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An exhibition at the Maryhill Museum of Art took us behind the wheel for a hundred-mile drive along the Columbia Gorge. “The Columbia River: Wallula to the Sea” is as ambitious in its scope a...

https://urbanartantiques.com/2024/10/15/man-and-nature-painting-the-last-300-miles-of-the-columbia-river/

In the history of still life paintings, the genre has always been more than the sum of its parts. In the golden age of Dutch paintings, earthly pleasure is in full bloom, but only ephemeral. Ceza...

https://urbanartantiques.com/2024/09/30/not-just-another-flower-painting/

We don’t have any experience with the Seattle Art Fair prior, but the 2023 edition was said to be a comeback show. If so, that speed of recovery was on full display this year as 25 additional g...

https://urbanartantiques.com/2024/08/05/seattle-art-fair-2024-a-vibrant-comeback-show-with-new-additions/

Ask Microsoft Copilot or do a search and you’ll “discover” the modern doorknob was invented in 1878 by Osbourn Dorsey. Yet, I’ve lived in or been familiar with houses much older – going...

https://urbanartantiques.com/2024/07/19/internet_thinks_doorknob_invented_1878/

Recent sightings of fabulous furniture include a 19th-century mahogany game table with floral carving, a well-preserved secretary sold at auction, two machine-made 19th-century chairs and a funct...

https://urbanartantiques.com/2024/07/15/a-few-furniture-finds/

The history of art, architecture, and furniture is defined by shifting styles, with influences from Craftsman, American Foursquare, and neoclassical designs. Neoclassical and traditional furnitur...

https://urbanartantiques.com/2024/07/11/20th-century-architectural-and-furniture-styles-craftsman-neoclassical-and-the-foursquare/

Among many reasons to frequent Lincoln City is the Little Antique Mall. It is a polished agate among the pebbles of the Oregon coast. The inventory changes often enough to guarantee some surprise...

https://urbanartantiques.com/2024/06/26/discovering-the-work-of-ruth-grover/

With a trio of holidays still to look forward to, we initially made the rounds to the openings on First Thursday (also known as 1th). The holidays, “503 Day” (when the date coincides with Por...

https://urbanartantiques.com/2024/05/08/three-holidays-two-talks-and-a-trio-of-exhibits/

If asked to describe an ideal antiquing destination, it would be a small town with historic buildings and a dozen or more individually owned shops. Drive about a half-hour south of Portland, Oreg...

https://urbanartantiques.com/2024/04/01/antiquing-aurora-oregon/

Hubu Mountain is outside of the South Gate of the ancient city Xuzhou, my hometown. Today it is part of the downtown core with 900,000 people. To call it a mountain is an overstatement. It is mor...

https://urbanartantiques.com/2024/03/30/china-tao-bao-antiquing-in-xuzho-a-personal-experience/