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White Witch Moth

White Witch Moth

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...

Category

2010s Contemporary Santa Fe

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

"A Triumphant Cockerel Crowing Over His Victory" Melchior Hondecoeter (after)
"A Triumphant Cockerel Crowing Over His Victory" Melchior Hondecoeter (after)

"A Triumphant Cockerel Crowing Over His Victory" Melchior Hondecoeter (after)

Located in SANTA FE, NM

"The Victor (A Triumphant Cockerel Crowing Over His Victory...)" After Melchior de Hondecoeter (Flemish, 1636-1695) Oil on canvas Unsigned 40 1/2 x 34 1/4 (frame) inches This much copied painting is a masterfully executed portrait of a strutting and triumphant rooster painted...

Category

Early 1900s Old Masters Santa Fe

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pair of Italian "Alabaster Stone Lions" after Antonio Canova; Mid 19th Century
Pair of Italian "Alabaster Stone Lions" after Antonio Canova; Mid 19th Century

Pair of Italian "Alabaster Stone Lions" after Antonio Canova; Mid 19th Century

Located in SANTA FE, NM

"Pair Recumbent Stone Lions" after Antonio Canova (1757-1822) Italian (possibly Florence) Mid 19th Century Alabaster, marble 6 x 9 x 4 inches This is an exquisite pair of Italian alabaster lions on marble bases based on the monumental lions carved by Antonio Canova (1757-1822), the greatest Italian neoclassical sculptor. Canova sculpted the marble lions for the monumental tomb of Pope Clement XIII in St. Peter’s, Rome in 1792 Canova Lions refers to the pair of copies of lion sculptures by Antonio Canova. When Canova created the sculptures in 1792, he installed them on the tomb of Pope Clement XIII. The marble sculptures are some of the most prominent features in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Given the intricacies of creating the original Canova lions, some artists created molds and replicated them. A good example is the pair of lion sculptures...

Category

1850s Italian School Santa Fe

Materials

Alabaster, Marble

Mushrooms, Tuscany

Mushrooms, Tuscany

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...

Category

2010s Contemporary Santa Fe

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

Contemporary Floating Platform Bed in Walnut by Boyd & Allister
Contemporary Floating Platform Bed in Walnut by Boyd & Allister

Contemporary Floating Platform Bed in Walnut by Boyd & Allister

By Boyd & Allister

Located in Santa Fe, NM

This contemporary walnut floating platform bed was originally designed for my own bedroom. It is priced and pictured as a queen with a dimensional walnut headboard, both the live edge and the dimensional headboards are seen and available. If interested in the live edge headboard...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Santa Fe

Materials

Steel

White Koi
White Koi

White Koi

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual a...

Category

2010s Santa Fe

Materials

Gold Leaf

Love Echoes: Framed Landscape Painting with Beeswax and Thread, 2010+
Love Echoes: Framed Landscape Painting with Beeswax and Thread, 2010+

Love Echoes: Framed Landscape Painting with Beeswax and Thread, 2010+

By Katey Berry

Located in Santa Fe, NM

The experience of nature and daily life feed my work. The materials I use are from the natural world: beeswax and cotton thread. The threads are untwined and dyed with things I consu...

Category

2010s Santa Fe

Materials

Wood, Wax, Yarn

Live Oak Tree, Texas

Live Oak Tree, Texas

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Artist Statement For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both i...

Category

2010s Contemporary Santa Fe

Materials

Archival Pigment

"Pair of Cat Portraits" oil on canvas, circa 1920s
"Pair of Cat Portraits" oil on canvas, circa 1920s

"Pair of Cat Portraits" oil on canvas, circa 1920s

Located in SANTA FE, NM

"Pair of Cat Portraits," oil on canvas, circa 1920s Artist unknown Oil on canvas Unsigned. 6 x 7 1/4 inches each (18 3/8 x 12 frame) A pair of finely depicted cat portraits on canva...

Category

1920s Art Nouveau Santa Fe

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Last Comes the Raven

Last Comes the Raven

By Beth Moon

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Beth Moon is an American-born photographer. She has gained international recognition for her large-scale, richly toned platinum prints. This portfolio focuses on totem-like beliefs ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Santa Fe

Materials

Platinum

Sweet Talk, limited edition photograph, archival ink, signed and numbered

Sweet Talk, limited edition photograph, archival ink, signed and numbered

By JP Terlizzi

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Sweet Talk, limited edition photograph, archival ink, signed and numbered Holding Arabesque investigates our relationship with food and nostalgia and how both are used as markers t...

