The Erie Art Museum faces a dilemma it seems, according to respected local news source, GoErie.com.
Their Frederick Childe Hassam “Summer Afternoon, Isle of Shoals” painting has just been valued at around $5,000,000. Of course, no one wants to sell, but it is quite a lot of money nonetheless. Museum funding is always contentious and trade […]
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Frederick Childe Hassam Painting Might Fetch $5,000,000 US
Published by November 10th, 2010 in Oil Paintings, Artists and Art News. 0 CommentsMuseum Quality Reproduction of $28.6 US million Juan Gris Painting For Sale On-line From $269
Published by November 10th, 2010 in Oil Paintings, Artists and Art News. 0 CommentsVioin and Guitar - Juan Gris
Oil on canvas from 90 x 57cm - $269. Original size also available.
Cubist painter, Juan Gris’s 1913 painting, titled “Violin and Guitar”, acheived a record breaking $28.6 million at Christie’s New York.
The work was one of the artist’s favorites. The sale exceeds the highest previous price for a Juan Gris painting, […]
Reproduction Art Popular For High End Property Investors
Published by November 10th, 2010 in Oil Paintings and Art News. 0 CommentsSoho-Art customers are as varied as the paintings that we offer. But we are selling more and more paintings to property investors, who buy apartments and houses to rent to long and short term company tenants.
Quality is everything when you are dealing with high end properties. I spoke to Andrew D, a London realtor with […]
Georgia O’Keeffe’s Work in the Court Room
Published by November 9th, 2010 in Artists and Art News. 0 CommentsThe works of imitative realist artist Georgia O’ Keeffe are in the news this week. O’Keeffe’s work spanned much of the twentieth century (she painted right up to 1974, until the age of 84 years).
Georgia O’Keeffe’s ”White Trumpet Flower” painting of 1932 is probably her best known work
A judge in Tennessee has some good news and […]
Jewellery in John Singer Sargent Painting Goes Under Hammer
Published by November 9th, 2010 in Oil Paintings, Artists and Art News. 0 CommentsA brooch depicted in the renowned portraitist, John Singer Sargent’s 1902 portrait of Winifred, Duchess of Portland is about to go under auction at Christie’s Auctioneers, London, with an estimate of £700,000 (just over $1M US).
The diamond and pearl piece dates from 1870, comprising a natural pearl brooch and an antique diamond necklace.
John Singer Sargent spent […]
Edward Hopper Exhibition in New York
Published by November 9th, 2010 in Artists, Exhibitions and Art News. 0 Comments“Edward Hopper and His Time” at the Whitney Museum
American artist Edward Hopper (b1882) painted the dark-side of the “American Dream.” In short - what it was like to be alone in a crowd. His paintings portrayed solitude, even melancholy, many in urban landscapes devoid of life. My favorite quote is from the French author, Michel […]
Dance Tribute to Jackson Pollock
Published by November 9th, 2010 in Oil Paintings, Artists and Art News. 0 CommentsA reproduction of the work of Jackson Pollock - his Autumn Rhythm, no. 30, creates a visually impressive backdrop to choreographer Lar Lubovitch’s forthcoming dance performance at Syracuse University, on November 11, 2010
Lar Lubovitch, a native of Chicago, has become a leading figure in the US arts scene. Described by the New York Times as one […]
^ London Calling…….”The Houses of Parliament at Night” - Andre Derain (1906)
As an aging Luddite, I’m pleased to see that new on-line social media is increasingly becoming a learning resource. Today I stumbled across a Facebook page dedicated to the French Fauvist artist Andre Derain.
Derain, together with his contemporary of Matisse, became the “Wild […]
“I’m just delighted to have this picture even though it is not a genuine Lowry” Fake L S Lowry Painting Sold to the Same Buyer Twice in UK
Published by November 8th, 2010 in Artists and Art News. 1 Comment
“I’m just delighted to have this picture even though it is not a genuine Lowry”
- Duped buyer David Smith bought back a copy of LS Lowry’s 1964 “Mill Street Scene” for £13,500 from a proceeds of crime auction this month. He had previously bought it believing it to be an “original” for £330,000.
UK businessman and […]
