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Advertising Brochure (PDF) 2021 MEDIA KIT THE ONLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO KEEPING YOUR UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS AND AUCTIONS IN FRONT OF SERIOUS COLLECTORS OF AMERICAN ART more than a Magazine… American Fine Art Magazine is an interactive marketing tool specially written to generate publicity and increase business for historic American fine art dealers and auction houses. In researching the fine art media before deciding EDITORIAL COVERAGE AND PREVIEWS OF to launch this magazine, we noticed there was UPCOMING EVENTS, SALES AND AUCTIONS little or no coverage given to upcoming shows, sales or auctions of historic American art. We found that existing magazines were not providing GALLERY PREVIEW: NEW YORK, NY Enduring Importance editorial space to preview your upcoming events. Major works from American masters debut in Important American Paintings exhibition at Questroyal Fine Art in New York City a robust cross section of American art on the River, which depicts a warm American Fine Art Magazine has changed all that. over roughly 100 years beginning in landscape scene, and William Glackens’ Through October 31 Questroyal Fine Art the 1800s and ending in the mid-1900s. oil The Sea Shore, which shows 903 Park Avenue, Third Floor “For this year’s catalog, we spent time beachgoers celebrating the ocean and th th New York, NY 10075 digging through 19 - and early-20 - weather as boats and swimmers in the (212) 744-3586 century newspapers to see what critics distance bob in the water. Salerno says www.questroyalfineart.com thought about these paintings when The Sea Shore hangs directly across they were first created. We’ve found from his desk, “a celebrity glowing that these incredible examples truly under the lights—bold, confident and American Fine Art Magazine is unique in that have endured the test of time, being as distinguished—as if Glackens preserved ew York City’s Questroyal relevant and adored today as they were some of his soul in oil and varnish.” Fine Art is presenting years ago,” says gallery owner Louis M. Although it’s never easy for a gallery NImportant American Paintings, Salerno. “Art that can hold its value, owner to pick a favorite work, Salerno Volume XVII: Enduring, a returning both in the market and in the eyes of admits he is continuously drawn to it PREVIEWS exhibitions and auctions exhibition that will once again bring collectors, for more than a century is John Frederick Kensett’s oil on canvas significant works from American something we can stand behind.” New England Sunrise. “It truly is a masters to collectors. The artists Works in the show include Jasper masterpiece for the artist and represents included in this year’s show make up Francis Cropsey’s 1886 oil Mallards him at the height of his skill. Although Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823-1900), Mallards before they open rather than REVIEWS on the River, 1886. Oil on canvas 12 x 201/8 in., signed and dated lower right: ‘J. F. Cropsey 1886’; on stretcher bar: ‘A Foggy Morning / J. F. Cropsey. / Hastings-on-Hudson. 1886’. them after the event is over. we work hard with our photographer and printer to represent our paintings accurately in our catalogs, this is one that truly needs to be seen in person. It is incredibly luminous with the rising sun representing the hope of the nation after the Civil War. This is a painting that was powerful to a 19th- You now have the opportunity to have your century audience but resonates just as strongly today,” he says, adding that he is not the only one who can’t take their eyes off the painting. “New England Sunrise is not only one of Kensett’s upcoming events previewed in a timely manner. greatest paintings, it is one of the most spectacular examples of luminism ever created by any artist at any time. Fairfield Porter (1907-1975), The Black Tree, Readers are then able to make intelligent choices 1968. Oil on board, 1915/16 x 18 in., signed and dated lower center: ‘Fairfield Porter 68’; on verso: ‘THE BLACK TREE / The Black Tree / 1968 / John Frederick Kensett (1816-1872), New England Sunrise. Oil on canvas, 181/8 x 30¼ in., monogrammed lower center: ‘JFK’. F Porter oil / 20" x 18"’. about the fine art pieces they want to add to 66 67 their collections. Questroyal.indd 66 8/2/16 4:05 PM Questroyal.indd 67 8/2/16 4:06 PM American Fine Art Magazine focuses on future upcoming shows and auctions, making serious collectors aware in advance of the major works coming to market. Editorial includes authoritative commentary by curators as well as interviews with top gallery and museum directors. WHO MAKES THE AMERICAN FINE ART MARKET TICK? The home of Joan and Bernard Spain highlights their passion for paintings, American Fine Art Magazine has enlivened the market sculpture and Art Deco furniture By John O’Hern