Academy Fine Paintings is now a member of MasterArt. Home of the world’s leading art dealers, MasterArt is the ultimate destination for passionate art lovers …
Aliens & Architecture:
a History of European Picture Frames
a History of European Picture Frames
In the second half of the 20th century when Abstract Expressionists such as Mark Rothko began hanging their paintings unframed they turned their back on …
At Home with the Florentine Romantics
By the second half of the 19th century the city of Florence – once home to Raphael and birthplace of the High Renaissance – had …
Richard Redgrave
& the Inconvenient Truth
& the Inconvenient Truth
Richard Redgrave (1804-1888) was one of the most influential British artists of the 19th century, a Royal Academician with an eye for colour and a …
Charles Joshua Chaplin
& the Smile of a Woman
& the Smile of a Woman
It is testament to both his eminence as an artist and his importance as a teacher that Charles Joshua Chaplin (1825-1891) became one of the …
Richard Morton Paye:
an Unfortunate Genius
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 …
Philip Hermogenes Calderon:
a Good Fellow
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 …
AFP in the 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 …