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Thank you for making our Summer Auction our biggest and best-selling auction yet with more than 8, registered bidders from 60+ countries and 95% of lots sold! Top lots included a Beauford Delaney abstract painting at $, and a William Edmondson sculpture at $, Our Summer Auction was July , in Knoxville, TN with live, phone, online, and absentee bidding. This auction featured Fine Art, Silver, Jewelry, Southern Furniture & Decorative Arts, Historical Manuscripts & Books, Mid-Century Modern Design, and Native American and Asian Antiques from multiple Southern estates, institutions, and fine collections including the estates of Alice Wright Summers Hale, Rogersville, TN; Edith M. Bass, Nashville, TN; Charles Krum Davis, Jr., Nashville, TN; James W. Perkins Jr., Nashville, TN; Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, KY; Jeane DuBose, Atlanta, GA; Ora and Eleanor Eads, Nashville, TN; David G. Leach Jr., Vonore, TN; David Person, Holly Springs, MS; Carl Klein, Brentwood, TN; Russell McAdoo, Murfreesboro, TN; William Pursell, Nashville, TN; Elizabeth Chalfant, Nashville, TN; J. Fred Pilkerton, Jr., Nashville, TN; The Guardsmark/Barbara and Ira Lipman Collection, Memphis; Collection of the Watkins College of Art, Nashville, TN; Collection of Dr. Robert & Diana Marsh, Lawrenceville, GA, and more. The auction was at 9 am Eastern Time on Sat. July 24 with lots # and continued at 1 pm Eastern Time on Sun. July 25 with lots # ALL SOLD PRICES INCLUDE THE BUYER&#;S PREMIUM.

Of the + blogs I have done in the last ten years, I think only three have been about living artists.  Maybe I was concerned that they would be upset with what I had written or maybe they would be unhappy if I had been inaccurate, although I try to get facts from various sources to avoid errors.  My featured artist today is a person who commented how he liked one of my blogs and when I looked at his blog/website and some of his artwork I decided that he would make for an ideal subject.  I wrote to him and he was happy for me to do a small bio on his life and art, so let me introduce you to John Pototschnik, pronounced Poe-toe-sh-nic.  John is a Signature member of the Oil Painters of America and a Master Signature Emeritus member of the Outdoor Painters Society. He is recognized in “Who’s Who in American Art” and “Who’s Who in the Southwest.” In addition, his work has appeared in multiple artist magazines and books.  He’s also the author of a best-selling book: Limited Palette Unlimited Color published by Streamline Publishing. 

John was born in England, in the Cornish coastal town of  St. Ives, on November 14   His father was Ernest Felix Pototschnik, a native of Kansas whilst his mother, Patricia Mary Pototschnik (née Symons) was born in Trewartha, Lelant in Cornwall. She was Ernest&#;s second wife.  Ernest’s first wife died during the birth of their son Ernest Francis.   John&#;s father was a member of the US Army which was stationed in England during the Second World War and he met Patricia when he attended a local dance.  John’s mother once told him that she remembered that first meeting saying she was especially attracted to Ernest because of his short stature, the way he carried himself, and the American uniform. The couple soon fell in love and were married in St Ives on February 12   John was their eldest child and he has a sister, Patsy Ann.

Around Ernest Pototschnik was discharged from the army, and returned to America where he purchased a

Lawrence Steigrad Fine Arts

Portraits and Recent Acquisitions

23 East 69th Street, New York, New York Tel: () Fax: () e-mail: gallery@ Monday through Friday a.m. - p.m. Saturday by appointment

INSIDE FRONT COVER

FRONT COVER: NICOLAES MAES, No. 6 : JAN BRUEGHEL THE YOUNGER & AMROSIUS FRANCKEN THE YOUNGER, No. 1 (detail) FRONTISPIECE: JAN BRUEGHEL THE YOUNGER, No. 3 (detail)

Lawrence Steigrad Fine Arts

Portraits and Recent Acquisitions

23 East 69th Street, New York, New York Tel: () Fax: () e-mail: gallery@ Monday through Friday a.m. - p.m. Saturday by appointment

INSIDE FRONT COVER

FRONT COVER: NICOLAES MAES, No. 6 : JAN BRUEGHEL THE YOUNGER & AMROSIUS FRANCKEN THE YOUNGER, No. 1 (detail) FRONTISPIECE: JAN BRUEGHEL THE YOUNGER, No. 3 (detail)

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ur gallery is in its twenty-fifth year and has published annual catalogs for the last fifteen.

Our introduction to most of our previous catalogues has highlighted certain pictures, revealed interesting royal provenances and showcased important historical paintings. This year I would like to relate a short story of a painting we sold to the Rijksmuseum during the TEFAF exhibition. We displayed a beautiful winter scene by the Dutch artist Nicolaas Baur which depicted The Womenâ€&#x;s Speed Skating Race on the Westersingel in Leeuwarden, January 21, (illustrated at the end of this catalog). Immediately during the opening we had a lot of interest from private clients as well as from the Rijksmuseum. Over the next few days several curators from the Rijksmuseum viewed it, and after a telephone conversation with the director Wim Pijbes, we were delighted to have sold our first painting to the museum. On the very next day, with a nice big red dot hanging next to the painting (symbolizing it was sold), a woman came onto our booth and insisted she be allowed to buy the painting as it was her ancestor who is not only depicted in the painting but also had won the race