Collector's Journal
The Signature in Blue: A Chinese Highland Portrait and the Search for Lin Shusen (林树森)
Art Research Asian Art Chinese Art Chinese Oil Painting Contemporary Chinese Art Dafen Dafen Art Fine Art Highland Child Lin Shusen Portrait Painting Provenance Research Shanghai Art Yi Ren Gallery 林树森
A mysterious blue Chinese signature and surviving Yi Ren Gallery, Shanghai label have opened a fascinating investigation into this expressive highland child portrait and its possible connection with Shenzhen/Dafen realist painter Lin Shusen (林树森, b. 1974).
The Wiscombe Park: A Historic Ship Portrait Attributed to Reginald Arthur Borstel
Art Research Australian Maritime History British Maritime History Marine Painting Maritime Art Provenance Reginald Arthur Borstel Ship Portrait Sunderland Shipbuilding Wiscombe Park
Researching the historic three-masted sailing ship Wiscombe Park, its Liverpool and Australian history, maritime flags and possible attribution to Reginald Arthur Borstel.
Alfred de Breanski Jr at Lake Windermere: Light, Landscape and the A. Fontville Signature
Alfred de Breanski Jr Alfred Fontville Art Provenance Art Research British Art British Landscape Painting Collecting Fine Art Fine Art Lake District Lake Windermere
Signed “A. FONTVILLE” and titled Lake Windermere verso, this atmospheric early twentieth-century landscape leads into the story of Alfred Fontville de Breanski Jr., his exhibition career, alternative signature and fascination with changing natural light.
Oliver Clare: Blossom, Blue Eggs and the Victorian Bird’s Nest
19th Century Art Art Provenance Art Research Bird's Nest Painting British Art British Artists Collecting Fine Art Floral Still Life George Clare Haynes Fine Art Oliver Clare Still Life Painting Victorian Art Victorian Painting Vincent Clare
Explore the remarkable natural world of Victorian painter Oliver Clare through Still Life of Blossom and a Bird’s Nest, c.1880–1890 — a signed oil with four mysterious blue eggs, characteristic mossy-bank detail and historic Haynes Fine Art provenance.
Napoleon in Uniform: Researching a 19th-Century Imperial Portrait After Robert Lefèvre
New research into a commanding c.1870 portrait of Napoleon I reveals a compelling connection with Robert Lefèvre's official Imperial portrait tradition.
