Category Archives: Exhibition

The gallery periodically presents exhibitions both in the gallery and on-line. This category will link to our current and past exhibitions.

Gustave Baumann’s Color Woodcuts

Posted on September 16, 2010 by

The Annex Galleries is the representative of the Gustave Baumann estate. For the past 14 years, gallery director and co-owner Gala Chamberlain has been working on the catalogue raisonné of Baumann’s color woodcuts. She has gathered information on his early … Continue reading →

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James D. Smillie, 1833 – 1909: A lifetime of engraving

Posted on September 12, 2010 by

Today’s blog features a member of the 19th century’s most famous family of etchers, James David Smillie. James David Smillie first earned his reputation as an etcher, but later became equally well known for his landscape watercolors.  He began etching … Continue reading →

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Henry Wolf, Master Wood-engraver: 1852 – 1916

Posted on September 10, 2010 by

Wood-engraving reached its height in mid-nineteenth century America; it was utilized as an inexpensive method of reproducing drawings, and even paintings, in periodicals – the most noted probably being Winslow Homer’s work in Harpers Weekly. Many American wood-engravers (notably Linton, … Continue reading →

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Count Regley de Koenigsegg (1823 – 1904) Miniature Poster Watercolors

Posted on September 8, 2010 by

Count Regley de Koenigsegg was born in Paris in 1823 and began a military career in the French navy in 1839 at age 16.  After three decades of service, in which he served in North Africa, Italy and Germany, he … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare Gallery by John Boydell (1719 – 1804)

Posted on September 8, 2010 by

The Shakespeare Gallery is one of the largest printmaking projects ever attempted and I find the story both fascinating and cautionary. John Boydell (1719-1804), an alderman for the City of London, made his fortune as a publisher of books, illustrations … Continue reading →

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1930′s Surrealist prints and Atelier 17, Paris

Posted on September 3, 2010 by

The Surrealist movement grew out of the anti-art Dada movement of 1918 and the 1920’s. Dada hoped to move the world in a new direction, away from the nationalistic, materialistic and industrial ideals that had spawned World War I but … Continue reading →

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