Above: The Columbus-based artist known for his landscapes painted this depiction of a wooded stream in 1927. Born near Gallipolis, Ohio, in 1864, Charles William Duvall moved to our state capital in 1889 and become known as the dean of Columbus artists. He studied landscape art for a decade under Edward Parker Hayden, a native Ohioan who moved to Massachusetts. For Duvall though, life was about home, and home was Ohio. Check out this month's column featuring Fascinating Objec

This article is possible because Barb Early gave me the 2008 edition of "TOWPATHS", a quarterly edition of the Canal Society of Ohio. An article in this booklet describes the copy of the 1859 painting that Mike Corwin gave me a few years ago. David Neuhardt, a member, wrote this interesting description of this painting. I've not seen the artist's paintings of my hometown of Lebanon, Ohio. WAVERLY IN 1859 In the fall of 2008, Garth's Auctions (then located) in Delaware, Ohio,

COLUMBUS, OHIO – Garth’s September 7th country Americana auction was conducted at its new facility in the Municipal Light Plant with all forms of bidding available. Early in the 554-lot auction, an oil on canvas portrait of “The Steuart Children” by Thomas (Steuart) Stuart (American, mid-Nineteenth Century) was offered with a $600/900 estimate. Originally signed and dated 1849 verso, the three children, Edward, Margaret and Mary, dubbed the “Three Disgraces,” were painted by

DELAWARE, Ohio — When awonderful day of family and food is followed by a fantastic day of selling beautiful antiques; being thankful is a given. Garth’s Auctions’ 55th Annual Thanksgiving Americana & Fine Art Auction held Friday, November 28 was a stellar alternative to any Black Friday brick and mortar frenzy. Garth’s hosted their own shopping frenzy; just with a lot more class. “I am such a Nervous Nelly the morning of an auction,” Amelia Jeffers of Garth’s explains. “I thi

DELAWARE, OHIO — Some of the Black Friday shopping crowd could be found at Garth’s Auctioneers and Appraisers on Friday, November 27, for the company’s 55th annual Thanksgiving sale. Traditionally the material slated for the Thanksgiving sale has been more formal, but this year’s catalog was full of country furniture and paint decorated pieces, which was clearly a draw for the full house of customers. Longtime buyers for whom Garth’s has for years been synonymous with Thanksg

Ron Pizzuti is not easily intimidated. A successful real estate developer, Pizzuti possesses the perfect combination of tenacity and charm, with a straightforward nature that quickly fosters a sense of familiarity; traits that have undoubtedly contributed to the tremendous growth and reach of the company he founded nearly 40 years ago. However, the notoriously tough real estate industry, Pizzuti learned long ago, has nothing on the art world. From his earliest days in develop