Annamaria Johansson has always been a painter at heart, with a particular focus on capturing the essence of people and portraits in her artwork. With a loyal client base spanning the globe, she offers unique insights into her artistic journey and the strategies behind her successful art business as a painter. Throughout this two-part series, we delve into her ideas, philosophies, concepts, and approaches that shape her distinctive artistic vision.
Thomas Gonzรกlez always had a passion for art. So today, he arranges art loans and has committed himself to the art loan business.
He has developed a trusted cadre of financial partners, responsible for successfully brokering art loans above 100 Million Euros.
We, at The World Art News, have had the pleasure of interviewing Thomas to learn the ins and outs of being an art banker.
In this exclusive two-part series you will discover his secrets to running a successful art loans business. Let’s begin!
“I can tell you that loans up to $25 Million aren’t a problem for us.”
โFor him there were no boundaries between nationalities. He readily made friends with the natives of any countryโฆ. He was no stranger to Latvians, Lithuanians, Jews, Tatars, Karaites, Russians. He was ready to help everyone if possible.โ
At a time of great division in the Eastern European community a lesson in multiculturalism, unity and brotherhood can be learned from an unusual person, a Soviet Lithuanian artist Czeslaw Znamierowski (23 May 1890 โ 9 August 1977). He was born in Imperial Russia on Latvian territory into a Polish family. At the age of 32 he became a citizen of the Soviet Union and soon after moved permanently to Lithuania, where he lived until his last day.
Although lately Western scholars have begun to pay attention to various manifestations of the rise of ethnic Russian nationalism as distinct from official “Soviet patriotism” they have virtually ignored the phenomenon of Il’ia Glazunov, a Soviet painter who is also a foremost protagonist of that nationalism. The chief reason for this lack of scholarly interest lies in the fact that not only has Glazunov been a controversial figure but he was also accused of Russian chauvinism, anti-Semitism, and of being a KGB agent.
When I first learned thatย Saudi Arabia is purchasing the only self-portrait of Benvenuto Cellini for โฌ107 millionย I was immediately intrigued by the sum. As a financial analyst I am interested in numbers, and especially pricing, so I decided to examine all available publications in order to create a price-timeline for this portrait.