Photography by Francis Smith for historic American paintings and sculpture by Fashionable in Philadelphia focusing on the personalities and characters behind Right: In the sitting room is The oan and Bernard Spain have been married for 55 years. Together they have raised a family, run Cigarette, oil on canvas, by Leslie Prince Thompson (1880-1963). businesses, built apartments and have put together J Below: Joan and Bernard Spain in a formidable collection of French Art Deco their Philadelphia home. On the left furniture, art and objets. is Meditation, 1936, oil on canvas, by the scenes that make it all happpen. Guy Pène du Bois. Behind them is Bernard and his brother founded Dollar Express stores Pamela Wilson’s Contemplation. The and marketed the “smiley face” with the phrase “Have a sculpture is Torso, circa 1960, bronze, Nice Day.” “I’m a big optimist in life,” he says. “I love life. by Albert Wein (1915-1991). The “We really didn’t set out to be involved in Art Deco,” couple is seated on a signed daybed Bernard explains. “We live in Philadelphia and were by Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann (1879- 1933), one of many signed Art Deco walking by a store and saw a bronze sculpture sitting pieces of furniture in their collection. on a piece of furniture. It was Calderwood Gallery that specializes in 20th-century design.” Opened in August 2015 and an immediate success, SeaGlass is sited near the planned Battery PlaySpace whose design is “viewed through the prism of environmental sustainability and water consciousness” MY VIEW as well as amusement. core led to the demolition of the fort in Mead & White. It served as a popular did finally get a makeover. It was the late 18th century and the rubble was amusement and the principal attraction officially designated a park, with sections used as landfill, the first of many such in the modestly designed park. of grass bordered by paths leading to a campaigns that have enlarged the tip of The downtown area was changing waterside promenade offering views of the island and provided the foundation radically at this moment. The tip of the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and a for the development of the Battery, now Manhattan became the commercial and still active harbor. Unremarkable and the oldest public space in continuous financial center housed in a staggering largely unwelcoming, the park was not use in New York. This modest patch of concentration of skyscrapers. In fact, the most congenial design for the site turf, originally an irregular dumbbell excavations for some of these buildings that was the birthplace of New York. shape of leftover real estate, faced the would provide material for further In the 1930s, national and local harbor and bay that welcomed the first landfill. Castle Clinton, as it became governments responded to the European settlers. It thus contained the known, now sits solidly within the Depression with a host of public essence of founding history. After later Battery’s perimeter. works projects. A new design for the development and expansion, the Battery, Early 20th century developments Battery was promulgated by New York’s would ultimately provide the entryway radically altered the physical and cultural legendary parks and transportation czar, for a later generation of pilgrims landscape of New York. In the aftermath Robert Moses. Through his 40-year through the “Golden Door” to a new of the World’s Columbian Exposition career, Moses made a lasting impact life in the “New World.” in Chicago in 1893, a new urban on the shape of the city as well as The Battery was the site of another vision for American cities was born, neighboring communities. Parks, public effort at fending off a potential enemy. finding adherents in a City Beautiful housing, bridges and tunnels, parkways Fort Clinton (originally the West Battery), movement. Practical considerations and thruways all came to realization PHOTO: BFA a circular red sandstone structure, was had largely shaped America’s urban from drawing boards directly under built beginning around 1808, a hundred centers. Private capital and commercial Moses’ control. The plan for Battery yards off shore on a rocky outcropping pressure were the principal ingredients of Park, a pedestrian arrangement of in the harbor and in response to development. Little attention had been standard landscape features was more58 increasingly belligerent British naval paid to amenities that would enhance the schematic than scenic. It was laid out ASSAULT on the BATTERY activity that eventuated in the War of pleasure and enlightenment of citizens. with polite informality, but offered CollectorHome.indd 59 8/2/16 4:04 PM 1812. Its cannons were never sounded The City Beautiful movement would little that reflected its important CollectorHome.indd 58 8/2/16 4:04 PM By Jay E.
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