Anthony Thieme
Anthony Thieme (1888-1954) was a landscape and marine painter and a major figure of the Rockport (MA) School of American regional art. He was a contemporary of important Rockport artists Aldro Hibbard, Emil Gruppe, W. Lester Stevens, Antonio Cirino, and Marguerite Pierson. Born in Rotterdam on February 20, 1888, Thieme studied at the Academie of […]
La Belle Assemblée
About the La Belle Assemblée John Bell (1745-1831) ran Bell’s Circulating Library, which c. 1778-1780, according to one of its catalogues had “above fifty thousand volumes (English, Italian, and French) in history, antiquities, voyages …” La Belle Assemblee was also sometimes called Bell’s Court and Fashionable Magazine or the Court Magazine and Belle Assemblee. The […]
F.O. Morris
Rev. Francis Orpen Morris (1810-1893) “History of British Birds” 1851-1903, London Hand-coloured engravings (Each engraving is a Xylographic – woodcut- print with additional hand colouring) • Titles in English Sheet size: approx. 6 ½ x 10 inches. These prints are from Rev. Francis Morris’ (1810-1893) History of British Birds, dating to the mid-1800’s. Morris authored […]
Collecting prints resources
There is an infinite amount of resources available on the internet these days. As I find the search a bit of an enjoyable quest while researching prints from my collection, I will make sure to share with you any sites I find useful or interesting. This link is from a site, “Art of the print”, […]
Michael Harrington Burris
Artist – Michael Harrington Burris Born – Wake Island – 12/21/1956 Awards The Art Museum Annual, 1985 Works on Paper of Clay – selected by Dr. Christina Orr-Cahall, Oakland Museum Curator of Art. San Francisco Chronicle, 1986 “Designer Money”. Gallery of Fine Art, 2 Person show. Open Studios, Heart for the Arts, 1985 through 1995. […]
Horto Van Houtteano
These beautiful floral prints were published in Horto Van Houtteano a lavish Belgian periodical founded by Louis Van Houtte.He was the propietor of the largest nursery of its time on the continent. The periodical appeared monthly for almost 40 years in the mid to late 1800’s and was published by his own printing office in […]