How my family recovered a painting stolen by the Nazis and sold it for $2.9 million
Great summary of one family’s recovery of a looted painting — Max Liebermann’s Two Riders on a Beach — which came to light during the Gurlitt story. It is interesting to note that of the 1200 works found in Gurlitt’s possession, to … More…
Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE): Edouard Cortes’s “Place de la Bastille”
Source: Place de la Bastille – in celebration of Bastille Day, here is an available painting by the 20th century French artist Edouard Leon Cortes (1882-1969). On July 14, French National Day as it is known in France, the country commemorates … More…
‘Sarah Charlesworth: Doubleworld’ at the New Museum
Richard B. Woodward’s coverage of the Sarah Charlesworth retrospective that is currently on view at the New Museum. According to Woodward, Charlesworth was an artist who significantly altered how photographs could be used to expose the many hidden meanings they harbored. … More…
Painting of the Day (just hit the SOLD archives): William A. Walker’s “Cabin Scene”
Source: Cabin Scene – Here is something a little different for us … a classic piece by the 19th century American artist William Aiken Walker (1839 – 1921) that was recently sold. Walker was born in Charleston, S.C., and served … More…
‘Impressionism and the Caribbean: Francisco Oller and His Transatlantic World’
Here is an interesting exhibition featuring an artist who very few, outside the art world, have heard of – Francisco Oller (1833-1917). The exhibition will feature 40 of Oller’s works alongside some of his contemporaries: Frederic Church, Winslow Homer, Corot, Courbet, … More…
5Pointz Artists Sue Over Defacement of Work
Here is an interesting lawsuit that will be making its way through our legal system. Seems as though the new owners of 5Pointz in Long Island City whitewashed large areas of the “Graffiti Mecca” — now the artists want their … More…
Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Henry John Boddington’s “Early Morning on the Thames”
Source: Early Morning on the Thames – Here is one from our late 1970s / early 1980s sold archives by the 19th century British Victorian landscape artist Henry John Boddington (1811-1865). Henry John was born into the Williams family and decided … More…
Ashmolean Museum hands back Renaissance riches linked to Nazi looters
Here is a nice story about a museum doing the right thing … after the Ashmolean Museum received a large gift from the estate of Michael Wellby they proceeded to trace the provenance of the items. Professor Tim Wilson, the museum’s … More…
Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Montague Dawson’s “The Crest of a Wave”
Source: The Crest of a Wave – Here is a dramatic ship portrait by the 20th century British artist Montague Dawson (1895-1973) that we sold in 2011. Dawson is considered, by many, to be Britain’s most important marine artist of the 20th … More…
Jackson Pollock’s forgotten bleak masterpieces – Tate Liverpool
This should be a very interesting exhibition of Jackson Pollock in monochrome. In 1951 Pollock began to explore a middle ground between abstraction and figuration in a series of works painted in black on raw canvas. He exhibited them at … More…