Category

2010s Santa Fe

Materials

Archival Pigment

"Hunting Dog at a Stop" French School
"Hunting Dog at a Stop" French School

"Hunting Dog at a Stop" French School

Located in SANTA FE, NM

"Hunting Dog at a Stop." Unknown (signature indecipherable) Oil on panel Signed lower left 7 1/4 x 9 (10 3/4 x 12 frame) A very fine depiction of a hunting dog at a stop anticipatin...

Category

19th Century Santa Fe

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Rare, Antique, Life-Size Dog Bronze of a Chihuahua "Lydie" Charles Valton. 1890s
Rare, Antique, Life-Size Dog Bronze of a Chihuahua "Lydie" Charles Valton. 1890s

Rare, Antique, Life-Size Dog Bronze of a Chihuahua "Lydie" Charles Valton. 1890s

By Charles Valton

Located in SANTA FE, NM

Antique Bronze Dog Sculpture Chihuahua "La Petite Belle Lydie" Charles Valton (French, 1851-1918) Circa 15 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 7 Lydie is a Chihuahua making her a very rare image from ...

Category

Late 19th Century Realist Santa Fe

Materials

Bronze

Place to Rest, Contemporary Landscape Painting, Oil on Canvas, Framed
Place to Rest, Contemporary Landscape Painting, Oil on Canvas, Framed

Place to Rest, Contemporary Landscape Painting, Oil on Canvas, Framed

By Cynthia Young

Located in Santa Fe, NM

marsh, water, calm, green, blue, grey, neutral, dusk, lake, trees, reflection Inspired by the drama of nature and light, Cynthia creates abstracted landscapes with oil on canvas.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Santa Fe

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

"Shepherd with Montbèliarde Calf" Julius Paul Junghanns (1876 - 1958)
"Shepherd with Montbèliarde Calf" Julius Paul Junghanns (1876 - 1958)

"Shepherd with Montbèliarde Calf" Julius Paul Junghanns (1876 - 1958)

By Julius Paul Junghanns

Located in SANTA FE, NM

"Shepherd with Montbèliarde Calf"  Julius Paul Junghanns (1876 - 1958)  Oil on canvas 23 7/8 x 30 (35 x 41 frame) inches Signed l.l and dated "34" and signed on the verso Private Ita...

Category

1930s Santa Fe

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Kuba (Bushong) Raffia Fiber Textile Panel From Woman’s Skirt, D.R. Congo
Kuba (Bushong) Raffia Fiber Textile Panel From Woman’s Skirt, D.R. Congo

Kuba (Bushong) Raffia Fiber Textile Panel From Woman’s Skirt, D.R. Congo

Located in Point Richmond, CA

Kuba (Bushong) Raffia Fiber Textile Panel From Woman’s Skirt The Bushong people are one of the largest and most dominant ethnic groups within the Kuba Kingdom in the DR Congo, and h...

Category

Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Santa Fe

Materials

Raffia

As the Light Lies Along the West: Contemporary Oil and Gold Leaf

As the Light Lies Along the West: Contemporary Oil and Gold Leaf

By Pauline Ziegen

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Pauline Ziegen oil, gold leaf, mixed media on panel coral, pink, white gold, teal, aqua, rust Pauline Ziegen’s earliest landscape paintings were painted outdoors in Kansas where vas...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Santa Fe

Materials

Gold Leaf

Skyline III Mixed Media Painting on Wood Panel, Contemporary Art

Skyline III Mixed Media Painting on Wood Panel, Contemporary Art

By Tim Owen

Located in Santa Fe, NM

mixed media on panel My paintings explore the themes of light, atmosphere, and the emotional impact of nature. The bold, expressive brushstrokes and saturated hues in my work aim to...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Santa Fe

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

Antique Bronze Dog Portrait of a Cavalier King Charles "Thigley" circa 1905
Antique Bronze Dog Portrait of a Cavalier King Charles "Thigley" circa 1905

