Piccolo Art has gone to the dogs

Piccolo Art the leading dealers in small portraits and portrait miniatures
has decided to expand an area of interest and add dog portraits to our area of expertise.
So if your interested in antique paintings of dogs or just want to discuss your breed let us know.
leave a post or give us a call at 252 312 7251
Mark and I have had a few portrait miniature of dogs in the past but recently found some of the small portraits fascinating. We currently have a couple of early 20th century watercolours of Pekinese.
Also if you have dog paintings you are trying to sell let us know!! We are always loking for new stock.

Philadelphia Armory show

Piccolo Art is pleased to announce it will be attending the Philadelphia Armory Antique Show

This Spring, Barn Star Productionswill celebrate its 15th anniversaryin Philadelphia by bringing youThe 23rd Street Armory Antiques Show.This exciting show features 43 nationallyrecognized American and Continentalantiques specialistsdisplayed in room-like settings.Located at The 23rd Street Armory22 South 23rd Sreet(between Market & Chestnut Streets)Philadelphia, PAThis Spring, Barn Star Productionswill celebrate its 15th anniversaryin Philadelphia by bringing youThe 23rd Street Armory Antiques Show.This exciting show features 43 nationallyrecognized American and Continentalantiques specialistsdisplayed in room-like settings.Located at The 23rd Street Armory22 South 23rd Sreet(between Market & Chestnut Streets)Philadelphia, PA

There is also an interesting exhibit going on at the Philadelphia show

see article attached http://thebulletin.us/articles/2009/03/27/arts_culture/doc49cc9d4733992087574064.txt

Portraiture Great Investment Opportunity

The Financial Times of London has done a number of articles on the Art of Portraits

The latest dated March 14/15 refers to latest exhibit of Constable portraits at the National Portrait Gallery London. to June 14th Constable was one of the greatest painters of the early 19th century.

Piccolo Art can advise you on acquiring portraits and portrait miniatures for your collection

Philadelphia Armory show

We just finished the DC Spring show and are now getting ready for the Philadelphia Antiques week. We will be exhibiting at the Philadelphia Armory Show

http://www.barnstar.com/philfall.htm

We will have a number of new miniatures and some great new paintings. Piccolo Art has never done this show before but we have really great momories of Philly.

Piccolo Art completes successful DC Antique Show

Piccolo Art is pleased to have finished a successful Inagural Washington DC Antique Show. The show had over 300 dealers including a good deal of international dealers. It was a stunning hall with high quality merchandise.





Piccolo Art had a good if not great show (we sold a number of paintings) but we did meet a many nice people. Also had a number of Portrait miniature collectors who we had not met before.





Sols 3 paintings 2 pastels and a watercolor to 4 really loveley people (who found our quirkiness appealing. see what they had to say below:





"At the DC Spring Antiques Show yesterday, someone I know happened on a 19th century watercolor at a stand called Piccoloart. When our small group of visitors descended, proprietor Nancy Christman Reilly was so charming--even reciting a stanza from Robert Burn's Address To A Haggis in front of portraits featuring two tartan-clad worthies--that we bought three smaller 19th century pictures right off the wall. The mom-and-pop Reillys hail from Ohio, spent years in England, Nancy trained at Sotheby's, and they now live and work in Edenton, North Carolina, of all places...If you are interested in British portraits and miniatures--or the poetry of Robert Burns--the DC Spring Antiques Show is open today until 6 pm at the Washington Convention Center. "

Our next show is Philadelphia we will update the details soon


The picture above is a midshipaman english scool 1810 C.

www.piccoloart.com

Getting ready for the Antique show in DC next week. We are adding a lot of new pieces for the show booth 615

Portrait miniature of Child with Dog, Attrib. William Douglas.William Douglas was born in Fife on the 14 April 1780. He exhibited at Edinburgh in 1808 and 1809, and at the Royal Academy, London, from 1818 until 1826.

We seem to have a good deal of Scottish pieces at the moment see our website

http://www.piccoloart.com

There is a new show in town(DC). Piccolo Art is just getting ready for the new Washington DC. Spring antique show. It is amazing that in this time of economic malaise anyone is beting on a new Antique show venue.

D.C. Spring Antiques Show
The inaugural D.C. Spring Antiques Show will be held on March 6-9, 2009 at the state-of-the-art Walter E. Washington Convention Center in the heart of the nation’s capital. 400 highly respected and renowned international exhibitors are expected to showcase an extensive selection of fine art, antiques, and jewelry with something for everyone from the novice to the serious collector.

The D.C. Spring Antiques show promises to achieve the same incredible diversity and outstanding quality as the highly acclaimed Baltimore and Palm Beach shows. Over two hundred thousand individual items will be on display for purchase. Come see the extensive selection: Silver, Asian Art & Antiquities, Furniture, Porcelain, Ceramics & Pottery, Objets D’Art, Antique & Fine Jewelry, Paintings, Textiles, Sculpture, Watches, Clocks, Oriental Carpets, Art Glass, Bronzes, Political Memorabilia, Antique Armor, Nostalgia, Other Antiquities & 20th Century Design…

“It would take a lifetime of travel to experience all that the D.C. Spring Antiques Show has to offer, all in one place, all at one time … in our nation’s capital!”

Come see us in booth 615 if you need tickets or just want to chat about portraits and portrait miniatures feel free to contact us at piccoloart@aol.com