I can't find anything on the internet about what Courier and Ives is.
How did the name get started? Where they 2 artist who did country type pictures or is the pharse just a style of art work? I have a whole set of blue and white dishes by Royal with Courier and Ives pictures so I would like to know the history. Does anyone know the answer?
2006-07-28 07:19:51 · 6 answers · asked by cindy c 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
you have the first name spelled wrong-
it's Currier and Ives...try that
2006-07-28 07:23:07 · answer #1 · answered by Vetty64 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Currier and Ives did art in the 19th century. They were famous for holiday pictures, notecards.
Kind of sentimental-looking scenes.
Very charming.
There must be books at the library or in a bookstore about them.
2006-07-28 14:23:53 · answer #2 · answered by 60s Chick 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Currier and Ives was a firm headed by Nathaniel Currier (1813-1888) and James Merritt Ives (1824-1895).
Currier and Ives described itself as "Publishers of Cheap and Popular Pictures". Their pictures were indeed hugely popular; from 1835 to 1907 they produced over a million prints by a process of hand-colored lithography. The colors were applied in an assembly-line style of operation, typically by German immigrant girls, each of whom added a single color to the print. The prints depicted pleasant scenes of American life as well as ferocious battle scenes from the American Civil War.
Today, original Currier and Ives prints are much sought-after by collectors, and modern reproductions of them are popular decorations.
The Christmas-themed song Sleigh Ride mentions the company by name.
# Currier & Ives - Complete History, References, Restorations and Gallery http://www.geocities.com/scurrier/
# Currier & Ives, Printmakers to the American People http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/2aa/2aa36.htm
# Commercial restoration site with additional information http://www.currierprints.com/
2006-07-28 14:24:16 · answer #3 · answered by MTSU history student 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
American artist and print makers who turn out a large number of winter scenes depicting life in the later part of the 19th century.
2006-07-28 14:32:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
check these links and may be you'll find your answer.
1-http://www.ahpcs.org/Library/curquer.htm
2-http://www.philaprintshop.com/currhist.html
3-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currier_and_Ives
4-http://www.google.com.pk/search?hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=Who+were+Currier+and+Ives&spell=1
2006-07-28 14:26:13 · answer #5 · answered by ghost12 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This might help, too.
2006-07-28 14:25:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