“Le Moulin Rouge a Montmartre” by Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard “Le Moulin Rouge a Montmartre”Le Moulin Rouge a Montmartre—We just added this rare view of the Moulin Rouge by Antoine Blanchard (1910-1988) to the online inventory. Le Moulin Rouge, located in the Pigalle district of Paris, is … More…
ARC Salon Exhibition opens at the Salmagundi Club
The ARC Salon Exhibition opens at the Salmagundi Club this week. Fred Ross, chairman of the Art Renewal Center (ARC), will be giving a lecture entitled “The Visual Language of Realism and Its Critical Importance in Fine Art” on the evening … More…
Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE): John F. Herring Jr.’s “Farmyard Friends”
Source: Farmyard Friends – we just added this great painting by John Frederick Herring Jr.’s to our available online inventory. We first sold this work back in 2001 and are very pleased to be able to offer it again. If you are a … More…
Retired Art Teacher Leaves $1.7 Million to the Detroit Institute of Arts
They always say you should save for a rainy day … guess Elizabeth Verdow did not have too many rainy days during her lifetime! This retired school teacher, who spent her career teaching art in the Detroit school system, passed … More…
The Secret to All Great Art Forgeries
A great article on the art of the forger by Jeff Taylor. I believe that many of these forgers get away with it because of one thing … greed. When there is a great deal of money at stake, people … More…
What is it like to work as a painting authenticator?
A very short story about Dr. Elize Maza and her job as an art authenticator. According to the article, Dr. Maza states that the procedure can take anything from an hour to a year. What I can tell you, from someone who … More…
Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE): Jean Dufy’s “Quai de la Planchette a Honfleur”
Source: Quai de la Planchette a Honfleur – I am pleased to report that yesterday’s 10 hour ‘road trip’ was a success … I retrieved our Jean Dufy painting. It is a long story, but with a little help from a brilliant attorney … More…
Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Edouard Cortes’s “Porte St. Denis in the Winter”
Source: Porte St. Denis in the Winter – Here is a 1950s Edouard Cortes that we first sold back in 2003 and again just a couple of weeks ago. If you are a fan of Cortes’s work, I think you will like … More…
Market News: the art boom plateau?
Lots of people chiming in on the state of the art market and where it goes from here. None of us have a crystal ball and most of this comes down to a ‘gut feeling’ … and, of course, how … More…