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Thrifting can be lots of fun, and it's a great way to score some great finds, including valuable antique picture frames to ...
Picture frames were very elaborate during Victorian times. The rectangular frame for an oil painting could be 3 or 4 inches deep with several different types of carving on the borders.
Frederic Leighton’s Flaming June is now considered a treasure of Victorian painting. But at one point it was practically worthless – and nearly vanished, writes Alastair Sooke.
Victorian views put in the frame. It has been months in the making, but a special Victorian display at Wolverhampton Art Gallery is now just days away from its grand unveiling.
It will also examine Victorian frames in Canadian institutional contexts both historic and current, with featured case studies from the Art Gallery of Ontario. BIOGRAPHY: ...
Kenneth Baker has been art critic for the San Francisco Chronicle since 1985. A native of the Boston area, he served as art critic for the Boston Phoenix between 1972 and 1985.
While Maas estimated the painting’s worth to be about $300,000 to $450,000, its owner has decided to keep it and loan it out to museums as part of a traveling Alma-Tadema exhibition so the ...
The BBC's Antiques Roadshow celebrated the discovery of a forgotten painting by Victorian master Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. The artist has set the record for Victorian paintings at $36 million.
Frederic Leighton’s Flaming June is now considered a treasure of Victorian painting. But at one point it was practically worthless – and nearly vanished, writes Alastair Sooke.