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Aron Wiesenfeld: The Crown

Posted on February 11, 2012 by BarbaraAnne

Born in 1972, Aron Wiesenfeld had his first solo exhibition at the Timmons Gallery in San Diego in 2007. He paints enigmatic, lonely people in empty spaces, making the viewer imagine an unseen backstory. He writes, “If something is going … Continue reading →

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Alexander Evgenievich Yakovlev

Posted on June 12, 2011 by BarbaraAnne

Three months after Tsar Nicholas II fell in the February Revolution of 1917, Alexander Yakovlev left Petrograd for Peking. The Academy of Arts funded his two-year stay in China, Mongolia, and Japan. He returned with “Opera of Peking,” one of … Continue reading →

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The Empress Eugenie Tiara

Posted on May 29, 2010 by BarbaraAnne

Napoleon had jeweler Alexandre-Gabriel Lemonnier (circa 1808-1884) make this piece c. 1850. In the Louis XVI style, a filigree silver-gilt mount is over crusted with 1998 small diamonds. They surround much larger pearls, and give them absolute priority. The largest … Continue reading →

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La Petite Maraudeuse

Posted on October 11, 2009 by BarbaraAnne

William Bouguereau, 1825-1905, loved to paint portaits of young French peasant girls, in the hope that he could raise their humble status to become icons. When he painted this at the turn of the century, industry was threatening the agrarian … Continue reading →

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