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14 - THE GALLERY April 27, 2012 — Antiques and The Arts Weekly WORCESTER, MASS. — Bill Union, owner of Art & Antique Gallery, is a familiar face at antiques shows up and down the Eastern Seaboard. Collectors and dealers can next find Union at Mays Antique Market May 10–12, Brimfield, Mass., and Arlington, Va., in June, where he will be displaying a wide-range of American and European paintings from the Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. Founded in 1970, Art & Antique Gallery has long specialized in the works of Cape Cod artist Charles Webster Hawthorne (American, 1872–1930), who established the Cape Cod School of Art in Provincetown, Mass., in 1899. Hawthorne’s “Lady in Purple” is a good example of his straight-forward and yet subtle portraits of women. The young woman’s face is framed with softly rendered auburn hair and her gentle gaze is both refreshing and welcoming. The stylized positioning of the sitter’s arms and hands seemed designed to show off her delicate, slender fingers as well as the flower and wedding rings she displays with such femininity. “This is the finest Hawthorne available today. It has its original frame and was exhibited in the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk as well as many other museums. Charles Harold Davis (1856–1933), oil on canvas, 1884, 12 by 18 inches. Charles W. Hawthorne (1872–1930), “Lady in Purple,” oil on canvas laid on board, 38 by 32 inches. Art & Antique Gallery Offers A Wealth Of Fine Art It still has exhibition labels on the back, and it was featured with a full page in the Hawthorne book in color. I believe that this is the finest painting in the family collection that is left,” said Union. During his lifetime, Hawthorne received important recognition for his contributions to teaching and painting, including the Hallgarten Prize from the National Academy and awards from the Art Institute of Chicago, the Pennsylvania Academy and the Corcoran Gallery of Art. He was a member of the Salmagundi Club, the American Watercolor Society and the French Societe’ Nationale de Beaux-Arts. His Cape Cod School lured such artists as George Ault, Gifford Beal, Reynolds Beal, C.H. Demuth, Childe Hassam, Ernest Lawson and William Zorach. Hawthorne’s work can be found in the collections of such institutions as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Huston Museum of Fine Art, the High Museum of Art, the Wooster Museum of Art and two dozen more. Charles Harold Davis is another artist who called New England home. Born in Massachusetts in 1856, Davis studied in France at the Academie Julian and adopted a Barbizon style for his landscapes. He set- tled in Mystic, Conn., where he was instrumental in forming an art colony. His work is in prestigious collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the MFA Boston. The gallery has a 24-hour evaluation period for works of art that are shipped. This is especially important if a collector is purchasing a painting based on an image sent through email or seen on a website (Art & Antique Gallery is listed on AskArt.com). Once a painting is received, if the customer does not like the work for any reason, they can ship it back. Art & Antique Gallery is by appointment only. Their inventory includes White Mountain artists, marine art, Impressionism and post-Impressionism, including European paintings. The gallery is always seeking estates of artists, sporting art and Hudson River art. Union is a member of the International Society of Fine Arts Appraisers, Ltd, and the New England Society of Fine Arts Appraisers. Art & Antique Gallery is at 4 Old English Road in Worcester, Mass. To reach Bill Union, call 508-259- 4694 or email wmunion@charter.net. Thomas Benjamin Pope 1834—1891 Newburgh, NY artist, teacher, writer, and performer. A fine example of his work, inscribed on reverse “...Bear Mountain and Storm King from Crow’s Nest...” Hudson Highlands, oil on board, 16” x 22” Signed and dated T.B.Pope 1889 Jenkinstown Antiques Sanford Levy 520 Route 32 South New Paltz NY 12561 www.JenkinstownAntiques.com info@JenkinstownAntiques.com 845-255-4876 Our shop is open weekends or anytime by chance/appointment Find us on Facebook
