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Corporate Credibility
An appraisal is only as good as the credentials
of the appraiser inspecting and issuing the appraisal. And anyone in a legal situation will
tell you the same. Appraiser credibility is very important when appraising art and Dr. Darragh
Elliott has quite a distinguished background in Art History and Art Appraisals. We're talking
the very first in his class no matter what the area of study !
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Doctor of
Philosophy, (Summa Cum Laude) LaSalle University, LA. |
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Masters of
Science, (Summa Cum Laude) La Salle University, LA. |
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Certification
in Canadian Art History, Seneca College, Toronto. |
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Professor,
(in an adjunct capacity) of La Salle University, Louisiana. |
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Certified
by the Courts of Florida as a Fine Art Expert. |
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Charter Member
of the Lladro Porcelain Collectors Society. |
1.
Dr. Elliott, the valuator, was initially taught by his mother, a major
performing artist, (mainly in Europe, a student under Bennetti, and a
performing artist at La Scala in Milan etc.) as well as, a painter of
fine art for more than forty years. He has received many years of "hands
on" training, primarily in European Fine Art. Studies in Western European
Art History, consisted mainly, but not limited to, the areas of English,
Scottish, Irish, French, Dutch, Belgian, German, Spanish, and Italian.
2. In 1963, he
commenced his undergraduate studies at Mount Allison University in Sackville
New Brunswick.
3. In further support to his training, he
earned a 4.0 grade point average and garnered the highest mark attainable
- "A with Distinction". He graduated in 1987 from Seneca College in Toronto,
Ontario, with expertise in the following:
- Eskimo Art, Images, Stone,
B.C.
- Inuit and Dene Art. Artist
of The Shamon - The purpose of native art and its significance within
its community. Inuit Masterpieces.
- Painting in Quebec. French
and British regimes, Rediscovered Quebecois art.
- Canadian painting - British
Regime.
- Canadian Art - finding its
own sense of expression. The search for the relationship of art consciousness
to the new land. The national landscape. The Canadian Art Club. The
Group of Seven.
- The First Great War period.
- The Great Depression - the
period expressed through the changes in the concerns of Canada's artists.
- The Second Great War. The
period as chronicled by Canada's war overseas artists.
- The Post War Period. A survey
of the various movements that characterize this period.
- The 1960's. The arts in
an age of change.
- Contemporary Art. A survey
of current artists and movements.
- A concise history of Canadian
painting.
- The history of painting
in Canada.
4.
American Art History: The following private studies have been undertaken.
- Pioneer American Art.
- Art History of The American
Civil War.
- Early American Western Art
and Prints.
- The Hudson River School.
- 18th, 19th,
& 20th century American Art.
- The prints of Currier and
Ives.
- The Art of The American
South.
- American Art of The Second
World War.
- Contemporary American art
and prints.
- The history of modern art.
5. In
1985, he became a Charter Member of the Lladro Porcelain Collectors Society.
6. In 1986, he was certified by the Courts
of The State of Florida as a Fine Art Expert in 17th, 18th,
19th, and 20th century American, Canadian, and European
Fine Art.
7. In 1986 he was critiqued by a Senior Member
of The International Board of Examiners of The American Society of Appraisers,
as to his authentication and valuation of more than one hundred and fifty
(150 +) works of art, and sworn evidence was given in a court of law that
his work was true and correct, without exception.
8. He has made an in depth study, and is experienced
in the acquisition, purchasing, and selling of fine art, china, porcelain,
sculpture, bronzes, and in the operation of auctions pertaining to same.
9. He's studied the work of conservation and/or
restoration of fine art, early American and Canadian furniture and artifacts
and also, a forensic study into many of the various methods of fakery pertaining
to same.
10. He maintains a major up-to-date research
library on fine art, sculpture, bronzes, Lladro porcelain, and various antiques,
etc.
11. He maintains major up to date research databases, containing over five million entries on oil paintings, prints, works on paper, sculptures, miniatures and photographs.
12. A article regarding his expertise and porcelain
collections, appears in the 1994 summer edition of Expressions magazine
for collectors of Lladro porcelain, that was printed in four (4) languages,
and circulated to more than eighty (80) countries. He is the only person
to appear on the complete centerfold of this publication to date.
13. He is fluent in the English and Spanish
languages, and has a working knowledge within the French, Italian, and Portuguese
languages.
14. In further support to his training, in
1995, he completed and passed his Masters of Science degree, (Summa
Cum Laude) having a 4.0 grade point average in Business Management, with emphasis
on the business aspects of fine art, sculpture, porcelain, objet d'art,
auctions, and collectibles in general, from La Salle University in Mandeville,
Louisiana. U.S.A.
15. In 1996, he completed and passed his Doctor
of Philosophy degree, (Summa Cum Laude) having a 4.0 grade point average in
Business Management, with emphasis on the business aspects of fine art,
sculpture, porcelain, objet d'art, auctions, business methodologies, and
collectibles in general, from La Salle University in Mandeville, Louisiana.
U.S.A.
16. He has been a special guest lecturer to
the graduating class of the Art, Drama, and Music Department at McMaster
University in Hamilton, Ontario. Canada. (Whom contemporaries include those
of Robert Bateman and Alex Coville.)
17. He's also been a special guest lecturer
to the graduating Ontario Academic Credit (O.C.A.) students of Lakefield
College at Lakefield, Ontario, Canada. (The school that His Royal Highness,
Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Prince Felipe, the Crown Prince of Spain, attended for their North American studies.)
18. In February 1997, he was appointed to the
position as a full Professor of Business Management in an adjunct capacity;
and in September 1997, he was appointed to a position as a full Professor
of Business Administration in an adjunct capacity of La Salle University,
and its colleges including: Kent College, Southland Law School, McPherson
School of Theocentric Counseling, and Nova Institute. His duties are to
counsel and assist students with their thesis's and dissertations.
19.
In 1999, he rewrote the English translation from the Russian text for The Quick Price Index for fine art valuation using numerical coefficients in ratio to various mathematical factors for accessing values by area as to the square centimeter.
20. He is a Charter Member of the La Salle
University Alumni Association.
21. In 2002 he was commissioned to appraise the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights. (US President authorized limited edition copies by the American Monument Foundation.)
22. In 2004 he was commissioned to appraise the United States Presidential Monument and the Bicentennial/Constitution Monument that is currently at the entrance to the Ronald Regan Presidential Library.
23.
In 2005 he was commissioned to appraise a major oil on canvas painting titled "The Crocuses" The Flower of Dutch Bloom Before Spring by Vincent van Gogh for a client in Indonesia. A two page article in the New Times newspaper of Singapore in respect to this appraisal was published in December 2005. In May 2006, two further articles were published in the Jawa Pos - Jakarta.
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