Virtual Art Galleries A Beacon Of Hope For Art Lovers

The global pandemic has changed the lifestyles of people worldwide in many ways. One of the primary ways has been an increased emphasis on the online and virtual environment, limiting physical activities.

Like every other sphere of life, it has occurred to the art space as well. Visiting an online art gallery's website like https://www.artshoppy.com/ will provide ample evidence to this.

Increased digitization has led various museums and art galleries to transcend to online modes and platforms to reach avid art enthusiasts.

Social media platforms have played an enormous role in this. Tickets are being sold exceptionally through Facebook and other social media platforms for visitors to have a virtual tour of these art galleries, witness ongoing exhibitions, buy modern art online, etc.

It has prevented them from refraining from their passions during a tedious quarantine period.

The emergence of various art galleries, specifically during the pandemic situation, has acted as a "Beacon of Hope" for art lovers and art buyers who wanted to buy contemporary art online.

Virtual art galleries wonderfully paint their web canvas with the art of various forms. They include paintings, sculptors, prints, photographs, and several other formats.

In this way, they have successfully fabricated a perfect art world for the eternal admirers. The virtual dynamics have enabled them to engage eternal art admirers with things beyond art, including beautifully-formed blogs, virtual events, artists' visions, relevant news, etc.

The relationship between an artist and his admirer is similar to that of an author and his reader. Just as the readers deeply involve themselves in the literary piece cherishing an author's ideas, an art lover appreciates the warmth, zeal, and excitement that the artist delivers through their brush strokes and chisel blows.

With the help of these virtual art galleries, art enthusiasts will get introduced to the works of many renowned artists like Dhiraj Choudhury, Debendra Thiyam, Prokash Karmakar, Jogen Chowdhury, De Wain Valentine.

It becomes nothing but a world of sublime entertainment and inspiration for art admirers.

The demand for modern, abstract, and contemporary art has taken massive strides and occupied a prominent position since the post-World War period. The idea can be traced back to 'distortion' and 'the absurd' becoming a new trend and earning massive popularity that continues in the twenty-first-century modern world.

This is a prime stimulus for people who buy paintings online India. It represents the current world scenario through exquisitely blended colors and a beautifully-woven relation between an artist, the artwork, and art lovers.

The pandemic provided massive inertia and pushed us to transcend to everything virtual. Virtual art galleries like Artshoppy have emerged successfully to fulfill our demands for virtualization in every space of life. 

They provide an easy solution for lovers, enthusiasts, and overall admirers to adore various original pieces of artwork from the comfort of their homes.

Andrew Joness Online Only Signature Design for The Home and Garden Auction will be Held March 27th

Andrew Jones Auctions will offer a strong selection of fine art, along with antiques and design from antiquity through the 21st century, in an online-only signature Design for the Home and Garden auction scheduled for Sunday, March 27th, beginning promptly at 10 am Pacific time. Nearly 300 top-quality lots will be offered to the highest bidder.

Significant and varied private collections and estates will provide a rich selection for discerning buyers. A private Hancock Park collection features an extraordinary suite of seven epic allegorical paintings by the acclaimed French trained American muralist Edwin Howland Blashfield (N.Y., 1848-1946) including Hospitality, circa 1915, expected to hit $8,000-$12,000.

Blashfield’s career took off with his work in the dome of the Manufacturer's and Liberal Arts building at the 1893 World Columbian Exposition in Chicago, which elicited commissions from the likes of W. K. Vanderbilt and G. W. C. Drexel for their personal residences. Blashfield is best known for painting the murals on the dome of the Library of Congress Main Reading Room in Washington, D.C.

The Hancock Park collection embodies an Old-World baronial aesthetic with Renaissance and Baroque furniture and objects highlighted by a remarkable Spanish Renaissance oak table casket, late 15th/16th century (est. $1,500-$2,000), antique carpets, and fine silver led by an Irish George III sterling silver two-handled covered cup by James Scott, Dublin, 1809 (est. $2,000-$3,000).

