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Treasures from the House of Alba: Goya, Renoir, and Rubens
The Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University will present the first major exhibition in the U.S. of works from the House of Alba collection, one of the oldest and most significant private art...
View ArticleThe Abelló Collection: A Modern Taste for European Masters -Bacon, Braque,...
The Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University will present the first exhibition in the United States of paintings from the collection of Juan Abelló, who is considered one of the world’s top...
View ArticleSargent: Portraits of Artists and Friends at the National Portrait Gallery,...
National Portrait Gallery, London (February 12—May 25, 2015).The Metropolitan Museum of Art (June 30–October 4, 2015)Throughout his career, the celebrated American painter John Singer Sargent made...
View ArticleGeorge Bellows at Auction Part II
Throughout his childhood in Columbus, Ohio, George Bellows divided much of his time between sports and art. While attending Ohio State University, he created illustrations for the school yearbook and...
View ArticleJASPER FRANCIS CROPSEY at AUCTION
Jasper Francis Cropsey was born February 18, 1823, on his father's farm in Rossville, Staten Island, New York. He was the eldest of eight children in a family descended from Dutch and French Huguenot...
View ArticleMARTIN JOHNSON HEADE at AUCTION
Christie's 2014MARTIN JOHNSON HEADE (1819-1904) A BRANCH OF APPLE BLOSSOMS AND BUDS PR.$100,000Christie's 2013MARTIN JOHNSON HEADE (1819-1904) PINK ROSES ON A RED CLOTH PR.$183,750Christie's 2012MARTIN...
View ArticleFREDERIC EDWIN CHURCH at AUCTION
Frederic Edwin Church was born in Hartford, Connecticut, on May 4, 1826, the only son of a wealthy businessman. Although his father hoped he would become a physician or enter the world of business,...
View ArticleImpressionist & Modern Art - Christie’s London 2015: Cézanne, Modigliani,...
A broad array of jewel-like, museum quality works with exceptional provenance, many of which are coming to the market for the first time in several generations, lead Christie’s Impressionist and Modern...
View ArticleThe Art of the Surreal Evening Sale Christie’s London 2015: Magritte,...
Christie’s will present a stellar selection of 36 lots in the much anticipated annual evening sale of The Art of The Surreal on 4 February 2015. The auction comprises works from many important...
View ArticleMARTIN LEWIS at Auction Part II: Christie's
Born in Victoria, Australia, Martin Lewis was a printmaker who is known for his scenes of urban life in New York during the 1920s and 1930s. As a youth Lewis held a variety of jobs that ranged from...
View ArticleTHEODORE ROBINSON at AUCTION
Theodore Robinson was born 3 July 1852 in Irasburg, Vermont and died 2 April 1896 in New York City after his final battle with the severe, chronic asthma that plagued him all of his forty-four years....
View ArticleNORMAN ROCKWELL at AUCTION II
Christie’s 2014NORMAN ROCKWELL (1894-1978)WILLIE GILLIS: HOMETOWN NEWSPR.$4,197,000 Christie’s 2013NORMAN ROCKWELL (1894-1978)'MY SKETCH BOOK PROVES YOU CAN SEE MOREPR.$118,750NORMAN ROCKWELL...
View ArticleRAOUL DUFY at the Museo Thyssen- Bornemisza 17 February and 17 May 2015
Between 17 February and 17 May 2015 the Museo Thyssen- Bornemisza will be holding the first major retrospective on Raoul Dufy in Madrid since the one presented at the Casa de las Alhajas in 1989. The...
View ArticleEl Greco at Auction
Sotheby's NY: Master Paintings: Part I - 29 January 2015El Greco’s Saint Joseph, a rare subject for the artist, was unknown to scholars until its reappearance a few years ago (est. $2/3 million). The...
View ArticleGEORGE INNESS at AUCTION
Born in Newburgh, New York, in 1825, George Inness was raised in New York City and Newark, New Jersey. His early life was disrupted by severe illness, and he had as a result little formal academic or...
View ArticleFairfield Porter at Auction
Christie’s NOVEMBER 30, 2011FAIRFIELD PORTER (1907-1975) Aline by the Screen DoorEstimate: $700,000 – 1,000,000Fairfield Porter is renowned for his bold paintings of quiet domestic life, enhanced by...
View ArticleWalt Kuhn at Auction
Sotheby’s May 21, 2009 Walt Kuhn’s The White Rider (Rider With Blue Sash), dated 1946 (est. 400/600,000), also from the Private Minnesota Collection, is one of many modernist highlights. Kuhn’s career...
View ArticleSTUART DAVIS at AUCTION
Sotheby’s NOVEMBER 30, 2005Rue de l’Échaudé, an oil on canvas by Stuart Davis painted in 1928. Estimated to sell for $1/1.5 million, this work was created by Davis during his year-long excursion to...
View ArticleFitz Henry Lane at Auction and In Collections
BiographyFitz Henry Lane was born Nathaniel Rogers Lane in the fishing port of Gloucester, Massachusetts on December 18, 1804; in 1831 he legally changed his first and middle names, becoming Fitz Henry...
View ArticlePaul Gauguin at Auction
SOTHEBY’S NOVEMBER 7 & 8, 2007 Paul Gauguin’s Te Poipoi (The Morning)was one of the greatest Tahitian scenes by the artist remaining in private hands (est. $40/60 million). For the past 62 years,...
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