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Chiefs Staff (Elaborate Carving) c 1900-1925 Wooden staffs were used by Maori chiefs and other notables as a physical sign of their status. They were hel...

Circus Gymnast, 19th Century by Unknown (French) creator.

Indonesian shadow puppet/Wayang kulit, 19th century Wayang kulit, or Indonesian shadow puppets are typically carved out of water buffalo hide and wood. T...

Toni Ettenheim (1926–2003) was a Milwaukee based Jewish textile artist, and her tapestries hang in numerous banks and buildings in the Midwest. This pil...

"Hobby Lobby Meets Menards" is Ananda Kesler's 2021 acrylic painting on canvas board. Signed on reverse. 11" x 14" Art 12" x 15" Frame Ananda Kesler was born in Haifa, Israel. In 2002 she received her BA in Fine Art from the University of Iowa...

Giclee print on paper after original lithograph poster. 6x4 1/2" art 15 3/4x12 1/2" frame

"The Garden of Eden" is a Giclée print on watercolor paper after the original lithograph from Abel Pann's portfolio, "The Bible - Genesis: From the Creation until the Deluge." Origin...

Indonesian mask Barong, or a masked figure, is an important part of traditional Indonesian dances. Native tribes still perform traditional masked dances to represent nature or ances...

Titled, signed, and dated in lower margin. A move to an eighty-acre farm in Western Michigan from Detroit suited Janet Richardson Baughman to a tee. She and her three siblings loved country life, and relished the many humorous adjustments to their new surroundings. The one-room schoolhouse she attended, for example, contrasted sharply to her earlier city school. Sports programs had been fairly sophisticated in the city. Rural sports consisted of her teacher piling everyone in her car, including the trunk, and then driving the children to another one-room schoolhouse for games. When Janet reached the sixth grade, a chapter in American history closed because all of the one-room schoolhouses were annexed by the nearest cities, but that unusual educational experience is something Janet fondly remembers. Growing up in a family that was very artistic, it is not surprising that Janet loved drawing. She and her brothers and sisters would make Christmas decorations for the Christmas tree and had ongoing art projects all year long. Her architect father was an artist in his free time. As the children have become adults, they are all involved in artistic endeavors from carving to sculpture. Janet's high school years were spent riding and showing her horses. "That was my life," she says. Living on the farm allowed her freedom to indulge her love of animals including the dogs that were so special to her. Active in 4H, Janet became an accomplished seamstress and an excellent cook. She took no art classes in high school although she sometimes helped her father with drafting. Starting college with the intention of majoring in speech and drama, Janet took an art class only because it was required. She found the art classes so appealing that she took one after another. Eventually, having taken every art class offered, the university had to design independent studies for her. With her beloved horses back on the farm, Janet discovered a new passion, and that was ceramics. First working as a waitress during college to earn income, Janet later became a Student Assistant and lived at the Ceramics Studio. As an assistant, she would make clay and glazes, fire the kiln, and assist the instructor however she could. At first, she had planned to become a high school teacher, but she was encouraged to earn her graduate degree and pursue her artistic endeavors, in addition to teaching. Janet graduated in 1975 with a BFA in Ceramics and Weaving from Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, MI. Following her mentor's advice, she went to Indiana State University in Indiana for her graduate work where she studied under Dick Hay. Demanding, but very laid back personally, he expected a lot from Janet, and she grew from his expectations. She joined the National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) which is a ceramics networking organization. It has a national conference each year where ceramists, educators and studio artists meet. She was on the Board of Directors for two years. Janet received her MFA in 1977. Moving back to Western Michigan, Janet found teaching positions with various colleges and taught art history, ceramics and a myriad of classes. However, she never forgot her mentor's advice, which was to continue her craft. Janet met a businessman/artist, John Baughman, who sold her artwork around the country. Janet bought a studio and her work was selling so well that she no longer needed to supplement her income with teaching. Janet and John had a business relationship for several years until life took one of those magical twists, and their relationship blossomed into much more. Later, the two of them were married. John and Janet bought acreage and moved to the country. Turning one of their buildings into a studio, the pair became extremely successful influencing them to concentrate only on their artwork and discontinue the sales end of his business. Janet says it has been very, very good for them and has caused different things to happen. The challenges of commissions make her think in directions that it is unlikely she would have done on her own. Janet is an extremely talented artist. It is difficult to believe when one sees her pastel, mixed media of pencil, oils and collage landscapes done on paper that this is the same artist that designs and makes very sophisticated and stylized ceramics. The natural beauty that abounds where she lives inspires her artwork. Interestingly, she also derives inspiration from her ceramics for her paintings although the two are quite different in style. Her paintings are stylized and readable, but she does not look for minute detail when she paints. These soft landscapes create a feeling of bucolic peace and serenity although Janet does not consciously paint a message. Janet says of her work, that it is like a dance or conversation in her head, which she expresses through her art. Janet lives an almost idyllic rural existence with her artist/husband who she says is "the love of her life." They work together everyday, and for them it is the perfect partnership because they compliment one another so well. Together they raise and train horses, and are expecting three foals within a year. In addition, she loves to garden and after the tradition of her grandmother and mother, has a huge vegetable garden. She and her husband love to cook. They enjoy golfing together as well. Their three grown children are still very important in their lives, and Janet sews intricate costumes for her daughter when she shows her horse. In the future, Janet thinks that living in Virginia with horses and continuing with her art would be perfect. She, along with her husband, would like to spend a summer in Provence...

