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Heroes, Villains, Myths, Legends – Fine Art Connoisseur’s Web Coverage – #HVML
Heroes, Villains, Myths, Legends – Fine Art Connoisseur’s Web Coverage – #HVML

Heroes, Villains, Myths, Legends – Fine Art Connoisseur’s Web Coverage – #HVML

Heroes, Villains, Myths, Legends – Here is a link to Fine Art Connoisseur’s web post about our show which opens to the public tomorrow at 11 am.  

Painting of the Day ( just hit the SOLD archives) John Stobart’s “Sail and Early Steam”
Painting of the Day ( just hit the SOLD archives) John Stobart’s “Sail and Early Steam”

Painting of the Day ( just hit the SOLD archives) John Stobart’s “Sail and Early Steam”

Sail and Early Steam – a very recent piece by the American marine master John Stobart set sail for a new home.  

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): William Bouguereau’s “Tête d’Etude l’Oiseau”
Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): William Bouguereau’s “Tête d’Etude l’Oiseau”

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): William Bouguereau’s “Tête d’Etude l’Oiseau”

Tête d’Etude l’Oiseau.  Here is one really nice piece by William A. Bouguereau (1825-1905) from the 1980s sold archives.  

Art Market Nears Record With $66 Billion in Global Sales
Art Market Nears Record With $66 Billion in Global Sales

Art Market Nears Record With $66 Billion in Global Sales

Art Market Nears Record With $66 Billion in Global Sales – from the numbers it appears the art market is almost back to its 2007 high of about $66.73 Billion … in my book, $66 billion or $66.73 billion is all … More…

Heroes, Villains, Myths, Legends – Thursday Teaser Image #HVML
Heroes, Villains, Myths, Legends – Thursday Teaser Image #HVML

Heroes, Villains, Myths, Legends – Thursday Teaser Image #HVML

Heroes, Villains, Myths, Legends – here is Thursday’s teaser image for our Heroes, Villains, Myths, Legends exhibition which opens at 11 am on Saturday.  This one is by Canita Ruan from the Ani Art Academies Anguilla.  

Painting of the Day (SOLD) Julie Bell’s “Alpha Wolf”
Painting of the Day (SOLD) Julie Bell’s “Alpha Wolf”

Painting of the Day (SOLD) Julie Bell’s “Alpha Wolf”

Alpha Wolf – this Julie Bell piece made its way to a new home late last week.  

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Daniel Ridgway Knight’s “Chrysanthemums”
Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Daniel Ridgway Knight’s “Chrysanthemums”

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Daniel Ridgway Knight’s “Chrysanthemums”

Chrysanthemums.  Here is a fabulous Daniel Ridgway Knight (1839-1924) that we sold back in 2004.  

Anders Zorn and Philip Pearlstein Retrospectives Open at National Academy Museum
Anders Zorn and Philip Pearlstein Retrospectives Open at National Academy Museum

Anders Zorn and Philip Pearlstein Retrospectives Open at National Academy Museum

Anders Zorn and Philip Pearlstein Retrospectives Open at National Academy Museum – two shows running at the National Academy Museum on Fifth Ave: Anders Zorn: Sweden’s Master Painter & Anders Zorn’s American Associates is on view through May 18 while Philip Pearlstein: Six … More…

Heroes, Villains, Myths, Legends – Wednesday Teaser Image #HVML
Heroes, Villains, Myths, Legends – Wednesday Teaser Image #HVML

Heroes, Villains, Myths, Legends – Wednesday Teaser Image #HVML

Heroes, Villains, Myths, Legends – here is Wednesday’s teaser image (detail) of Joe Dillon’s drawing for the upcoming Heroes, Villains, Myths, Legends show that will open on Saturday at 11 am.  Hope you will be there.  

Painting of the Day (just SOLD) Sally Swatland’s “Corona del Mar”
Painting of the Day (just SOLD) Sally Swatland’s “Corona del Mar”

Painting of the Day (just SOLD) Sally Swatland’s “Corona del Mar”

Corona del Mar – this beautiful California coastal view by Sally Swatland recently made its way to a new home.  

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Julien Dupre’s “Glaneuses”
Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Julien Dupre’s “Glaneuses”

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Julien Dupre’s “Glaneuses”

Glaneuses.  here is an important, early, painting by the 19th century French Realist artist Julien Dupre (1851-1910) that we sold about 10 years ago.  Glaneuses was Dupre’s 1880 Paris Salon entry.  

Pictures of Consummate Simplicity From a Tortured Soul – Norman Rockwell
Pictures of Consummate Simplicity From a Tortured Soul – Norman Rockwell

Pictures of Consummate Simplicity From a Tortured Soul – Norman Rockwell

Pictures of Consummate Simplicity From a Tortured Soul – a review by Christine Lin (Epoch Times) of American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell which runs from Feb. 28 through May 26 at the Newark Museum, N.J.  

Heroes, Villains, Myths, Legends – Tuesday Teaser Image #HVML
Heroes, Villains, Myths, Legends – Tuesday Teaser Image #HVML

Heroes, Villains, Myths, Legends – Tuesday Teaser Image #HVML

Heroes, Villains, Myths, Legends – here is Tuesday’s teaser image for our upcoming exhibition Heroes, Villains, Myths, Legends opening on March 15 at 11 am.  

Celebrities in photoshopped Renaissance paintings are just too funny for words
Celebrities in photoshopped Renaissance paintings are just too funny for words

Celebrities in photoshopped Renaissance paintings are just too funny for words

Thanks to Photoshop you can just about create any image imaginable….Ever wonder what today’s celebrities would have looked like during the Renaissance?  Well, worth1000.com did and this is what they came up with! Celebrities in photoshopped Renaissance paintings are just … More…

Painting of the Day (recently SOLD) David Palumbo’s “Angela #1”
Painting of the Day (recently SOLD) David Palumbo’s “Angela #1”

Painting of the Day (recently SOLD) David Palumbo’s “Angela #1”

Angela #1 – this little David Palumbo recently hit the sold section.  

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Eugene Boudin’s “Hôpital-Camfrout, Le Bourg”
Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Eugene Boudin’s “Hôpital-Camfrout, Le Bourg”

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Eugene Boudin’s “Hôpital-Camfrout, Le Bourg”

Hôpital-Camfrout, Le Bourg.  here is an 1872 Eugene Boudin (1824-1898) that we sold back in 2006.