English furniture manufacturer to exhibit at the St Louis International Ex...

Linke also exhibited at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, Liege in Belgium, and the Franco-British exhibition in London in 1908.

In 1878, Tiffany won the gold medal for jewelry and a grand prize for silverware at the Paris World Fair Exposition. The luxury brand’s enduring legacy remains vibrant to this day.

Widespread public recognition came from the 1964 World’s Fair Vatican Pavilion’s commission of a five-part bronze relief.

During the 1933 Century of Progress Exhibition at the Chicago World's Fair, Steckl Jurin outfitted a float promoting Marshall Field’s with models wearing her own elegant fashion des...

During the 1933 Century of Progress Exhibition at the Chicago World's Fair, Steckl Jurin outfitted a float promoting Marshall Field’s with models wearing her own elegant fashion des...

Lermont exhibited at the Smith College Club and was selected for exhibitions at the American British Art Center and American Art Today building at the New York World’s Fair in 1940. ...

Bessi's works in alabaster were exhibited at important expositions, including the Universal Exposition in Paris in 1900, the International Exposition of Modern Decorative Art held in...

She showed widely at most major museums and exhibitions in the United States, including the Corcoran Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of M...

His academic work at the University of New Mexico led to his becoming Assistant Professor of Art and Acting Head of the Art Department from 1944 to 1947.[1] He illustrated two books ...

Mathurin Moreau’s sculptures earned him Second Grand Prize of Rome in 1842 and international recognition at the Salon and World’s Fair in the decades to follow. Mathurin Moreau’s scu...

The Century of Progress World’s Fair welcomed twenty-two million visitors and De Pree was stunned by the positive response Rohde and Herman Miller’s designs received.

During the nineteenth century, Val Saint Lambert gained international acclaim, exhibiting at major world fairs in Paris and London. By the late 1800s it employed thousands of skilled...

In 1878, Tiffany won the gold medal for jewelry and a grand prize for silverware at the Paris World Fair Exposition. The luxury brand’s enduring legacy remains vibrant to this day.

Founded in 1858, the workshop of the Ditisheim brothers – which was to give rise to the Vulcain brand – immediately earned itself an enviable reputation through its complication watc...

This monumental vase is an important work, characteristic of the grandiose productions presented at the World's Fairs of the time of Napoleon III. But it is also a work of art full o...

Brienz woodcarvings were presented on several worlds fairs with great success. With the Gran Tour Tourism wealthy people from all over the word visited the area and took their woodca...

Brienz woodcarvings were presented on several worlds fairs with great success. With the Gran Tour Tourism wealthy people from all over the word visited the area and took their woodca...

Brienz woodcarvings were presented on several worlds fairs with great success. With the Gran Tour Tourism wealthy people from all over the word visited the area and took their woodca...

Group exhibitions include: San Francisco Museum of Art Inaugural, 1935; New York World's Fair, 1939; Golden Gate International, 1939: MOMA 1943, 1948; Art Institute of Chicago 1943, ...

An active member of the Union of Women Painters and Sculptors, she left her mark on her era: notably, she painted the portrait of Marcel Proust’s father, which was exhibited at the S...

Exhibited: Paris Salon, 1937 (medal); PAFA, 1944 (Lippincott prize), 1948-53, 1958-66; WMAA, 1945, 1947; Washington County MFA, 1945; TMA, 1942; CGA, 1945-57; AIC, 1943; CI, 1943-45;...

Christofle swept gold medals at the legendary World Fairs, including the 1851 Great Exhibition in London and the 1855 Universal Exhibition in Paris.

In the latter half of the 1920s, he would also focus, often in a more moderate way, on the more streamlined and straight-lined furniture designs of the kind Wouda and Alons designed ...

Swiss wood carvers became world renown and featured at many international exhibitions including the 1851 London Great Exhibition, Philadelphia in 1876, the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair ...

Oscar Heyman has a long history of creating iconic flower jewels. At the 1939 World’s Fair, Oscar Heyman received the highest honors for its floral designs.

Note: The International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts (French: Exposition Internationale des arts décoratifs et Industriels Modernes) was a World's Fair held in...