B.S. in Art Education: University of Wisconsin-Stout in 1971 "This work is low-fired and unglazed. The objects are burnished with a stone when partially dry, an then painted with a ...

This small hand-built plate, 'White Stoneware (Face),' is an intimate and exciting example of the ceramic work of Estherly Allen. She was a student of George McNeil, an important Abs...

"30 Hour Clock" is a wooden gears with original face, glass, and mirror manufactured by Jeromes & Darrow. The wood is a very rich color, which is highlighted ...

This hand-blown square vase by Ioan Nemtoi could easily be the centerpiece of any collection of glass art. Nemtoi's incorporation of gestural composition techniques derived from Abstract Expressionism into his glass work yields a dazzling array of colors when this vase is illuminated from the inside. Hand-blown glass 13.25 x 7.4375 x 7.25 inches Signed 'Nemtoi' along the base Ioan Nemtoi was born in 1964 on a farm in Trusesti near Dorohoi, in North-Eastern Romania, as the eldest son of a large family. When Nemtoi was in the fifth grade, one of his teachers noticed his artistic talent and sent him to art school. Later he went on to the art branch...

'Coming From the Fields' is an original black serpentine sculpture by the celebrated second generation Shona artist Colleen Madamombe. The sculpture presents a character common to Ma...

Ioan Nemtoi's 'Red Karo Sphere' could easily become a centerpiece of any space or of any collection of glass art. The large oval form of the vase and the bright red color has a commanding presence. In addition, the artist's use of a grid-like pattern in the vase is striking, while regions of green and yellow remind of gestural Abstract Expressionist painting. 16 x 15 x 15 inches Signed 'Nemtoi' along the base Ioan Nemtoi was born in 1964 on a farm in Trusesti near Dorohoi, in North-Eastern Romania, as the eldest son of a large family. When Nemtoi was in the fifth grade, one of his teachers noticed his artistic talent and sent him to art school. Later he went on to the art branch...

This silk and cotton fabric was made by an unknown Ashanti artist. It features green and orange accents. The Ashanti are a major ethnic group of the Akans in Ghana, a fairly new nation, barely more than 50 years old. Ghana, previously the Gold Coast, was a British colony until 1957. It is now politically separated into four main parts. Ashanti is in the center and Kumasi is the capital. The Ashanti have a wide variety of arts. Bark cloth was used for clothing before weaving was introduced. With weaving, there is cotton and silk. Women may pick cotton...

The ceramic sculptures of Wisconsin artist Michael Gross are personal narratives that reveal an unusual mix of earthly magic and primal vitality. The artist works in a variety of forms, including figurines, large vessels and furniture. The present vase is among the top tier of his works from the 1980s, showing multiple playful figures in relief around the vessel. In his Neo-Expressionist style, hearkening to the works of Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, the figures are colored in painterly polychrome. Also, not unlike the painted narrative vessels of Ancient Greece, though much more subversive, many of the figures and stories are identified with text: 'King of Fart,' 'Dance Little Sister,' 'Girls for Every Boy,' and 'Beach Boy.' 22 x 13 x 12 inches overall Signed 'Gross' near base Dated 1986 near upper rim SELECTED COLLECTIONS INCLUDING WORKS BY GROSS: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.; Sharon Lynne Wilson...

