Painting of the Day (just hit the SOLD archives): Johan Jongkind’s “Nadorstlaan à Rotterdam”
Tate seeks rethink over ‘looted’ Constable seascape
Tate seeks rethink over ‘looted’ Constable seascape– I guess that as prices continue to rise, more people are going to try to get back works that were looted from their families. It will be interesting to see what the Tate … More…
Sotheby’s launches live auctions on eBay
April 1 debuts the merge of two large auction platforms — Sotheby’s and eBay. Sotheby’s hopes to drive traffic from eBay’s 155 million monthly users to their high end auctions, by the click of a mouse. The first sale, Modern and Contemporary … More…
Painting of the Day (from the SOLD archives): Antoine Blanchard’s “Moulin Rouge” #Paris
Moulin Rouge. Here is one of the hard to find scenes by Antoine Blanchard (1910-1988) that we sold about 6 years ago. It is another early example from Blanchard’s Paris Street Scene series which he began in the late 1950s … More…
Was Degas Really an Impressionist? – Musée des Impressionnismes
Rogier van der Weyden Rarities, Together at the Prado
Rogier van der Weyden Rarities, Together in Spain – If you happen to be traveling to Spain, here is a little exhibition at the Pardo (which runs through June 28) that you might like to see. Featured are 19 works by … More…
Hitler painting withdrawn from auction
Los Angeles auction house pulls Adolf Hitler’s watercolor painting from their sale. Believed to be painted in 1912 when Hitler was still a young struggling artist in Vienna, the auction house has decided against selling the floral work that held … More…