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Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Victor Marais-Milton’s “The New Chef” – Happy New Year!
Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Victor Marais-Milton’s “The New Chef” – Happy New Year!

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Victor Marais-Milton’s “The New Chef” – Happy New Year!

The New Chef.  From our 2014 SOLD archives … the largest  Victor Marais-Milton painting we have seen.  These guys are ready for a New Years celebration!  

Dad turns toddler’s cute phrases into art
Dad turns toddler’s cute phrases into art

Dad turns toddler’s cute phrases into art

Dad turns toddler’s cute phrases into art– Here is a cute one for the last day of 2014 … little kids can say some funny things.  

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Eugene Galien Laloue’s “La Place de la Republique, sous la Neige”
Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Eugene Galien Laloue’s “La Place de la Republique, sous la Neige”

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Eugene Galien Laloue’s “La Place de la Republique, sous la Neige”

La Place de la Republique, sous la Neige.  from our 2004 SOLD archives …. a very nice Eugene Galien Laloue (1854-1941).  Gotta love Paris in the snow!  

Facing Hortense Fiquet; on ‘Madame Cézanne’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Facing Hortense Fiquet; on ‘Madame Cézanne’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Facing Hortense Fiquet; on ‘Madame Cézanne’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Facing Hortense Fiquet; on ‘Madame Cézanne’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art– Karen Wilkin’s review of the Met’s current Cézanne exhibition which runs through March 15.  

Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE): Maurice de Vlaminck’s “La Route”
Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE): Maurice de Vlaminck’s “La Route”

Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE): Maurice de Vlaminck’s “La Route”

La Route.  This Maurice de Vlaminck (1876-1958) was just added to our available online inventory.  

Jason Farago’s 10 greatest feasts in art
Jason Farago’s 10 greatest feasts in art

Jason Farago’s 10 greatest feasts in art

The 10 greatest feasts in art.  Nice little slide show featuring da Vinci, Bellini, Veronese, Rubens, Steen, Martin and a few others.  

Painting of the Day (just hit the SOLD archives): Jose Frappa’s “The Surprise Visit”
Painting of the Day (just hit the SOLD archives): Jose Frappa’s “The Surprise Visit”

Painting of the Day (just hit the SOLD archives): Jose Frappa’s “The Surprise Visit”

The Surprise Visit.  This one came in and went out so quickly that it never made it to the available online inventory … Jose Frappa’s The Surprise Visit — perfect for the holidays!  

‘Good artists copy, great artists steal’ – Sturtevant at MoMA
‘Good artists copy, great artists steal’ – Sturtevant at MoMA

‘Good artists copy, great artists steal’ – Sturtevant at MoMA

‘Good artists copy, great artists steal’.  An interesting article about the exhibition — Sturtevant: Double Trouble — that is on through February 22nd at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.   Here is a link to MoMA’s site … More…

Virtually unseen Cezanne painting belonging to the Ford family sells for $100M
Virtually unseen Cezanne painting belonging to the Ford family sells for $100M

Virtually unseen Cezanne painting belonging to the Ford family sells for $100M

Virtually unseen Cezanne painting belonging to the Ford family sells for $100M– sold in a private transaction … one BIG price!  The original purchase price was $242,000.  

Painting of the Day (just hit the SOLD archives): Leon Perrault’s “Le Reveil de l’Amour”
Painting of the Day (just hit the SOLD archives): Leon Perrault’s “Le Reveil de l’Amour”

Painting of the Day (just hit the SOLD archives): Leon Perrault’s “Le Reveil de l’Amour”

Le Reveil de l’Amour.  this important piece by Leon Perrault (1832-1908), which was just added to our web site, has been SOLD and will be heading to a new home just after the New Year!  

How Wassily Kandinsky’s synaethesia changed art
How Wassily Kandinsky’s synaethesia changed art

How Wassily Kandinsky’s synaethesia changed art

How Wassily Kandinsky’s synaethesia changed art– This is very interesting … synaesthesia, a harmless condition that allows a person to appreciate sounds, colors or words with two or more senses simultaneously. In his case, colors and painted marks triggered particular sounds … More…

Painting of the Day (SOLD) Allan Bank’s “Girl With Her Singing Cockatoo”
Painting of the Day (SOLD) Allan Bank’s “Girl With Her Singing Cockatoo”

Painting of the Day (SOLD) Allan Bank’s “Girl With Her Singing Cockatoo”

Girl With Her Singing Cockatoo, SOLD a few years ago.  

Sargent in Your Pocket: Tintypes the Next Thing in Fine Art Reproductions?
Sargent in Your Pocket: Tintypes the Next Thing in Fine Art Reproductions?

Sargent in Your Pocket: Tintypes the Next Thing in Fine Art Reproductions?

I think this article is pretty awesome…  We recently had Eric Alexander Santoli in the gallery talking about a new take on reproductions: tintypes.  Similar to the daguerreotype (the first form of photography) Eric and his friend Christopher- Calvin Pollard … More…

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Henry John Yeend King’s “Picnic on the River”
Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Henry John Yeend King’s “Picnic on the River”

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Henry John Yeend King’s “Picnic on the River”

Picnic on the river.  here is another from the 19th/20th century British Victorian artist Henry John Yeend King (1855-1924) that we sold back in the 1980s.  

‘Early Mona Lisa’ goes on public display for the first time
‘Early Mona Lisa’ goes on public display for the first time

‘Early Mona Lisa’ goes on public display for the first time

‘Early Mona Lisa’ goes on public display for the first time– here is an interesting one … another da Vinci comes to light — or is it?  

Painting of the Day (SOLD) Tony South’s “A Brace of Silverbacks”
Painting of the Day (SOLD) Tony South’s “A Brace of Silverbacks”

Painting of the Day (SOLD) Tony South’s “A Brace of Silverbacks”

Tony South’s A Brace of Silverbacks, sold a couple of years ago.