The collection also includes a Gothic altar tryptich depicting St. Andrew, St. Agnes & St. Joseph (est. $10,000-20,000) and engravings after Simone Cantarini and Albrecht Dürer, including the woodcut The Holy Trinity (The Throne of Grace), circa 1511 (est. $8,000-$12,000), as well as Rembrandt and Martin Schongauer. Wonderful decorative arts will also cross the auction block.

Additional highlights from the other end of the artistic spectrum include a dramatic marine scene titled Shipping off Gibraltar, attributed to Thomas Buttersworth (est. $3,000-$5,000) and Henri Manguin’s Petite dormeuse en chemise blanche, dated 1918 (est. $15,000-$25,000), from the collection of the late actor and avid art collector and aficionado Peter Falk, of Columbo fame.

An early example of Pablo Picasso’s work is in the medium of ceramic Joueur de diaule (A.R. 1) conceived in 1947 and executed in an edition of 200 (est. $7,000-$9,000) from the estate of Lou Ann Zellers, Pacific Palisades, and from another collection an abstract tattistone sculpture by Louise Nevelson (est. $2,000-$3,000) as well as works by Richard Buckner, Laura Coombs Hills, Francis Swaine, plus a landscape attributed to Gustave Loiseau (est. $20,000-$30,000).

Also offered will be a charming George I/II burr elm ‘mulberry’ serpentine chest of drawer from the second quarter 18th century (est. $10,000-$15,000) from the collection of John H. Ford IV, Los Angeles. The term ‘mulberry’ described stained burr timbers meant to emulate tortoiseshell.

From a Beverly Hills collector is a magnificent early 19th century Regency giltwood convex girandole mirror (est. $3,000-$5,000). The collection of an English gentleman offers a Louis XVI style walnut and black lacquer side cabinet by Henri Dasson, 1884 (est. $2,000-$3,000) and a Louis XV/XVI transitional style black lacquer side cabinet by François Linke (est. $3,000-$5,000).

Selections of fine silver include a matched set of five Victorian sterling dolphin form master salts by John Samuel Hunt, London, 1839-1842 (est. $3,000-$5,000), an impressive French six-piece tea service by Henri Laparra, Paris, second quarter 20th century (est. $1,500-$2,000), as well as Georgian salvers and dishes, an American silver porringer by Edward Winslow, Boston, circa 1700 (est. $800-$1,200), flatware and more.

Additional highlights include an array of carpets featuring a large Tabriz carpet with inscription panel (est. $8,000-$12,000) and a large Serapi carpet (est. $8,000-$12,000) from a private Beverly Hills collection; fine porcelain and glass highlighted by a large Lalique glass model of a rooster designed by Marc Lalique circa 1953 (est. $2,000-$3,000) and ten more lots by Lalique.

A partial Herend porcelain Rothschild Bird pattern dinner service in ten lots (est. $400-$1,500) will be offered from a private collector in Sedona, Arizona. Also included will be bronzes, clocks, tapestries, works of art, a Medieval sword, 19th century dueling pistols and more.

Online bidding will be facilitated by AndrewJonesAuctions.com, Invaluable.com and LiveAuctioneers.com. Absentee bids will also be accepted. Safe, physically distanced live previews will be held by appointment at the Andrew Jones Auctions gallery prior to the auction.

Plans may change in accordance with Los Angeles County Department of health Covid-19 restrictions. Contact the gallery for details. The gallery is located at 2221 South Main Street in downtown Los Angeles. Absentee bids will also be accepted. To schedule a preview appointment, call (213) 748-8008; or, you can email them at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

For more information about Andrew Jones Auctions and the Design for the Home and Garden auction on Sunday, March 27th visit www.andrewjonesauctions.com. Updates are posted often.

Rare German and American WWI and WWII Posters will be Auctioned Online March 10th by Fairhill Auction

Elkton, MD, USA, February 23, 2022 -- More than 140 lots of rare and vintage posters – mainly World War II German and American propaganda posters and war bonds posters – will come up for bid in Vintage Poster Auction #105, slated for Thursday, March 10th, by Fairhill Auction, starting promptly at 11 am Eastern time. This will be an online-only auction with no live in-gallery bidding available.

