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Painting of the Day (SOLD archives) – Edouard Cortes’s “Champs Élysées, Clemenceau”
Painting of the Day (SOLD archives) – Edouard Cortes’s “Champs Élysées, Clemenceau”

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives) – Edouard Cortes’s “Champs Élysées, Clemenceau”

Champs Élysées, Clemenceau.  Here is a beautiful, mid summer’s day, Edouard Cortes (1882-1969) painting that we sold back in 2006.  

Art Dealer’s (Jan Krugier) Legendary Collection To Be Sold At Acution
Art Dealer’s (Jan Krugier) Legendary Collection To Be Sold At Acution

Art Dealer’s (Jan Krugier) Legendary Collection To Be Sold At Acution

Christie’s to Auction a Dealer’s Legendary Collection – 5 years after his death, the Jan Krugier’s personal collection (and inventory from his gallery) will be sold in November.  Included are a number of works by Picasso.  

Romanian’s Tale Has Art World Fearing the Worst
Romanian’s Tale Has Art World Fearing the Worst

Romanian’s Tale Has Art World Fearing the Worst

Romanian’s Tale Has Art World Fearing the Worst  – this one makes me sick!  Some people are just sooooo stupid.  

Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE – NEW) Ben Bauer’s “Day Break in Rural Minnesota”
Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE – NEW) Ben Bauer’s “Day Break in Rural Minnesota”

Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE – NEW) Ben Bauer’s “Day Break in Rural Minnesota”

Ben Bauer’s, Day Break in Rural Minnesota.    

Heide Pfüetzner, Artist With ALS, Creates Amazing Paintings Using Software, Her Mind
Heide Pfüetzner, Artist With ALS, Creates Amazing Paintings Using Software, Her Mind

Heide Pfüetzner, Artist With ALS, Creates Amazing Paintings Using Software, Her Mind

With all of the advancements in technology over the past decades nothing seems impossible.  Below is a link to a truly inspiring, uplifting and wonderful story about a woman struggle with ALS and how bio-medical engineers were able to give … More…

Painting (Gouache) of the Day (SOLD archives) – Galien Laloue’s “Foire aux pains d’Epices, La Nation”
Painting (Gouache) of the Day (SOLD archives) – Galien Laloue’s “Foire aux pains d’Epices, La Nation”

Painting (Gouache) of the Day (SOLD archives) – Galien Laloue’s “Foire aux pains d’Epices, La Nation”

Foire aux pains d’Epices, La Nation.  here is a fabulous example of Eugene Galien Laloue’s (1854-1941) work that we sold many years ago.  

Richard Diebenkorn: The Berkeley Years, 1953-1966 at the de Young Museum
Richard Diebenkorn: The Berkeley Years, 1953-1966 at the de Young Museum

Richard Diebenkorn: The Berkeley Years, 1953-1966 at the de Young Museum

Richard Diebenkorn: The Berkeley Years, 1953-1966 | de Young Museum – a review, by David Littlejohn, of the current Diebenkorn exhibition at the de Young Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco.  The show runs through September 29.  

All the Americas in Tulsa … the Thomas Gilcrease Museum
All the Americas in Tulsa … the Thomas Gilcrease Museum

All the Americas in Tulsa … the Thomas Gilcrease Museum

All the Americas in Tulsa | Thomas Gilcrease Museum – Gilcrease was a self-made oilman whose first purchase, in 1922, was Daniel Ridgway Knight’s Rural Courtship … one of the most widely reproduced paintings by the artist.  His story makes for … More…

Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE – NEW!) Julie Bell’s “If Wishes Were Horses”
Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE – NEW!) Julie Bell’s “If Wishes Were Horses”

Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE – NEW!) Julie Bell’s “If Wishes Were Horses”

A great example of Julie Bell’s fantasy paintings,  If Wishes Were Horses.

Museum Analyzes Ash Thought To Be Burned Remains Of Art By Picasso, Matisse & More
Museum Analyzes Ash Thought To Be Burned Remains Of Art By Picasso, Matisse & More

Museum Analyzes Ash Thought To Be Burned Remains Of Art By Picasso, Matisse & More

More recent news on the October 16th Rotterdam’s Kunsthal museum theft. Previous Blog post on this topic (5/30/13) – New Evidence About the Rotterdam’s Kunsthal Museum Theft     Museum Analyzes Ash Thought To Be Burned Remains Of Art By Picasso, … More…

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives) – Charles Jacque’s “A Shepherdess Resting with Her Flock”
Painting of the Day (SOLD archives) – Charles Jacque’s “A Shepherdess Resting with Her Flock”

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives) – Charles Jacque’s “A Shepherdess Resting with Her Flock”

A Shepherdess Resting with Her Flock. Here is a classic example of the 19th century French artist Charles Emile Jacque’s (1813-1894) work that passed through the gallery’s hands about 10-12 years ago.  

Titian’s New Way to Heaven – Assumption of the Virgin
Titian’s New Way to Heaven – Assumption of the Virgin

Titian’s New Way to Heaven – Assumption of the Virgin

Titian’s New Way to Heaven | Assumption of the Virgin – Karen Wilkin’s thoughts on Titian’s Assumption of the Virgin – a 23 foot tall masterpiece created when the artist was just 28.  

Alfred Munnings: Out in the Open at the National Sporting Museum & Library
Alfred Munnings: Out in the Open at the National Sporting Museum & Library

Alfred Munnings: Out in the Open at the National Sporting Museum & Library

Alfred Munnings: Out in the Open | National Sporting Museum & Library – One of the most important British Sporting artists of the 20th century – Sir Alfred Munnings – is the subject of an exhibition at the National Sporting Museum … More…

The Newport Antiques Show – July 26 – 28 – Discount Coupon
The Newport Antiques Show – July 26 – 28 – Discount Coupon

The Newport Antiques Show – July 26 – 28 – Discount Coupon

The Newport Antiques Show (Discount Coupon) – The gallery will be exhibiting at The Newport Antiques Show which opens to the public on July 26th at 10am (Gala Preview Party is July 25). We will be showing paintings by Boudin, Corot, … More…

Looted Art From Cypriot Churches Is Returned by Germany
Looted Art From Cypriot Churches Is Returned by Germany

Looted Art From Cypriot Churches Is Returned by Germany

For more than a decade, Cyprus has been fighting to have art and artifacts returned after they were discovered back in 1997 in Munich. In all, 173 works were deemed to be taken illegally after the Turkish invasion and were … More…

Lego Artist Nathan Sawaya
Lego Artist Nathan Sawaya

Lego Artist Nathan Sawaya

I cannot tell you how many times I limped around the house when I was younger after stepping on one of my brothers legos…which were everywhere! And while he made some pretty awesome pieces I do not think they ever … More…