Antique Bronze Dog Portrait of a Cavalier King Charles "Thigley" circa 1905

Located in SANTA FE, NM

Antique Bronze Dog Portrait of a Cavalier King Charles "Thigley" French School (possibly Franck Burty Haviland) Lost wax bronze casting Circa 1910 5 7/8 x 9 x 3 1/4 A sophisticated bronze casting of a Cavalier King Charles spaniel made in lost wax casting (cire perdue) from the beginning of the 20th century by Valsuani Foundry. This an unusual bronze approached in its aesthetic that’s reminiscent of the work of great animal sculptors of the second half of the 19th century except in this presentation which is more avant-garde for the time with a much looser, more impressionistic execution. The patina is a superb bronze color, brown and slightly greenish, going in places towards a more antique green. The attitude of the dog is extremely well and sensitively rendered with the placement of material unlike the renderings of a bronze by Barye...

Category

Early 1900s French School Santa Fe

Materials

Bronze

Fields of Gold: Abstract Encaustic Painting, 21st Century, Framed

Fields of Gold: Abstract Encaustic Painting, 21st Century, Framed

By Amy Van Winkle

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Encaustic on panel. It's simple; I create art because it makes me happy. I try not to overthink the process of what I’m painting and let my intuition be my guide. I love laying do...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Santa Fe

Materials

Encaustic

Antique Kuba Shoowa Cut-Pile & Embroidered Cloth, DR Congo
Antique Kuba Shoowa Cut-Pile & Embroidered Cloth, DR Congo

Antique Kuba Shoowa Cut-Pile & Embroidered Cloth, DR Congo

Located in Point Richmond, CA

Antique Kuba Shoowa Cut-Pile & Embroidered Cloth, DR Congo A graphically compelling example of a Kuba raffia fiber prestige cloth with cut pile and stitched embroidery. In very good...

Category

Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Santa Fe

Materials

Raffia

Antique Kuba Shoowa Cut-Pile & Embroidered Cloth, DR Congo
Antique Kuba Shoowa Cut-Pile & Embroidered Cloth, DR Congo

Antique Kuba Shoowa Cut-Pile & Embroidered Cloth, DR Congo

Located in Point Richmond, CA

Antique Kuba Shoowa Cut-Pile & Embroidered Cloth, DR Congo A graphically compelling example of a Kuba raffia fiber prestige cloth with cut pile and stitched embroidery. In very good...

Category

Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Santa Fe

Materials

Raffia

Night Rain 1 Abstract Painting, Acrylic and Ink, Framed, 2010-
Night Rain 1 Abstract Painting, Acrylic and Ink, Framed, 2010-

Night Rain 1 Abstract Painting, Acrylic and Ink, Framed, 2010-

By Lynn Sanders

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Lynn Sanders is an artist excited by beauty: architecture, foliage, landscapes, seascapes, interiors. She finds palettes and shapes in her environment and propels them into her work,...

Category

2010s Abstract Santa Fe

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Ink, Acrylic

But a dream

But a dream

By Maggie Taylor

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Maggie Taylor creates evocative single-scene narratives in her whimsical and often elaborate photomontages. Working intuitively, Taylor combines 19th Century photographs, found objec...

Category

2010s Contemporary Santa Fe

Materials

Archival Pigment

"Le Trianon à Versailles, 1925" Louis Gautier (French, 1855-1947)
"Le Trianon à Versailles, 1925" Louis Gautier (French, 1855-1947)

"Le Trianon à Versailles, 1925" Louis Gautier (French, 1855-1947)

Located in SANTA FE, NM

"Le Trianon à Versailles, 1925" Louis Gautier (French, 1855-1947) Oil on cardboard Provenance: Private Collection Marseille, France Signed and dated 1925 lower right. Titled, dated...

Category

1920s Santa Fe

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Entry Console Table in Blackened Burnt Ash 'Shou Sugi Ban' by Boyd & Allister
Entry Console Table in Blackened Burnt Ash 'Shou Sugi Ban' by Boyd & Allister

Entry Console Table in Blackened Burnt Ash 'Shou Sugi Ban' by Boyd & Allister

By Boyd & Allister

Located in Santa Fe, NM

This console table in blackened burnt ash (Shou Sugi Ban) was designed to be an entry table or hallway table in a small home. The lines are clean, yet engaging and distinct. Shou sug...