“The German WWII propaganda posters originate from one consignor's decades-old collection and contain some of the rarest examples out there, mainly held by institutions and archives in the United States and in Europe,” said Andreas Kornfeld, president and owner of Fairhill Auction.

Mr. Kornfeld added, “This was an exciting project for us. It took over a year to finalize the German propaganda collection. While the catalog is small in scale it contains some real gems that are very difficult to find, especially in this condition. We have high hopes for this sale.”

There are three posters that could easily end up being the auction’s top lot. The first is an American World War II poster titled This Is the Enemy, with artwork by Karl Koehler (1913-2000) and Victor Ancona (1912-1998). The 34 inch by 24 inch poster was the winner of the National War Poster competition of 1942 and carries a pre-sale estimate of $2,000-$3,000.

The second is a scarce German World War II poster with a title that translates from German to Winter Relief Organization of the German People, 1933-34, with artwork by Ludwig Hohlwein (1874-1949). Printed by Deutscher Lichtbild-Dienst (Berlin, 1933), the professionally linen-backed poster measures 33 ½ inches by 22 ½ inches and is expected to sell for $1,400-$3,000.

The third is a German World War II antisemitic poster produced around 1940, with a title translated from the German as The Jew – War Insigator – War Perpetrator, with artwork by Mjolnir (Hans Schweitzer, 1901-1980). The 45 ½ inch by 33 inch poster, also professionally linen-backed and with some restored minor tears at the top margin, should hit $1,200-$2,000.

An American World War II poster titled Loose Talk Can Cost Lives – Keep It Under Your Stetson, printed circa 1942 and made by an unknown designer, 38 ½ inches by 29 inches, has a pre-sale estimate of $800-$1,200. Also, an American World War II poster titled Share the American Way – Community and War Chest Campaign (1944), with artwork by the renowned Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), 24 inches by 13 ½ inches, is expected to finish at $300-$400.

A rare TASS Georgian World War II poster titled Allies Land in Sicily (No. 18, 27-VII-1943), 27 ½ inches by 18 inches, professionally mounted on linen, has an estimate of $800-$1,400. Also, an Austrian World War II poster from 1942 titled War and Art – Exhibition Organized by the Oberkommando of the Wehrmacht Vienna Kunstlerhaus 15. August to 30. September 1942 Admission Free, printed by Erwin Metten Nachf (Hans Misar, Vienna) should reach $500-$800.

A German World War II political campaign propaganda poster titled We farmers clean out – We vote list 2 – Nationalist Socialist Party (1932), with artwork by Felix Albrecht (1900-1980), 34 inches by 24 inches, is expected to bring $300-$500. Also, an American World War II anti-propaganda poster titled Tokyo Kid Say – Oh Soooo Happy for Honorable Scrap – Busting of Tools – Help Winning for Jap – Thank You!, with artwork by the former Disney animator Jack Campbell (1896-1961), displayed at the Douglas Aircraft Company, should go for $300-$400.

An American World War I Woman’s Liberty Loan Committee poster titled She does not ask for contributions – She asks you to invest your money at 4% in U.S. Government Bonds (1917-1918), with artwork by Frances Adams Halsted, has an estimate of $600-$900; while an American World War I poster titled Invest in the Liberty Loan, with artwork by Leon Alaric (L.A.) Shafer (1866-1940), lithographed in New York City, is expected to gavel for $500-$800.

An American World War I poster titled Joan of Arc Saved France – Women of America Save Your Country Buy War Saving Stamps, with artwork by Haskell Coffin (1878-1941), in a 47 inch by 37 inch frame, should achieve $600-$900. Also, an American World War II poster titled Don’t Let That Shadow Touch Them – Buy War Bonds (1942), printed by the U.S. Gov’t Printing Office, with artwork by Lawrence Beall Smith (1909-1995), is expected to ring up $500-$700.

