I am looking for information concerning two artist (husband & Wife). I
have been unable to find any information on their work. Artist:
Clifford Silsby or Murray Silsby. |
Request for Question Clarification by
kriswrite-ga
on
03 Jul 2003 12:18 PDT
I have found information about an artist named Clifford Silsby, who
was born in 1896 and died in 1986. He is best known for his landscapes
and portraits. Is this the artist you are after. A search for "Murray
Silsby" brought no results.
You might want to double check the names, as well. If this is a
husband & wife team, the names Clifford and Murray are both typically
masculine.
kriswrite
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Request for Question Clarification by
knowledge_seeker-ga
on
03 Jul 2003 17:56 PDT
Hi thorn2,
I have checked some spelling variations and have found a "Martha" who
could be who you are looking for. She is however not the spouse of
Clifford Silsby. She was a relatively unknown watercolour painter from
Boston in the early part of the 20th century.
Can you give us any more information on these artists? Where they
might be from. When they were active. How you came to know about them.
Anything would be useful in helping us narrow this down.
Thanks -
-K~
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Request for Question Clarification by
leli-ga
on
04 Jul 2003 01:02 PDT
Hi thorn2
Although I have found Murray Silsby's birth and death dates and a
statement that she was Clifford Silsby's wife, I don't think there is
any free information online about her work.
So far I have only found the names of two of Clifford Silsby's
paintings and a certain amount of biographical detail to add to the
comment below. I'm not sure if this would meet your needs since you
say you have not been able to find information about their *work*.
Other things I have found include two pay-for-information databases
with both artists' names and a list of books which have material about
Clifford Silsby. Just let me know if this would be a useful answer.
Leli
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Clarification of Question by
thorn2-ga
on
07 Jul 2003 07:22 PDT
To best of my knowledge both artist worked in the LA area. Husband
painted in several forms, watercolors and Oil's from what I can see in
the paintings. These are my mother-in-laws paintings and she did
leave the Long Beach area and Malibu California. We are trying to
determine for her estate, possible resale of paintings. Since she has
both artist. She has always referred to the wife as Murray, I can
check and see if that may have been a nickname. Wife of Clifford used
a unusal technique of painting on glass on the back side and you would
view paintings reversed ( if that makes sense). One special painting
is an angel and has what appears to be gold coloring. I will see if I
can get additional information from the owner. Thank You
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Clarification of Question by
thorn2-ga
on
28 Jul 2003 12:44 PDT
Did you find any additional information about this artist? I am
visiting California next week and would like to suggest some areas I
could check out the value
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Request for Question Clarification by
leli-ga
on
29 Jul 2003 02:37 PDT
Hello again
Sorry that we haven't been able to give you a full answer to your
question. There just is so little on the net about these artists, even
about Clifford Silsby who is better known than his wife Murray Wilcox
Silsby.
There are two pay-for-information sites which have biographical
information on the couple, but neither has records of sale prices for
their work:
http://web.artprice.com/
http://www.comanducci.it/English/index.asp
This site has some information on Clifford Silsby:
http://askart.com/artist/S/clifford_f_silsby.asp?ID=4205
Although they have a record of the sale of one painting by Clifford
Silsby, you have to pay to find out what price it fetched.
Check out their list of books where you may find out more:
2003 Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Ed) The Artists Bluebook:
(AskART)
Now Available For Sale 29,000 North American Artists 412 No
2002 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California: 1786-1940 (Two
Volumes) 1249 No
2001 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference 2047 No
2001 AskART.com The Artists Bluebook: 24,000 North American Artists
332 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975 3 Vols
3724 No
1989 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California, 1786-1940 637 No
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary American
Painters, Sculptors et al 1081 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings Who Was Who in American Art Artists Active
1898-1947 707 No
1985 Dawdy, Doris Artists of the American West A Biographical
Dictionary (3 vols) 1184 No
1984 Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall Southern California Art Publication 3,
Dictionary 291 No
1982 Opitz, Glenn Dictionary of American Artists 372
No
1948 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Index of Artists International
Biographical (2 Vols) 811 No
Apart from that, I would suggest you might find help at the:
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90036
323-857-6000
They have some work by Clifford (not described online) and a linocut
by Wilson Silsby (Clifford's adoptive father) which was presented by
"Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Silsby".
I also found information on some minor points like an etching of
Clifford's in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in
London and the couple's approximate birth and death dates. Both lived
to 90+ with Clifford dying in 1986 and Murray in 1994.
Your mother-in-law's collection sounds fascinating. I do hope you can
get some good advice from museum staff or professional appraisers on
where to go from here.
Good luck - hope you have a successful trip to California.
Regards - Leli
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