Kevin's Lost Artists Blog

Welcome to my blog! I am an art collector who enjoys collecting art by artists who are not well documented, or not documented at all, and then documenting them on my art collection web site. I frequently receive emails from folks in connection with my collection, so I thought I would create this blog to give folks a chance to comment on the art I find, the biographies I create for these artists and get some help from anyone who has information about these artists. Any comments welcome.

Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Rats!

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     This cast iron Japanese okimono of a mouse (or rat) is about 6.2" (16 cm) long x 2.75" (7 cm) high x 3.75" (9.5 cm) wide...
Sunday, February 23, 2020

This makes me blue!

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This bottle/vase appears to be a fairly early piece of studio art glass and is about 5.5" high x 4" in diameter and weighs 1.25 l...

Can you handle this?

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Here is a little jug with handles. No maker or label. What is odd about it is that the exterior is a sort of scavo glass in blue, with a cas...
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Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Tom who?

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unnamed, Tom Ackman, 11" x 14", watercolor on paper, 1977? A thrift shop find. There is a month/day/1977 notation on the ...
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Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Color me purple

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unnamed, unknown artist, 15" x 20", watercolor on paper I thought this would be an easy one since the artist seems to ha...
Saturday, April 21, 2018

No outlet?

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"Sidewalk", unknown artist, 6" x 4", Artist Proof, linocut on paper  This was a $.25 thrift shop find. It was f...
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Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Pitcher this!

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Art glass pitcher, unknown maker, 8"h x7.5"w ( w/ handle)x5.5"w (w/o handle) (MYSTERY SOLVED. See bottom of post.)Th...
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Central Illinois, Illinois, United States
I am an art collector and art historian. I was a professional in electronics and computer science related fields for several decades before realizing that I really enjoy art in several mediums. I have also been a genealogist for several decades, so now I merge my interests in technology, art collecting and genealogy by collecting art, researching artists and making my collection available on line. Click on the link to my art collection web site, above, to see my collection. I graduated with a masters degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign in May 2014, focusing on art cataloging. At some point in the future, I had intended to become self employed as an art appraiser and cataloger and was planning to enter the fine art appraisal program at NYU. I was accepted into the program but, after some further thought, I decided to not turn an enjoyable hobby into work and am just going to enjoy being retired, become a burden on society and selectively collect art, instead. Thanks for looking at my blog!
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