Art History News - January 2019

Over 500 years of European art history will be presented in two sales at Christie's in New York this January: Old Master Prints on Tuesday, 29 January, and Old Master & British Drawings on Thursday, 31 January. Together, the sales offer an overview of the graphic arts from 1466 to 1880, ranging from Albrecht Dürer's bold woodcuts to the diaphanous watercolours of J.M.W. Turner, from late gothic engravings by the Master E.S. and Martin Schongauer to the virtuoso, mannerist draftsmanship of Polidoro da Caravaggio and Niccolò dell'Abate, from meticulous 16th century studies of flowers... more »

Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), Triestiner Fischerboot (Trieste Fishing Boat), oil and pencil on canvas, 75 by 75cm. 29½ by 29½in. Painted in 1912. Estimate £6,000,000-8,000,000. Courtesy Sotheby's. Painted in 1912, Triestiner Fischerboot (Trieste Fishing Boat) holds a unique position in Schiele’s oeuvre and was created in the aftermath of what was arguably the most tumultuous and life-changing experience for the artist. Recently released from a brief period of incarceration in Neulengbach in Austria, and rejected by the local community there, Schiele’s visit to Trieste in 1912 was p... more »

* February 24 through July 6, 2019* The Museum of Modern Art presents *Joan Miró: Birth of the World*, an exhibition that explores the development of Miró’s pictorial universe, with particular emphasis on his intense engagement with poetry, the creative process, material experimentation, and the seen and unseen world. This focused exhibition, drawn from MoMA’s unrivalled Miró collection and augmented by several key loans, situates his monumental painting, *The Birth of the World* (1925), in relation to other key works by the artist, which are rarely shown together. Joan Miró *... more »

*The Musée Marmottan Monet* *until 10 February 2019* Claude Monet, Villas à Bordighera, 1884 (detail). Huile sur toile, 60 x 73 cm. Collection particulière © Collection particulière - Droits réservés. . *PARIS**.-* The Musée Marmottan Monet is presenting—until 10 February 2019—an exhibition entitled ‘Collections Privées: un Voyage des Impressionnistes aux Fauves’ (‘Private Collections: From the Impressionists to the Fauves’). The exhibition includes sixty-two paintings, drawings, and sculptures held in private collections (in Europe, the United States, and Latin America)—mos... more »

David Hockney’s double portrait of Geldzahler, a curator at The Met, and his partner, painter Christopher Scott, helped to secure his reputation. In March this masterpiece from the Barney A. Ebsworth Collection will be offered in London. David Hockney (b. 1937), Henry Geldzahler and Christopher Scott, 1969. Acrylic on canvas, 84 x 120 in (214 x 305 cm). Estimate on request. Offered in Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on 6 March 2019 at Christie’s in London. Artwork © David Hockney In 1968, the 30-year-old painter David Hockney began a series of seven monumental canvases,... more »