Category

2010s American Santa Fe

Materials

Ash

Early 20th Century Ceremonial Cloth / Tampan, South Sumatra, Indonesia
Early 20th Century Ceremonial Cloth / Tampan, South Sumatra, Indonesia

Early 20th Century Ceremonial Cloth / Tampan, South Sumatra, Indonesia

Located in Point Richmond, CA

Early 20th century Ceremonial Cloth / Tampan, Paminggir, Lampung region, South Sumatra, Indonesia Commonly referred to as ship cloths, these ceremonial tampan would have been used as gifts, wrappers, cushions or pillows in any number of life-transition ceremonies, including children’s first hair cutting...

Category

Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Santa Fe

Materials

Cotton

Crops 2: Abstract Geometric Painting, Encaustic Mixed Media, Framed

Crops 2: Abstract Geometric Painting, Encaustic Mixed Media, Framed

By Mary Long

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Brown, Orange, Blue, Pink, Green, Yellow, Red Mary was born in Ohio and has lived in Memphis, Tennessee since the mid-1990s. Following studies in graphic design and painting, she be...

Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Santa Fe

Materials

Mixed Media, Encaustic

Middle Light

Middle Light

By Tom Chambers

Located in Sante Fe, NM

All my life I have held a fascination with the animal kingdom, which began in my childhood growing up on a farm and extended into my adult years. On some inexplicable level I feel a ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Santa Fe

Materials

Archival Pigment

Light Through the Trees- Post-Impressionist Pastel- Raymond Thibesart-1874-1968
Light Through the Trees- Post-Impressionist Pastel- Raymond Thibesart-1874-1968

Light Through the Trees- Post-Impressionist Pastel- Raymond Thibesart-1874-1968

By Raymond Thibesart

Located in SANTA FE, NM

Light Through the Trees (Lumière à Travers l'Arbre) Raymond Thibesart (France, 1874-1968) Pastel on paper, circa 1920s Signed l.l. 12.5 x 9.5 (13/4 x 16 3/4 framed) inches Raymond...

Category

1920s Post-Impressionist Santa Fe

Materials

Paper, Pastel

BAOBABS V, Andombiry Forest

BAOBABS V, Andombiry Forest

By Beth Moon

Located in Sante Fe, NM

*22x30" editions and 24x36" editions are platinum prints. Editions with a width of 60" or greater are archival pigment prints* Baobabs are one of Africa’s natural wonders: they can ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Santa Fe

Materials

Archival Pigment, Platinum

“Summer in the Pasture (Farmer’s Wife with Cow)” Paul Junghanns (1876-1958)
“Summer in the Pasture (Farmer’s Wife with Cow)” Paul Junghanns (1876-1958)

“Summer in the Pasture (Farmer’s Wife with Cow)” Paul Junghanns (1876-1958)

By Julius Paul Junghanns

Located in SANTA FE, NM

“Summer in the Pasture (Farmer’s Wife with Cow)” (Sommertag auf der Weide (Bäuerin mit Kuh)) Paul Junghanns (German, 1876-1958) Oil on Canvas Signed verso 36 ¼ x 28 inches (43 ¾ x 35...

Category

1920s Post-Impressionist Santa Fe

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Jaguar #2, Los Angeles, CA, 2016

Jaguar #2, Los Angeles, CA, 2016

By Brad Wilson

Located in Sante Fe, NM

From Brad Wilson's Affinity Series Affinity by Brad Wilson is a series of exquisitely detailed close-up color portraits of captive birds, reptiles, and mammals in a studio environme...

Category

2010s Contemporary Santa Fe

Materials

Archival Pigment

Move Like Water, Contemporary Oil on Canvas, Framed, 21st Century
Move Like Water, Contemporary Oil on Canvas, Framed, 21st Century

Move Like Water, Contemporary Oil on Canvas, Framed, 21st Century

By Cynthia Young

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Ocean, shore, water, movement, neutrals. 41 x 41" oil on canvas, maple frame Inspired by the drama of nature and light, Cynthia creates abstracted landscapes with oil on canvas.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Santa Fe

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

Tennessee Rain Abstract Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, 47x47 Inches, New

Tennessee Rain Abstract Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, 47x47 Inches, New

By Lynn Sanders

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Lynn Sanders is an artist excited by beauty: architecture, foliage, landscapes, seascapes, interiors. She finds palettes and shapes in her environment and propels them into her work,...

