Israel Museum Gets Rare Klimt Oil Study of Nazi – the final piece must have been one amazing painting.  

The Pfister Hotel Collection.  An interesting collection of 19th century Academic works of art in Milwaukee, WI.   Included are paintings by Daniel Ridgway Knight, Louis Aston Knight, Emile Pinchart, Jean Goubie, Adolphe Lesrel, Cesare Detti, Andreotti, Lenoir, Laugee, Piot, … More…

Newsletter Archives.  This month we are covering Tim Jahn’s membership to the Allied Artists of America, ARC’s 2013-14 Salon Awards, Barry Oretsky’s Photography, Dumb Things People Do At Art Fairs, Stocks and The Art Market — coverage of the Impressionist/Modern, … More…

Norman Rockwell’s Art, Once Sniffed At, Is Becoming Prized – not much one needs to say after reading this article.  Rockwell, in my personal opinion, was always a fabulous artist … I have loved his work ever since I started loving … More…

Rarely seen LS Lowry painting expected to sell for up to £3m seems like a pretty impressive example … it will be interesting to see how high it goes.  

Masterpiece: ‘Edge of a Forest With a Grainfield’ by Jacob van Ruisdael – this Old Master was recently acquired by the Kimbell Art Museum from Oxford University’s Worcester College.  The college needed to raise funds in order to pay off loans … More…

Why Realism? Part 8: Realism as Torchbearer for Humanity. Here is the 8th part of Fred Ross’ ideas on: why Realism?