Oil Paintings & General Fine Art Discussion
I was fortunate to have spent three years living in Paris in the late 1980s, and Rue Daunou featured often in my life there.
American Impressionist Childe Hassam’s, July 14 Rue Daunou. Painted 1910
Rue Daunou is in the Opera District of Paris. There was a “biologique” grocery store, a popular Korean Barbeque restaurant and, the American ex-pats’ favorite watering […]
Having just come across Derain on Facebook, I was reminded of my vacations in London, so thought I’d post some Derain paintings to create a pleasant stroll along the River Thames of Derain’s London, over a century ago.
Comfortable shoes are a MUST - it’s a long walk!
We start just downriver from the iconic London landmark - Tower Bridge. […]
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 […]
Vioin 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, […]
The 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 […]
A 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 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 […]
A 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 […]
^Chagall painted a series in the early 1950s evocative of Paris. I particularly like the use of bold colour - the mix of his early Expressionism together with the influence of Fauvism. Most of all I love to be reminded of Paris!
As I recall Modigliani setting a record at Sotheby’s in an earlier post, so […]
^ 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 […]
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