19th Century Prints

[poliphilo]

There was a vogue towards the end of the last century for nicely framed 19th century prints. You can tell there was a vogue and that it's over now because the junk shops and charity shops are full of them. Nobody seems to want them- except for me and Ailz- and we snap them up whenever we see them. Yesterday we bought three that had been reduced to £1.49 each- and one of them was by Clarkson Stanfield- a "name" artist. One of these days they'll come back into fashion and then everybody who got rid of them will be sorry.

When I say it's by Clarkson Stanfield I mean he did the original artwork. It was rare for these chaps to do their own engraving. I haven't looked into the market- and I don't know whether the artist's name raises the value- but we have in our collection two Stansfields, a Wilkie, a Landseer and - tarantara- a Turner.

Comments

[topum.livejournal.com]

One of my brothers is a great lover of art. I unfortunately do not "get" it. And I did try and learned a lot about it and could even "fake it" very well. But I don't do it anymore. For me it does not go further than an interesting (or not) picture (sculpture, installation, etc), which becomes immediately forgettable after I looked at it. I always envied people who cold appreciate art the way my brother can. One of my best friends is a well known Danish contemporary artist, art is his life. When we get together and and my brother and he talk about art I feel like I am blind among the seeing.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I'm rather the same with music. I like a good tune- preferably with words attached- but I don't understand what's going on in more complicated pieces