LEARNING SOME FINE POINTS ABOUT EUROPEAN FURNITURE AND DECORATION AND FINE ART FOR THE GENERALIST APPRAISER

• When: Sat, 4 April 2009
• Time: 10AM until 5PM (Lunch in Wilton Manors 1PM – 2PM)
• Where: DECORATIVE ART & FINE ANTIQUES, INC.
• 3263 North Dixie Highway
• (just North of Oakland Park Boulevard)
• Oakland Park, FL 33334
• Phone: (954)567-1570 Fax: (954)567-1571
• Cost: $99.00 per person – Includes lunch at the celebrated Galanga Thai

Kitchen and Sushi Bar in Wilton Manors

Booking: Contact Juan P. Lluria, IAA Programme Coordinator at 305. 446.6542 or jplluria@bellsouth.net. Payments by cheque preferred and can be paid on arrival. However we do ask that you PLEASE Respond by Friday, 3 April so we can arrange reservations at lunch and plan accordingly

Workshop Description

This workshop will be a unique opportunity for the generalist seeking more substantial information about sizing up, categorizing and comprehending English and Continental furniture and related decorative arts such as tapestry, gilt bronze, and porcelains of the 18th and 19th Centuries. Instead of a class room setting with lecturing and power point, participants of this exciting afternoon of learning will have a chance to touch, feel, analyze and discuss great pieces of period furniture from the exceptionally fine DAFA inventory in the company of some of South Florida’s most accomplished antiquarians whose reputations are widely known in the field of great art and antiques at the highest echelons of the profession in the USA and Europe. Though designed for appraisers, this workshop will be of interest to the serious collector, dealer or museum curator.

Itinerary:

• 10AM – 10:30AM. Orientation and Coffee at DAFA
• 10:30AM – 1:00 PM Craig Mayor and Juan P. Lluria
• Discuss European Furniture and Decorative Arts with Q & A.
• 1:00 PM – 2PM Lunch at the upscale Galanga Thai Kitchen and Sushi Bar
• at 2389 Wilton Drive in nearby Wilton Manors, FL 33305
• 2:30PM – 5PM Lars Hegelund will lead a discussion on lesser known masters of painting whose work is more likely to be encountered on the day to day work of a seasoned generalist appraiser and again, participants will enjoy discussing and viewing the gallery inventory of fine 19th Century and 20th Century paining by good listed artists of the from the ranks of the lesser widely known masters and with an emphasis on works of impressionists, post impressionists and 20th Century art.

DIRECTIONS

From I 95 exit on Oakland Park Boulevard going East. Continue approximately one mile and turn left on North Dixie Highway (just before the railroad tracks). DAFA will be the 5th building on the left. Ample parking and entrance is located in the rear.

From Federal Highway (US1) turn West on Oakland Park Boulevard. Turn right (just after the railroad tracks) onto North Dixie Highway. DAFA will be the 5th building on the left. Ample parking and entrance is located in the rear.

Our Hosts and Instructors:

Craig Mayor

Craig Mayor started working with antiques already at age 16 when he apprenticed for a Pennsylvania antique dealer and restorer. After 5 years there he was ready to open his own restoration studio. In 1973 he established “MAYOR ANTIQUES” in a lovely historic building in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia.

Craig operated this landmark shop and an annex for almost 20 years when finally he said goodbye to Philadelphia and hello to new challenges in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He started a whole sale operation catering to upscale antique stores and galleries in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach rapidly establishing himself as a trusted and indispensable source of the best period antiques. In 1997 a new era began with the ‘Mayor Antiques’ shop on Floranada Avenue ” 45th street” in Fort Lauderdale in 2004 expanding into a new and much larger facility on Dixie Highway, which is today’s magnificent DECORATIVE ART & FINE ANTIQUES, INC.

Lars Hegelund

Lars Hegelund studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Art in Copenhagen. After graduation he was awarded a grant from the Ministry of Cultural Affairs to teach at the Royal Academy and develop a new concept for ‘Arctic architecture and design’, on which subject he published a book. In 1972 he was awarded a grant to stay at the San Cataldo Monastery in Italy (a secluded workplace for Danish artists).

As an architect Lars Hegelund (at times in collaboration with his brother Anders Hegelund) won 4 major first prices and was awarded 6 medals for architectural achievements.

In 1985 The National Foundation of Art chose Lars Hegelund for their 3 year grant providing the basis for further studies of art and design. The new ideas were featured in his book ‘The Things Around Us’, a series of TV productions by the National Danish Television and a number of educational magazines which he produced for the Ministry of Cultural Affairs.

For 7 years Lars Hegelund was a chairman of ‘the Committee for Architecture and Design in Schools’ under ’the National Federation of Danish Architects’ and lectured throughout Europe including at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge in the UK .

Based of his accomplishments Lars Hegelund was granted resident status in the USA as “a person of extraordinary ability” and took up residence in Fort Lauderdale where he now focuses on a high quality art dealership and a spirited approach to non representational painting.

Workshop Director and Coordinator

Juan P. Lluria, IAA President and IAA Master Appraiser

Juan P Lluria is a S. Florida based appraiser of art, antiques and related residential contents with 24 years experience. Mr. Lluria is an acclaimed lecturer on the 18th Century in France and the Decorative Arts in such respected venues as Sotheby’s Institute of Art in New York City and at the Institute of Art in Minneapolis as well as Vizcaya, The Lowe Art Museum and The Wolfsonian here in South Florida.

Please note that space is limited and booking will be on a first come, first serve basis. Inquiries welcome!

We look forward to seeing you all there!

IAA

International Appraisers Association, Inc.