In 1939 she went to New York to paint Mayor LaGuardia for the Arizona Bldg at the World's Fair. While there, she further studied with Frank V.

Among the many international awards earned during his lifetime, Massier was awarded a gold medal at Paris’s World’s Fair in 1889 at l’Exposition Universelle.

Among the many international awards earned during his lifetime, Massier was awarded a gold medal at Paris’s World’s Fair in 1889 at l’Exposition Universelle.

He subsequently settled in New York City and taught at the Leonardo da Vinci Art School while exhibiting widely and with success nationwide, including at the Salons of America, Socie...

This vase exemplifies the luminous artistry that captivated Western audiences at World Fairs and continues to command strong interest in today’s market, offering both historical sign...

She exhibited internationally with success including at the Salon d'Automne (Paris), 1926; Berlin; NY World's Fair, 1939; Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939; San Francisco Mu...

She was the recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards and exhibited internationally with success including at the Salon d'Automne (Paris), 1926; Berlin; NY World's Fair,...

Cultural Art during the Meiji Period was of particular interest to the government and they overhauled the art export market which in turn promoted Japanese arts via various world’s f...

Among the many international awards earned during his lifetime, Massier was awarded a gold medal at Paris’s World’s Fair in 1889 at l’Exposition Universelle.

Gil was hired in 1939 as a teenager to publicly sculpt pottery as a demonstration at the World’s Fair in New York. He attended New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University...

Most of Lecourtier’s works depict hunting dogs and hounds, and his sense of realism allowed him to exhibit at the Paris Salon for 50 years, where he won several high-level medals, in...

In 1878, Tiffany won the gold medal for jewelry and a grand prize for silverware at the Paris World Fair Exposition. The luxury brand’s enduring legacy remains vibrant to this day.

Also, an innovator in the early use of airbrush rendering in color, his futuristic depictions of the New York World's Fair of 1939 with its theme of "the World of Tomorrow" are among...

Kayserzinn's works were highly regarded and won gold medals at international exhibitions, including the 1900 Paris Exposition and the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. Engelbert Kayser, ...

Cultural Art during the Meiji Period was of particular interest to the government and they overhauled the art export market which in turn promoted Japanese arts via various world’s f...

A key phrase, “the perfection of the material and the cut,” recurs in all reports from the World’s Fairs between 1855 and 1867, where Baccarat crystal dominated due to the quality of...

Designed in 1939 for the Scandinavian Pavilion of the 1939 New York World Fair. The Lily candle stick was produced by Ystad-Metall in Sweden.

Whalen (et al.), American Art from the New York World's Fair 1939 American Artist, "A Wreck at Monhegan," February 1951 Biography from Williams American Art Galleries, sourced on as...

Among the many international awards earned during his lifetime, Massier was awarded a gold medal at Paris’s World’s Fair in 1889 at l’Exposition Universelle.

Joakim was noted for his ceramic experiments at The World Fair in Paris in 1900; he created a new, unique style of faience for Aluminia.

Her talent was recognized already in the 1930s with a solo exhibition in 1934 at the Galerie Max Kaganovitch, the Blumenthal Prize for Sculpture in 1936, and an exhibition of her wor...

He also sculpted the Boy Scout Memorial in Washington, D.C., the Rocket Thrower for the 1964 New York World's Fair, and many other monuments and relief sculptures across America.

Linke also exhibited at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, Liege in Belgium, and the Franco-British exhibition in London in 1908.

The alloy was originally developed in 1914 by a Swedish metallurgist CarI Molin, who exhibited Dirigold pieces at World's Fair in New York City and Gohlenburg Exposition, achieving r...

His work installations include the Bricktown Station (Detroit People Mover) Bricktown Station, the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, the IMF in Washington, D.C. and the Ford Motor Co...

His work installations include the Bricktown Station (Detroit People Mover) Bricktown Station, the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, the IMF in Washington, D.C. and the Ford Motor Co...

His work installations include the Bricktown Station (Detroit People Mover) Bricktown Station, the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, the IMF in Washington, D.C. and the Ford Motor Co...