This goblet is a simple and charming example of German pewter goblets from the end of the 19th century. The bell-shape form of the goblet, decorated wit...

Art Column (ART DBG)' is an original signed ceramic sculpture by Robin Campo. It is a rare and early example of the artist's fanciful work, made only a year after he earned his Master of Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and while he was developing his reputation through local galleries. Campo is here working in the later traditions of pop art by using the ceramic medium for trompe l'oeil effect: the sculpture is made to look like an oversize stack of toy wood...

Ioan Nemtoi's 'Oval Red Karo Large Vase' could easily become a centerpiece of any space or of any collection of glass art. The large oval form of the vase and the bright red color has a commanding presence. In addition, the artist's use of a grid-like pattern in the vase is striking, while regions of green and yellow remind of gestural Abstract Expressionist painting. 22 x 15 x 15 inches Signed 'Nemtoi' along the base Ioan Nemtoi was born in 1964 on a farm in Trusesti near Dorohoi, in North-Eastern Romania, as the eldest son of a large family. When Nemtoi was in the fifth grade, one of his teachers noticed his artistic talent and sent him to art school. Later he went on to the art branch...

This cotton fabric was made by an unknown Ashanti artist. It is mostly black and white. The Ashanti are a major ethnic group of the Akans in Ghana, a fairly new nation, barely more than 50 years old. Ghana, previously the Gold Coast, was a British colony until 1957. It is now politically separated into four main parts. Ashanti is in the center and Kumasi is the capital. The Ashanti have a wide variety of arts. Bark cloth was used for clothing before weaving was introduced. With weaving, there is cotton and silk. Women may pick cotton...

This large 20th-century cachepot is a feast for the eyes and mind. It is decorated on the exterior with bursting flora and fauna in famille noire enamels: cherry trees wrap...

This metal relief, by the artist Jean Carlo Brutus, features the figure in Haitian Voudou known as Bossou. Bossou is one of the Lwa – the pantheon of deities that intermediates betwe...

"Protecting Family" is an original sculpture in springstone created by Gerald Takawira. Takawira was an African Shona artist. His father John Takawira was also a Shona artist. This c...

This small plaque is an intimate and exciting example of the ceramic work of Estherly Allen. She was a student of George McNeil, an important Abstract Expressionist, and this Express...

37 x 32 x 0.75 inches, canvas Signed 'Alayna' lower right Unframed (custom framing is available upon request) Alayna Rose is a painter, jewelry designer and former illustrator. Her paintings are abstract, painterly, and in vibrant color. They teeter between figuration and pure non-representation, following in the legacy of the Abstract Expressionists of the mid-twentieth century. Indeed, she studied with Kenn Kwint, a nationally recognized Wisconsin painter, as well as Gary Rosine, former department chair of Cardinal Stritch University’s Visual Studies Program. She was also mentored by one of Wisconsin’s most celebrated sculptors - Mary Nohl...

This is an original color lithograph map of the City of Milwaukee, published in 1895 by the Chicago mapmaker George Franklin Cram. It provides an excellent historic view of the city during the late nineteenth century, highlighting major neighborhoods, parks, companies and other historic landmarks. 20 x 13.5 inches, map 30.63 x 24.13 inches, frame Inscribed lower left "Map of Milwaukee; Published by George F. Cram; 61-63 Plymouth Place, Chicago" Framed to conservation standards using 100 percent rag silk-lined matting with a 1/4 inch bevel and museum glass, housed in a gold and bol metal gilded moulding. The George F. Cram Company traces its ancestry back to 1867, when a merchant named Rufus Blanchard, originally from Massachusetts, took his nephew George F. Cram into business with him in Evanston, Illinois, near Chicago. Prior to that, back East, Blanchard had prospered through the sale of globes, maps, and books, but after the Civil War had moved to the Midwest. He brought Cram into the trade as a partner. Cram, who was born on May 20, 1842, was fairly young at the time. He had served in the Union Army during the Civil War, and, reportedly, had a role as a cartographer for General Ulysses S. Grant. He also wrote several letters while serving under General William T. Sherman and participating in that military commander's celebrated "march to the sea." Years later, Cram's biography and letters would command enough historical interest to find their way into print. The company of the uncle and nephew, which sold maps and atlases...

