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Eli Wilner (born 1956) is proprietor of Eli Wilner & Company, a New York art gallery specializing in American and European period frames from the 19th through the early 20th century. He is a leading frame dealer, collector, and restorer, as well as an acknowledged and published authority on period frames. Wilner is a graduate of Brandeis University, where he received a BA in Fine Arts in 1976, and of Hunter College, where he received his MA in 1978. He was a Bryant Fellow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1995 to 1999. He has been an Art Forum member since 1993 and a member of the Director’s Circle of the Smithsonian American Art Museum since 1997. In 1998, Wilner served on the Board of Trustees for the New York Academy of Art. ==Eli Wilner & Company== In 1983, Eli Wilner founded Eli Wilner & Company, an art gallery located on New York’s Upper East Side dedicated to the display and sale of American and European frames! The gallery has been primarily responsible for the increased awareness and appreciation of American and European period frames. Committed to the education of curators, collectors, and dealers, Eli Wilner & Company has curated many important frame exhibitions and lectured extensively about the antique frame for museums and groups throughout the United States. Eli Wilner & Company is now the world’s largest resource for antique frames, with over 3,000 frames in its collection. The company creates marriages of painting and frame consistent with style, artistic composition, and historical period. The company also operates a professional studio, employing skilled craftspeople providing full frame restoration services as well as precise frame replication. The company has worked extensively with the White House, reframing over two-dozen American paintings from the collection. In addition, Eli Wilner & Company has worked with some of the nation’s most prominent museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Smithsonian American Art Museum as well as leading auction houses Sotheby's and Christie's. In 2015, Eli Wilner & Company announced two initiatives that are unique in their field. One is the first-ever fully funded frame conservation grants for American museums. Wilner assembled a group of distinguished jurors to select the award recipients in early 2016.〔ArtDaily http://artdaily.com/news/79817/First-fully-funded-American-museum-frame-conservation-grant-awards-offered-by-Eli-Wilner#.VZ7LLrdYWiI〕 The second is a program to provide frames to consignors of artworks to auction houses and galleries with no upfront costs. In this program, the owner of the artwork is required to agree to purchase the frame, with the payment due only after the successful sale of the artwork. If the artwork fails to find a buyer, the frame is returned to Wilner, and no charges apply. This structure is unique in the ultra-high-end framing industry, as it protects the consignor from the financial risk of framing in advance of offering an artwork for sale.〔ArtDaily http://artdaily.com/news/79571/Eli-Wilner---Company-announces-new-program-to-provide-frames-at-no-upfront-cost-#.VZ_yTbdYWiI〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eli Wilner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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