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Jewish Treasures and Nazi Confiscation
Jewish Treasures and Nazi Confiscation

Jewish Treasures and Nazi Confiscation

Two very interesting cases involving art allegedly confiscated by the Nazi’s.   Norwegian museum agrees to return painting by Matisse to Rosenberg’s heirs    Advisory body to German government finds against Jewish claimants for the €400m Guelph Treasure  

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Edouard Leon Cortes’ “By the Mill”
Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Edouard Leon Cortes’ “By the Mill”

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Edouard Leon Cortes’ “By the Mill”

By the Mill.  here is nice landscape by the 20th century French artist Edouard Leon Cortes (1882-1969) that we sold about 10 years ago.  

John Lennon’s Artwork Coming to NYC Auction
John Lennon’s Artwork Coming to NYC Auction

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…

Naked Verses Nude
Naked Verses Nude

Naked Verses Nude

      The naked truth about the nude in art 

Painting of the Day (SOLD – Heroes, Villains, Myths, Legends) Victoria Steel’s “The Sandman”
Painting of the Day (SOLD – Heroes, Villains, Myths, Legends) Victoria Steel’s “The Sandman”

Painting of the Day (SOLD – Heroes, Villains, Myths, Legends) Victoria Steel’s “The Sandman”

Heroes, Villains, Myths, Legends.  

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

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 Jean-Francois Millet

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 (SOLD – Heroes, Villains, Myths, Legends) Jason Brady’s “Pyrrhic Victory”
Painting of the Day (SOLD – Heroes, Villains, Myths, Legends) Jason Brady’s “Pyrrhic Victory”

Painting of the Day (SOLD – Heroes, Villains, Myths, Legends) Jason Brady’s “Pyrrhic Victory”

Heroes, Villains, Myths, Legends.  

Painting of the Day (just hit the SOLD archives): Daniel Ridgway Knight’s “Water Carrier”
Painting of the Day (just hit the SOLD archives): Daniel Ridgway Knight’s “Water Carrier”

Painting of the Day (just hit the SOLD archives): Daniel Ridgway Knight’s “Water Carrier”

Water Carrier.  here is one that hit the SOLD archives on Friday.  A very nice watercolor by the American artist Daniel Ridgway Knight (1839-1924).  This particular piece was exhibited at the 1890 Industrial Exposition, Chicago.