Columbia University School of the Arts Receives $1.5 Million Scholarship Grant from LeRoy Neiman
The LeRoy Neiman Foundation has announced a $1.5 million donation that will aid students at Columbia University School of the Arts. Students seeking a Masters of Fine Arts in printmaking will benefit greatly from the donation. On top of the … More…
‘Degenerate Art: The Attack on Modern Art in Nazi Germany, 1937’ – Neue Galerie
‘Degenerate Art: The Attack on Modern Art in Nazi Germany, 1937’ — a nice review of the Neue Galerie’s current exhibition which runs through June 30. Included are about 80 works (paintings, drawing, books, posters, etc.) by Klee, Kokoschka, Matare, Beckmann … More…
John Lennon’s Artwork Coming to NYC Auction
John Lennon’s Artwork Coming to NYC Auction – here is your chance to by some of artwork and manuscripts by the late Beatles singer John Lennon. Do you think the value here is based on the quality of the work, or … More…
Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Daniel Ridgway Knight’s “Among the Poppies”
Among the Poppies. here is a beauty by Daniel Ridgway Knight (1839-1924) from our more recently sold archives. This particular painting is among Knight’s earliest works in which he features a young peasant woman walking through, or standing in, a … More…
Ribner on a Repainting by Jean-Francois Millet
Ribner on a Repainting by Millet. Here is an interesting article in the recently published Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide’s online journal discussing Millet’s Captivity of the Jews in Babylon. At the Salon of 1848 Millet exhibited two works … The Winnower … More…
Painting of the Day (just hit the SOLD archives): Daniel Ridgway Knight’s “Water Carrier”
Wooing The Public To Recover A John Constable In Switzerland
Wooing the Public to Recover Art – here is a very interesting story about one family’s attempt to recover a John Constable that was looted from their family during the war. The work is in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in … More…