Category

2010s Abstract Santa Fe

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic Polymer, Ink, Acrylic

Four Poster Contemporary Pencil Post Bed by Boyd & Allister
Four Poster Contemporary Pencil Post Bed by Boyd & Allister

Four Poster Contemporary Pencil Post Bed by Boyd & Allister

By Boyd & Allister

Located in Santa Fe, NM

This four poster contemporary pencil post bed was one of the original pieces that we made in our studio. Boyd & Allister got its start over 12 years ag...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Santa Fe

Materials

Walnut

Standing Mirror in Walnut with Bridle Joints and Wenge Pegs by Boyd & Allister
Standing Mirror in Walnut with Bridle Joints and Wenge Pegs by Boyd & Allister

Standing Mirror in Walnut with Bridle Joints and Wenge Pegs by Boyd & Allister

By Boyd & Allister

Located in Santa Fe, NM

This standing mirror in walnut with bridle joints and wenge plug details was originally designed as part of a bedroom set to match our platform bed. The top corners of the mirror are...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Santa Fe

Materials

Mirror, Walnut, Wenge

Dog Portraits: "The Musicians" Charles Van den Eycken ((1859 - 1923)
Dog Portraits: "The Musicians" Charles Van den Eycken ((1859 - 1923)

Dog Portraits: "The Musicians" Charles Van den Eycken ((1859 - 1923)

By Charles H. Van den Eycken

Located in SANTA FE, NM

"The Musicians" Charles H. Van den Eycken (Belgium, 1859 - 1923) Oil on wood panel with highly ornate original wood, stucco and gilt frame. Signed upper right and dated "1893.' 10 1...

Category

1890s Realist Santa Fe

Materials

Mahogany, Oil, Wood Panel

Tulips in Granny's Green Vase Soft

Tulips in Granny's Green Vase Soft

By James Pitts

Located in Sante Fe, NM

The past year afforded more time than normal for stillness and observation. I am thrilled to be alive and sentient. I love making things, whether it be building a guitar, cooking a m...

Category

2010s Contemporary Santa Fe

Materials

Archival Pigment

White Flowers in a Bottle

White Flowers in a Bottle

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...

Category

2010s Contemporary Santa Fe

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

Mountain Side, Ladakh, India

Mountain Side, Ladakh, India

By Linda Connor

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Linda Connor's imagery of ancient and sacred places explores the relationship between nature, civilization and spirituality. Appropriately, her subject matter is often in spiritual c...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Santa Fe

Materials

Archival Pigment

Antique Silvered Bronze Rooster, France circa 19th Century
Antique Silvered Bronze Rooster, France circa 19th Century

Antique Silvered Bronze Rooster, France circa 19th Century

Located in SANTA FE, NM

Antique Silvered Bronze Rooster France, circa 1900 10 1/4 x 9 1/2 (H x D) inches A very fine and lively bronze statuette of a preening Rooster. Nicely cast and well-carved and in ex...

Category

19th Century French School Santa Fe

Materials

Silver, Bronze

"Looking for a Signal", Abstract, Diptych, Tree, Blue, White, Mixed Media Print
"Looking for a Signal", Abstract, Diptych, Tree, Blue, White, Mixed Media Print

"Looking for a Signal", Abstract, Diptych, Tree, Blue, White, Mixed Media Print

By Patty deGrandpre

Located in Franklin, MA

Patty deGrandpre’s “Looking for a Signal” is a 14 x 22 inch predominately blue, white, and orange mixed media unique inkjet print diptych. Digital “negatives” of an orange leafless tree and a blue lilac satellite dish...

Category

2010s Contemporary Santa Fe

Materials

Color, Digital

Moonlit Water, Arno Bay, South Australia

Moonlit Water, Arno Bay, South Australia

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Santa Fe

Materials

Gold Leaf

Orientalist "Moorish Soldier Holding a Rifle" Manuel Garcia Hispaleto
Orientalist "Moorish Soldier Holding a Rifle" Manuel Garcia Hispaleto

Orientalist "Moorish Soldier Holding a Rifle" Manuel Garcia Hispaleto

Located in SANTA FE, NM

"Moorish Soldier Holding a Rifle" Manuel Garcia Hispaleto (Spanish, 1836-1898) Watercolor on paper Signed lower left "MGHispaleto" Original wood frame with gilded stucco 18 3/4 x 12 1/2 (33 1/2 x 26 frame) inches Manuel García Hispaleto, originally Manuel García y Martínez (22 November 1836, Seville -26 December 1898, Madrid) was a Spanish painter known for portraits and costumbrista (genre) scenes. His brother, Rafael García...

