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Masterworks was founded in 2017 by Scott Lynn to make the art market more accessible to investors. [2] However, the company has since strayed from this business model and has begun to prioritize wealthy clients. [4] [1] In 2021, Masterworks raised $110 million in Series A funding, led by Left Lane Capital. The backing valued the company at more ...
Crayola LLC, formerly the Binney & Smith Company, is an American manufacturing and retail company specializing in art supplies. It is known for its brand Crayola and best known for its crayons. The company is headquartered in Forks Township, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of the state.
Art Instruction Schools, better known to many as Art Instruction, Inc., was a home study correspondence course providing training in cartooning and illustration. [1] The company was located in Minneapolis, Minnesota .
On November 15, 1964, Thompson performed a cover of “Baby, Please Don't Go” at the University of St. Thomas (Texas). [6]In 1966, amid the burgeoning Houston psychedelic scene, Thompson formed the band the Red Crayola with fellow art students Frederick Barthelme (brother of novelist Donald Barthelme) and Steve Cunningham, they gathered a travelling entourage of hangers-on who improvised ...
Crayola introduces the 24-color set of mini twistable crayons. Crayola introduces the 24-color set of Fun Effects mini twistable crayons containing 8 regular colors, 8 rainbow colors, and 8 eXtreme colors. 2005: Cranberry is renamed Blush and Brink Pink is renamed Pink Sherbert. 2006: Crayola introduces Heads n' Tails Crayons.
Color Wonder is a product made by Crayola, primarily intended for use by younger children, in which the special clear-ink marker only appears on the Color Wonder paper.. Originally made with markers and paper, Color Wonder has also made specialty products including paints,
Sotheby’s inaugural auction in Saudi Arabia — and the country’s first major international art and luxury auction — topped $17 million in sale, with works by Arab artists setting records.
The name Crayola was suggested by Alice Binney, wife of company founder Edwin Binney, combining craie, French for "chalk," a reference to the pastels that preceded and lent their name to the first drawing crayons, with the suffix -ola, meaning "oleaginous," a reference to the wax from which the crayons were made. [1]