An American World War II poster titled Give ‘Em Both Barrels (1941), with artwork by Jean Carlu (1900-1997), 15 inches by 20 inches, printed by the Division of Information Office for Emergency Management, has an estimate of $400-$600; while a bold American World War II propaganda poster titled This Is the Enemy (1943), printed in Washington, D.C. (OWI, Poster No. 76), 40 inches by 28 ½ inches, repaired on verso with archival tape, should hit $160-$360.

Internet bidding will be available on LiveAuctioneers.com, Invaluable.com and the Fairhill Auction website – www.fairhillauction.com. Absentee bids will also be accepted. In-person previews will be held by appointment only, in the Fairhill Auction gallery, located at 227 East Main Street in Elkton, Maryland, located between Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C. To book an appointment, please call 443-222-8240 or send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

To learn more about Fairhill Auction and Vintage Poster Auction #105 on March 10th, visit www.fairhillauction.com. Updates posted often.

Multi Talented Musician Joe Piket Wins The Long Island Entertainer of The Year Award

Long Island, NY, February 10, 2022 -- For the second year in a row, Long Island, New York songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Joe Piket has won the prestigious Long Island Entertainer of the year award in the piano entertainer category.

Piket has been described as "a more edgy Billy Joel" and "the Bruce Springsteen of Long Island" by music critics. Rave reviews for Joe's CDs have appeared in Newsday, Good Times, Island Ear, Aural Fix, and other print publications, as well as hundreds of online publications.

Joe has worked with such diverse artists as Chuck Berry, Leon Russell, Jason Bonham, Dee Snider, Johnny Maestro, Renaissance, Alive and Kicking, Richie Cannata, Randy Jackson, and even TV personality/performer "Uncle" Floyd Vivino.

Joe's first prolonged success came as frontman/composer for Joe Piket and the Storm, but more recently as a solo artist, Piket has released the acclaimed CD's "EVERYTHING IS DIFFERENT" and "SONGWRITER, VOLUME 1", as well as several music videos.

Joe's music and videos, interviews, reviews, and fan comments can be viewed by googling JOE PIKET and YouTube, Instagram, Spotify, and many other platforms.

It's rare to hear musical artists capable of covering a wide variety of sounds. Joe Piket has kept his options open. He is an original musician in Every way.

Holabirds Western Trails and Treasures Premier Auction will be held Feb 24 and 27 Online

Reno, NV, USA, February 11, 2022 -- Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC’s first major auction event of the New Year will be a four-day Western Trails & Treasures Premier Auction, Thursday through Sunday, February 24th-27th, online and live in the gallery located at 3555 Airway Drive in Reno. Start times all four days will be 8 am Pacific. Nearly 2,500 lots will cross the auction block.

The sale is brimming with important collections, to include Part 2 of the Ron Lerch Western directory collection; Part 2 of the Joe Elcano Nevada collection; more from the Ken Prag railroad stock collection; more from the Stuart MacKenzie Montana collection; the Bill McKivor mining, numismatic and Americana collection and more, plus great rarities from other private collections.

Day 1, on Thursday, February 24th, will be dedicated to general Americana, in categories that include general books, gaming, saloon and brewing, jewelry, furnishings, musical instruments and memorabilia, model train and car, badges, geographically sorted lots and miscellaneous.

Day 1 highlights will feature an archive of about 400 photographs of San Francisco and the Northern Redwood Corridor, taken circa 1932-1935 by photographer Russell William Angel, including many shots of majestic redwood trees (estimate: $2,000-$6,000); and a major archive of Hollywood movie posters, all printed in America, all of films from the 1970s and ‘80s and all original and folded as original releases, fit for a Hollywood collector (estimate: $2,000-$4,000).

Also offered will be a LaFemme branded ladies’ gold watch, marked “14k gold” on the back of the watch case and with a watch face that’s covered by a hinged gold disc which has a small diamond in the center (estimate: $2,000-$5,000); and an English Staffordshire “Delft” blue and white transferware jug, pattern unknown, about 7 inches tall and personalized with a name and date painted in cursive on the side: “Jane Bigwood / Feb. 24th, 1817” (estimate: $2,000-$4,000).