Category

1850s Realist Santa Fe

Materials

Watercolor, Handmade Paper

Antique Horse Bronze Trotting Stallion Isidore Jules Bonheur (France, 1827-1901)
Antique Horse Bronze Trotting Stallion Isidore Jules Bonheur (France, 1827-1901)

Antique Horse Bronze Trotting Stallion Isidore Jules Bonheur (France, 1827-1901)

By Isidore Jules Bonheur

Located in SANTA FE, NM

Antique Horse Bronze Portrait of a Trotting Stallion Isidore Jules Bonheur (France, 1827-1901) Cast bronze mounted on a rectangular plinth with dark brown patina, Signed: I. BONHEUR 17 x 11 3/4 A brilliant exploration of a stallion in full trot. The patina is a deep, warm walnut brown with honey-colored tones. Isidore Bonheur was best known and the most distinguished of the 19th century French animalier sculptors. Isidore, the younger brother of Rosa Bonheur and older brother of Auguste, began his studies of painting initially with his father, who was friends with Francisco Goya. By 1848 he debuted at the Paris Salon having discontinued animal and landscape painting to concentrate on creating sculptures and in 1849, Bonheur enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. He won medals at the Paris Salon in 1859 and did so again in 1865 and in 1869. After entering the Exposition Universelle 1855, he won the Gold Medal in 1889. In the 1870s exhibited in the London at the Royal Academy of Arts where he earned great prestige and won the coveted Medaille d’Or. After winning numerous other medals and prizes, Bonheur was awarded the Legion d' Honneur in 1895 and he was Knighted in Portugal, Spain and France. Bonheur continued exhibiting at the Paris Salon until 1899. Many of his bronzes were fabricated at the foundry owned by Hippolyte Peyrol, Bonheur's brother-in-law by marriage to Isidore’s youngest sister Juliette Bonheur. The Peyrol casts for both Rosa and Isidore are exceptionally well executed which suggests a strong working relationship between the founder and sculptor. There is little doubt that Isidore Bonheur was an acute observer of nature; his animals were not anthropomorphized but modelled to catch movement or posture characteristics of the particular species he was sculpting. He achieved this most successfully with his sculptures of horses which are usually depicted as relaxed rather than spirited. These figures are among his most renowned works and his equestrian models became very popular, particularly among the British aristocracy. An acute observer of nature, his sculptures reflect his commitment to the Realist school - with precise detailing of the movements of animals in their natural habitats. Ultimately, His naturalistic studies of animals are now some of the most highly sought after works by any of the animalier. He was possibly inspired by his many visits to the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show...

Category

1870s Realist Santa Fe

Materials

Bronze

Twelve Clouds, Softly, Slowly (F)
Twelve Clouds, Softly, Slowly (F)

Twelve Clouds, Softly, Slowly (F)

By Kate Breakey

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Artist Statement For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both i...

Category

2010s Contemporary Santa Fe

Materials

Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

Antique Kuba Shoowa Cut-Pile & Embroidered Cloth, DR Congo
Antique Kuba Shoowa Cut-Pile & Embroidered Cloth, DR Congo

Antique Kuba Shoowa Cut-Pile & Embroidered Cloth, DR Congo

Located in Point Richmond, CA

Antique Kuba Shoowa Cut-Pile & Embroidered Cloth, DR Congo A graphically compelling example of a Kuba raffia fiber prestige cloth with cut pile and stitched embroidery. In very good...

Category

Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Santa Fe

Materials

Raffia

Tulle no. 34_v2, Ocracoke Island, NC

Tulle no. 34_v2, Ocracoke Island, NC

By Thomas Jackson

Located in Sante Fe, NM

The hovering installations featured in this ongoing series of photographs are inspired by self-organizing, "emergent" systems in nature such as termite mounds, swarming locusts, scho...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Santa Fe

Materials

Archival Pigment