Antiques and The Arts Weekly — April 27, 2012 Taking A New Leap Into The Twentieth Century BY MERNA POPPER OWNER OF ANDES ANTIQUES & ART Midcentury? And which century might that be? The term midcentury is bandied about as if the entire universe knows and understands the excitement spinning around the great artists and designers who produced home and office furniture and arts during the center cut of the Twentieth Century. Depending on who tells it, Mid-Twentieth Century can be 1916–1950, or 1930–1960, but regardless of dates, it’s all about clean lines and basic design elements suited for life in modern times. To some, the Modernist period began at the start of the Twentieth Century, blossoming around 1916, reaching its full swing with the clean designs and lines of the Bauhaus, which changed the definition of art and design forever. To others, Twentieth Century design is embodied by the pared-down sleek lines from Scandinavia, Sweden and Denmark during the 1950s and 1960s. However you look at it, the bold movements of the mid-Twentieth Century liberated architecture as well as home and office furnishings from the history of serious-looking, ornate tastes culminating in the heavy and elaborate look of the Victorian era. Twentieth Century home arts and furnishings have survived at least three quarters of a century, bursting forth again with a surge of collecting madness. Buyers have rediscovered the period with gusto, taking a fresh look at designs from both European and American visionaries. Like all quality collectibles, great Twentieth Century is scarce and when it shows up on the marketplace, it gets snapped up quickly, prized for its continued modern shock value even after all these years. Many of the early designs are still avant garde and seem new and unfamiliar to all but the initiated who recognize its sophistication. After all, Modernism was once the domain of artsy intellectuals, and it takes time for advanced trends to catch on and become widely accepted. One thing is certain, in 2012, midcentury and Modernist designs are definitely H-O-T. The buzz among collectors, antique dealers and auctioneers is midcentury, and the craze is escalating at a frenetic pace. “Brown furniture” — even prized-quality furniture of yesteryear — is out of fashion, having been replaced by a new insatiable thirst for Modernism. When my own parents “went modern” and tossed out their leathertop dark English furniture to make way for low, sleek designs with bright, new vitality and a life of their own, they were part of the leap into the new and modern age. The artistic realism of the Industrial Revolution — representation of things as they had always been recognized — was being replaced by impressions, the spirit of an object rather than literal reproductions. Remarkably, mid-Twentieth Century designs are as fresh and exciting as they were the day they first appeared. Abstract art, sleek low lines in home design, horizontal and vertical planes thrown together in a style of visual music, define the Twentieth Century. The rush is on. As lasting and viable as Chippendale was in its day, collectors of midcentury are looking for value and beauty to occupy a permanent place in the art and antique marketplace as well as an inspired environment in which to live. Andes Antiques & Art is located at 173 Main Street, Andes NY 13731. The gallery will open “Art and Design of the 20th Century,” on May 26. For information, 845-676-3420. Lacquered cabinet by Robert Slezak. THE GALLERY — 15 ANNOUNCING… the launching of our new web page devoted to vintage… ARTS & CRAFTS ARTWORK ARTHUR WESLEY DOW, “Sunset, Ipswich Meadows,” watercolor, c. 1890, 9 ¾ x 12 ½” (sight). One of the largest selections of period Arts & Crafts artwork anywhere! Over 100 beautifully-framed items including works by Margaret Jordan Patterson, Oscar Droege, Arthur Wesley Dow, Gustave Baumann, Englebert Lap, Jane Berry Judson, George Senseney, Tod Lindemuth… known and unknown artists in all price ranges… OSCAR DROEGE, “Spring in the Mountains,” color woodcut, c. 1925-30, 14 1/8 x 9 3/8.” Also on our website, see our other offerings under “Fine Prints” (nearly 400 American & European fine prints from c. 1880-1950’s,) and “Paintings.” Sign up for our yearly catalog of all new offerings on our website or by calling or emailing us. We are also actively buying Arts & Crafts artwork by the artists we list (Gustave Baumann, Arthur Wesley Dow, Margaret Patterson, etc. etc.) as well as other known and even unknown artists that are of the period and exhibit that Arts & Crafts “look.” Please request our free 4 page illustrated want list or check our website “Buying” pages for more details on what we’re looking to purchase in all mediums. STEVEN THOMAS, INC. Fine Arts & Antiques BOX 41, WOODSTOCK, VT 05091 Phone / Fax 1-800-781-8028 www.woodblock-prints.com
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