This 30-Hour clock was designed by an American designer named W.S. Conan. It features a gorgeous dark wood and etched glass with floral design. 26" x 15 1/4" x 4 1/4"

This bracelet was made out of bronze in the 1880s by an unknown artist in the Kingdom of Benin, Nigaria. It is 4 1/2" across. The Kingdom of Benin, also known as the Benin Kingdom, was a pre-colonial kingdom in what is now southern Nigeria. Its capital was Edo, now known as Benin City...

"Celebrations (C-56)" is an original black serpentine stone sculpture by Colleen Madamombe. The artist signed the piece, and it weighs 228 pounds. This piece features a woman with a ...

"Bowl (Olive Green)" is a hand-thrown glazed stoneware bowl made by Mark Shekore, signed with his last name on the bottom of the piece. 9 1/8" x 8" diameter Mark Shekore attended ...

"Derriere Le Miroir" is an original portfolio of lithographs and text by Alexander Calder. The artist signed the portfolio on the last page. This is edition number 146/150 of the del...

This colorful glass frame, now being repurposed as a mirror, was hand painted by an unknown Peruvian artist. The opening of the frame is 8 inches high by 10 inches wide and makes a g...

"Boats in Berlin Harbor" is an original pastel painting on cheesecloth. Small tugboats push across the Berlin harbor as a gauzy cityscape watches from behind. Image: 25" x 33" Frame...

This tribal cloth was created by an unknown artist from the Fulani tribe in Gambia, Africa. This tribe has a population numbering between 20 and 25 millio...

This mask, depicting a western character with only partly slanted eyes and a mustache, was created by an unknown Indonesian artist. It is a deep mustard green and is about 7" tall by...

This photo frame was hand-made in Romania and features 22K gold leafing. It is made out of wood and includes archival plexiglass to protect anything displayed in it from fading or ot...

This photo frame was hand-made in Romania and features 22K gold leafing. It is made out of wood and includes archival plexiglass to protect anything displayed in it from fading or ot...

This photo frame was hand-made in Romania and features 22K gold leafing. It is made out of wood and includes archival plexiglass to protect anything displayed in it from fading or ot...

This photo frame was hand-made in Romania and features 12K white gold leafing. It is made out of wood and includes archival plexiglass to protect anything displayed in it from fading...

This photo frame was hand-made in Romania and features 12K white gold leafing. It is made out of wood and includes archival plexiglass to protect anything displayed in it from fading...

This photo frame was hand-made in Romania and features 12K white gold leafing. It is made out of wood and includes archival plexiglass to protect anything displayed in it from fading...

"Oriental Sunrise in the Mountains" and "Shooting Star" are two original watercolor paintings on opposite sides of a 300 lb piece of watercolor paper, created by David Barnett. In ad...

This photo frame was hand-made in Romania and features 12K white gold leafing. It is made out of wood and includes archival plexiglass to protect anything displayed in it from fading...

This photo frame was hand-made in Romania and features 22K gold leafing. It is made out of wood and includes archival plexiglass to protect anything displayed in it from fading or ot...

This photo frame was hand-made in Romania and features 12K gold leafing. It is made out of wood and includes archival plexiglass to protect anything displayed in it from fading or ot...

This photo frame was hand-made in Romania and features 22K gold leafing. It is made out of wood and includes archival plexiglass to protect anything displayed in it from fading or ot...

This photo frame was hand-made in Romania and features 12K white gold leafing. It is made out of wood and includes archival plexiglass to protect anything displayed in it from fading...

"Lemons on a Pewter Plate" is a porcelained enamel piece on steel, created after a painting by Henri Matisse. The original painting, an oil painting measuring 21 5/8" x 26 1/8", was ...

This photo frame was hand-made in Romania and features 12K white gold leafing. It is made out of wood and includes archival plexiglass to protect anything displayed in it from fading...

This is a hand-made leather frame by an unknown Peruvian artist. It will hold a 4" x 6" photograph vertically or horizontally and includes museum acrylic...

This bracelet was created by an unknown Bamileke artist from Cameroon. This bracelet features delicate carvings of serpents and a net-like pattern. The Bamileke is the native group w...

This photo frame was hand-made in Romania and features 22K gold leafing. It is made out of wood and includes archival plexiglass to protect anything di...

This photo frame was hand-made in Romania and features 12K white gold leafing. It is made out of wood and includes archival plexiglass to protect anything displayed in it from fading...

This photo frame was hand-made in Romania and features 22K gold leafing. It is made out of wood and includes archival plexiglass to protect anything displayed in it from fading or ot...