The life of Lupita Tovar, it turns out, would make a great movie. In her 106 years on the planet, Tovar witnessed the advent of automobiles and antibiotics, of space travel and Snapchat. She made her way from a village in rural southern Mexico, where she was born during the outset of the country’s revolution, […]
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Artist Spotlight: Roy Lichtenstein
“Pop Art looks out into the world. It doesn’t look like a painting of something, it looks like the thing itself.” – Roy Lichtenstein Roy Lichtenstein, an American artist born in New York in the early 1920s, is best known for referencing popular culture and advertisements in his work. Alongside Andy Warhol and Jasper Johns, […]
Whimsical Furniture Designer: Peter Shire
From ceramics to sculpture, drawings to furniture, the art and designs of Peter Shire never bow to convention. Buy, Value or Appraise Your Fine Art – Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures Bid or buy art for sale, value your item, or request a free appraisal to sell your collection. Whimsical and unexpected, his creations have delighted collectors […]
Six Decades of Hollywood History: The Collection of Ernest Borgnine
The November 12th Entertainment and Music Memorabilia Auction in Dallas will open with a session of the personal collection of the Academy Award-winning actor Ernest Borgnine. From the 1948 employment contract with the Barter Theater Repertory Company believed to be his first professional acting engagement (it states that he was to be paid $65 per […]
Frank Reaugh: Dean of Texas Artists
Often referred to as the “Dean of Texas Artists,” Frank Reaugh became a pillar in the foundation of Texas art, developing and influencing the art communities in Dallas and Fort Worth as both painter and teacher. If you have ever seen a Frank Reaugh, you might find it difficult to believe he was not a […]
Farewell to “Darlin’” Dick Ayers (1924-2014)
The Western genre is just one of many Dick Ayers was known for. The entire Heritage comics staff is deeply saddened to learn of Dick Ayers’ passing. His contributions to the comic book field are undeniable. We all owe a part of our careers to his impressive and prodigious contributions to the field. Comic readers […]
A Glimpse Into the Life of Alex Haley, the Author of Roots
It has been 38 years since Alex Haley published Roots in 1976. Michael Eric Dyson summed it up well in the 2006 introduction to the 30th Anniversary Edition of Roots: “Haley’s monumental achievement helped convince the nation that the black story is the American story.” If you know anything about American history, you know that […]
Twelve Years a Slave, One Little Book
And the Oscar goes to…Solomon Northup. Who? Solomon Northup. His is certainly not a household name in current American culture. In fact, Northup has never been a wildly popular or recognizable figure in American history outside a few years in his own time and with historians of slavery, abolition, and the period before, during, and […]
