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July 2013 - Recent American miniature portraits on eBay 10 Jul 2013 | 08:13 am
Several interesting miniature portraits by American artists have appeared on eBay recently. The first was this fine portrait of a young lady in a black dress. Unfortunately the bezel and glass were m...
April 2013 - Painting miniature portraits 30 Apr 2013 | 05:07 am
In many respects the painting of miniature portraits is a lost art in the 21C, with viewers of 18C and 19C miniature portraits astounded by the quality and artist's skill when seen up close or inspect...
March 2013 - Three additions and a new book 1 Apr 2013 | 07:46 am
Followers of this collection may have noted that recently there have been fewer additions to the collection. This trend is likely to continue! In 'the good old days' of ten years ago, in 2000-2005, in...
February 2013 - Collecting and new research 10 Mar 2013 | 03:44 am
New research material about miniature portraits continues to be published. This is welcome for a section of art which was largely overlooked from the start of World War I in 1914 until around the year...
January 2013 - International Conference 19 Jan 2013 | 01:48 am
Here are several images relating to the forthcoming Conference, which opens on 25 January 2013, as sent to me by one of the organisers, Juliane Schmieglitz-Otten. The Conference is arranged by the Tan...
December 2012 - The Tansey Collection 14 Dec 2012 | 05:22 am
Tansey Collection Catalogues Last month I mentioned a conference on miniature portraits in Germany, timed to coincide with the publishing of a fifth catalogue of a selection of the miniature portrait...
November 2012 - London exhibition 10 Nov 2012 | 01:03 am
In my last post I overlooked advising visitors of an interesting exhibition currently on in London at Philip Mould Galleries. It is too far away for me to attend, but if I had lived near London, I wou...
November 2012 - Original cost of miniature portraits 8 Nov 2012 | 01:53 am
I was recently asked to write about how much it cost to have a miniature portrait painted in the 19C? The article appeared in Southeastern Antiquing and Collecting Magazine for October 2012 and is rep...
September 2012 - A Book and a Seminar 22 Sep 2012 | 05:40 am
Domenico Bossi In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in collecting and researching miniature portraits. Particularly in Europe there are a number of dedicated scholars who are puttin...
August 2012 - Seen in the market place 9 Aug 2012 | 06:36 am
Apologies to any regular visitors who have wondered why I have missed a couple of months. I have instead been deeply involved with my medical history research and am now turning more attention to my r...
