Searching For Amalia

Send us Fan Mail Andreane Rellou, with her expertise in both fashion and history, was able to identify two women in Fabergé frames at a British museum. We will discuss her various techniques - that hint at sophisticated forensics approach used outside of the art world. One of the women she identified - turned out to be a relative by marriage to one of the royal women (a Russian duchess) painted by...

Send us Fan Mail Come along on a journey that connects Taylor Swift's video, The Fate of Ophelia , to artist John Everett Millais and finally a connection to Amalia Kussner. This now famous video has placed Millais's stunning yet tragic painting, Ophelia , squarely in our public consciousness. The video piqued my interest in that artist, which eventually led me to a discovery of sorts wi...

Send us Fan Mail This is the second full-length episode of the new series, Searching for Amalia , that will explore her life and maybe uncover some of it's mysteries.  This is a delightful and in-depth interview by Elizabeth Dewolfe who interviewed me - with her own expertise about the Gilded Age women. Her interview revealed some of the more subtle aspects of Kussner's personality - and...

Send us Fan Mail This is the first full-length episode of the new series, Searching for Amalia , that will explore her life and maybe uncover some of it's mysteries.  Amalia Kussner held her own "teas" both in New York and London, in part to get new customers. She also traveled on the luxury liners of the late Gilded Age, such as the Lusitania (a Cunard ship), who would have provide...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to my new podcast series - Searching for Amalia. This will focus on Amalia Kussner, the famous miniaturist from the Gilded Age. I completed her biography recently, but knew there was still much more to learn. The biggest mystery was the 1901 lawsuit, the contents of which were never revealed and we don't actually know who the plaintiff was. It was settled out of court...