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Artist Birthday: Marianne Brandt

Wednesday, October 1, 2025 | Karl Cole

Between 1919 and 1933, Germany was the site of one of the first art schools that emphasized contemporary modernist style in fine arts being applied to industrial arts. Marianne Brandt was a pioneer in ...

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Artist Birthday: Chunghi Choo

Friday, May 23, 2025 | Karl Cole

Chunghi Choo works in the ages-old tradition of gold or silver overlay on copper vessels. Like other far Eastern cultures, Korea had a great reverences for all art forms, including those considered &l ...

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Utilitarian Object or Sculpture?

Friday, November 13, 2015 | Karl Cole

First of all, let me clarify the use of “utilitarian” or “decorative arts.” These are unfortunately terms art historians are stuck with from the 1800s art history gods in Weste ...

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