AVAILABLE: Antoine Blanchard’s “Flower Market, Paris”
Source: Flower Market, Paris – we have just added a rather rare and early scene by the 20th century French artist Antoine Blanchard (1910-1988) to our available online inventory. In all of our years dealing in Blanchard’s work we have had … More…
Son of Nazi governor returns art stolen from Poland during second world war
According to the article in The Guardian, Horst Wächter, the fourth of SS Gruppenführer Otto Wächter’s six children, has spent years trying to return a painting taken by his parents from the Potocki Palace. On Sunday, he attended a ceremony … More…
AVAILABLE: Edouard Cortes’s “Place de l’Opéra”
Source: Place de l’Opéra – we always love when we have to opportunity sell a work more than once. This c.1930s Edouard Cortes passed through our hands back in 2003 and 14 years later we got it back and are, once … More…
Wanted: a People’s Army to find network of hidden public art
Wow! I bet people never thought the Internet would open up their homes to potential unwanted visitors. Well, the British government is hoping it does. Not sure how I feel about the idea of a stranger walking into someone’s home … More…
Uffizi to show more female artists
It is nice to see that female artists are beginning to get more recognition. This March the Uffizi will mount an exhibition of Suor Plautilla Nelli (1523-1587) … Florence’s first known female artist … while the Pitti Palace will be … More…
‘Creativity improves wellbeing’: art transforms mental health ward
We have all read about hospitals using art to help in the healing process. Well, now a mental health ward in the UK is putting it to the test. According to Sarah Johnson’s article in The Guardian: A psychiatric ward housing … More…
AVAILABLE: Henry T. Alken’s “A Coach in Summer”
Source: A Coach in Summer – here is the mate to our previous painting of the day … another gem by British sporting artist Henry Thomas Alken (1785-1851). Stop by the Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antiques Show today or tomorrow … More…
Pre-sale guarantees set to create new highs
Guess there is a simple way to make sure your sales hit their numbers … get 3rd party guarantees on the major lots. The upcoming London sales seem to be set to bring home the bacon … should be interesting … More…
Public to get first view of controversial Gurlitt art collection
After a long legal battle as to the ownership, the Gurlitt collection will go on view in Bern and Bonn between November 2017 and March 2018. The true provenance of many works in the collection, which includes paintings by Matisse, … More…
