By the second half of the 19th century the city of Florence – once home to Raphael and birthplace of the High Renaissance – had …
Richard Morton Paye: an Unfortunate Genius
In the earliest days of the Royal Academy in London, during the reign of King George III, the name of Richard Morton Paye was a …
Nathaniel Sichel: Painter of Oriental Beauty
Nathaniel Sichel was born in Mainz in 1843, and aged 16 he entered the Berlin Academy of Art to study under Julius Schrader (1815-1900). In …
Philip Hermogenes Calderon RA: a Good Fellow
Philip Hermogenes Calderon was born in Poitiers in France in 1833, the son of a Spanish priest who had turned his back on the church …
Jean-François Portaels: Master of Orientalism
Jean-François Portaels was born in the city of Vilvoorde in Belgium in 1818 and as the son of a wealthy father was, aged 18, able …
Richard Redgrave RA: Victorian Renaissance Man
Richard Redgrave (1804-1888) was one of the most successful British artists of the 19th century; a Royal Academician with an eye for colour and a …
AFP in this week’s Antiques Trade Gazette
‘The Great Fire of Rome’ by Eduard Buchler is featured in the latest edition of the Antiques Trade Gazette in an article on their top …
AFP at the 2019 LAPADA Art & Antiques Show in Mayfair
For one week, between September 13th and 18th, 100 of the world’s most prestigious art and antiques dealers showed an array of carefully vetted pieces …
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