Day 2, February 25th, will feature stocks and bonds (in the categories of mining, railroad and transportation and miscellaneous); and numismatics (to include currency, scrip and ephemera; ingots and bullion; coins, medals and tokens). Over 625 lots will come up for bid on Day 2.

Expected Day 2 star lots include an Engelhard silver ingot, produced in 1970 or 1971, serial number 03018, marked “16.075 oz” (which equates to exactly 500g, or ½ kilo in ozt. specification) (estimate: $2,000-$3,000); and a complete set of Walking Liberty half dollar U.S. coins, 65 in all, dated 1916-1947, in circulated condition ranging from good to AU (almost uncirculated), nicely housed in a Deluxe Dansco album No. 7160 (estimate: $2,500-$5,000).

Day 3, Saturday, February 26th, will be packed with nearly 600 lots of minerals and mining; directories (featuring Part 2 of the Ron Lerch collection); militaria; and political memorabilia.

Top lots will include an archive of around 2,500 handwritten letters from 1850-1912, relating to Frederick Robert (Roderick) Merk (1833-1912), a businessman who developed several important mining camps in Montana, and his family (estimate: $8,000-$12,500); and a rare copy of Brown & Dallison’s Nevada, Grass Valley and Rough and Ready Directory (Calif.), 133 pages, with ads, compiled by Nat P. Brown and John K. Dallison (San Francisco) (estimate: $3,000-$6,000).

Also up for bid will be an unmarked T. A. Potts (New Orleans) Civil War Confederate bayonet, about 17 inches long overall, no scabbard, meant to fit any number of muskets, however poorly, but with a very sharp blade (estimate: $4,500-$6,000); and a scarce set of 25 Hitleriada Furiosa and Hitleriada Macabra cartoon prints by Stanislaw Toegel (1946), poking fun at German Nazis, compiled and published in limited quantities by Antoni Markiewicz (estimate: $3,500-$6,000).

The auction’s final day, Sunday, February 27th, will feature art, Native Americana, transportation (railroad and steamer passes, ephemera and artifacts); and bargain and dealer specials that will include general Americana, stocks and bonds and numismatics – a total of 625 lots on Day 4.

Art will be led by an original oil painting by Ernest Narjot, considered one of California’s 30 great artists, titled The Grandchildren, depicting three children, signed and dated 1865, in a gilt frame (possibly original) (estimate: $5,000-$15,000); and a classic oil on canvas Western cowboy hunting scene by F. W. Trautwein, titled on the frame, Meat’s Not Meat Til It’s In The Pan (1972), depicting a cowboy who’s just shot a mountain sheep (estimate: $3,000-$5,000).

Other Day 4 highlights will include a circa 1880-1900 Pacific Northwest totem pole, 15 feet tall, containing six figures, possibly from the Puget Sound region and the Shomamish Clan, which used owls at the tops of their totems (estimate: $5,000-$10,000); and an artisan pot by Montana artist Randall Blaze (b. 1949), titled Shields, 17 inches in height, with turquoise colored enamel dots for stars, multi-colored buffalo and striking gold lightning bolts (estimate: $4,000-$8,000).

Online bidding via iCollector.com, LiveAuctioneers.com, Invaluable.com and Auctionzip.com.

The full catalog can be viewed online now, at www.holabirdamericana.com. For those planning to attend the auction in person, regulations and protocols regarding COVID-19 will be enforced.

Color catalogs are available by calling 1-844-492-2766, or 775-851-1859. Also, anyone owning a collection that might fit into an upcoming Holabird Western Americana Collections auction is encouraged to get in touch. The firm travels extensively throughout the U.S., to see and pick up collections. The company has agents all over America and will travel to inspect most collections.

To learn more about Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC and the four-day Western Trails & Treasures Premier Auction, February 24th-27th, please visit www.holabirdamericana.com. Updates are posted often.