The artwork in the Los Angeles home of Lois and Richard Neiter reflects their eclectic aesthetic and their knowledge of art.
Lois and Richard Neiter bought their first piece of art on their honeymoon in Italy. “It was a ‘Europe on $5 a day’ honeymoon,” Richard recalls. “We went to a lot of museums,” Lois says, “but we weren’t thinking of collecting.” They saw a micromosaic by a Florentine tradesman that captured them, however, and they decided to buy it. They couldn’t afford the $150 price and the dealer refused to bargain. After touring elsewhere they returned to the gallery, which agreed to let the couple have the piece for $5 a month.
When their children had graduated from college, they began to collect seriously. Lois, who had been a teacher, became a dealer, displaying art in their home and its 1-acre manicured garden to give people a sense of what it is like to live with art. Richard decorated his Los Angeles chambers as a U.S. bankruptcy judge with examples of fine art.
They moved to a condominium five years ago, which doesn’t permit commercial business and which didn’t have a space for their outdoor art. Lois has become a consultant and a fortuitous encounter solved the problem of many of the outdoor pieces.
Visiting the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, they were given a tour by Scott Shields, the museum’s associate director and chief curator. They mentioned to him that they were moving. “We told him we had a number of pieces we couldn‘t take with us and they deserve to be in a place where the public can see them,” Richard relates. “Scott told us the museum was planning to develop a sculpture park and the pieces could have a home there. We later donated the outdoor pieces as well as a couple of indoor pieces.”
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة November 2018 من American Art Collector.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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