The Last of the New Hope Crowd: Faye Swengel and Bernard Badura

Posted by on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off on The Last of the New Hope Crowd: Faye Swengel and Bernard Badura While Faye Swengel Badura (1904-1991) is remembered and collected as a fine artist, her husband Bernard “Ben” Badura (1896-1986) is increasingly being recognized as one of the most important makers of frames in the United States. In fact, his frames – works of art in themselves — have far eclipsed the desirability of his accomplished paintings. The couple was a fixture of the art colony at...
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