| Lifestyle: Connecticut Pastoral |
8th Anniversary
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In most discussions about collections of antiques, the objects are the focus of attention. But in this instance, the collection includes the structures that house it as well. The five historic buildings that comprise this home were moved to the site in th...
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| Lifestyle: The Art of It -- The Stellar Folk Art Collection of Jerry and Susan Lauren |
8th Anniversary
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In his role as executive vice president of men's design at Polo Ralph Lauren, Jerry Lauren, together with his brother, Ralph, have dictated style and fashion to the world for almost four decades. When it comes to collecting, he applies his discerning eye...
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| Romancing the Stones: The Creative Genius of the Oscar Heyman & Bros. Jewelry Dynasty |
8th Anniversary
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For the past ninety-five years, Oscar Heyman & Bros., Inc., a family-owned firm of master jewelry artisans, has sat, albeit anonymously, at the helm of jewelry royalty. While their name is not well-known outside of professional circles, their pieces h...
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| The Worlds of Frederic Edwin Church |
8th Anniversary
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When, in 1855, Frederic Edwin Church began to exhibit his paintings of the South American landscape, based on his first voyage there two years earlier, he was quickly recognized as America's greatest landscape painter, heir to that identification achieved...
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| Winterthur Primer: Cleaning Painted Surfaces |
8th Anniversary
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In the world of professional paintings conservation, we adhere to the ethic that everything we do must be "reversible." In other words, we should not add anything to a work of art that, if removed, would cause harm to the artist's original materials....
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| Discoveries: A Forum that Highlights Important Finds, Significant Objects, New Research, and Museum Acquisitions |
Autumn/Winter 2007
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Most unsigned paintings never get authenticated with concrete evidence. Such was not the fate for this work by Hudson River artist William M. Hart. For sixteen years this outstanding landscape eluded identification by those familiar with it. Over the year...
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| Green Your Home With Antiques: Museums Are Going Green -- Why Not You? |
Autumn/Winter 2007
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As responsible custodians of priceless collections, museums have made use of advances in technology to regulate such things as temperature and humidity to ensure the long life of their treasures. Yet, the more energy they use to house and preserve objects...
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| Highlights: Inspiring Impressionism |
Autumn/Winter 2007
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Inspiring Impressionism is the first complete survey to explore the influence of Old Master painters on impressionist artists. This pioneering exhibition will display examples of the 17th-century Dutch and Spanish Schools and French Rococo style alongside...
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| Highlights: The Haughton International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show 2007 |
Autumn/Winter 2007
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Leading dealers from the United States and Europe will converge on the Park Avenue Armory, in New York City, this October for what promises to be one of the most important shows of the year. Since 1988, The International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show --...
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| Investing in Antiques: Decoys |
Autumn/Winter 2007
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There are two types of decoy collectors: hunters and connoisseurs. So says Gary Guyette of Guyette and Schmidt, Inc., the country's largest antique decoy auction firm. Until the late 1980s, with few exceptions, the profile of the decoy collector, he says,...
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