Tag: 1940s

Marlo Pascual and Sergej Jensen Open Solo Exhibitions at Aspen Art Museum

ASPEN, CO.- The Aspen Art Museum’s third Jane and Marc Nathanson Distinguished Artist in Residence is New York-based artist Marlo Pascual. Pascual combines glamorous photographs of women from the 1940s and 50s with found objects and light sources …

MFA Houston Announces Acquisition of Over 160 Decorative Arts Objects

HOUSTON, TX.- The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), announced the acquisition through gift and purchase of more than 160 works from the exceptional private decorative arts collection of Leatrice and Melvin Eagle, collectors based in Potomac, Marylan…

Inverleith House Opens First Museum Exhibition in the UK Devoted to the Artist Joan Mitchell

EDINBURGH.- Inverleith House presents the first museum exhibition in the UK devoted to the artist Joan Mitchell (1925–1992) – one of the most important and singular American painters of the post war period, whose influence and stature are gai…

Underground Gallery: London Transport Posters 1920s-1940s at MoMA

NEW YORK, NY.- After World War I, striking modern posters began to transform the stations of London’s Underground, the first subterranean railway system in the world. These posters were the crucial face of a pioneering public transport campaign fo…

Robert Capa Exhibition at Círculo de Bellas Artes Focuses on Famous Photograph

MADRID.- Robert Capa is, without a doubt, one of the leading photographers of the twentieth century. His most striking images—of the Spanish Civil War, of the Sino-Japanese conflict, of World War II—all appeared in the pages of the leading pi…

Delaware Art Museum Presents ‘Art In The ’Toon Age’

Wilmington, DE – The Delaware Art Museum presents Art in the ’Toon Age, an exhibition of nearly 60 paintings, works on paper, and mixed-media pieces, from March 24 through May 13, 2007.  This exhibition showcases artists from three generations a…

Peabody Essex Museum Announces Re-Opening of Crowninshield-Bentley House

SALEM, MA.- The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) announces the reopening of one of its most storied properties, the Crowninshield-Bentley House. The house, one of 22 historic properties stewarded by PEM, is located at 126 Essex Street in Salem, MA and design…

Lackluster Bidding for John Steinbeck’s New York City Archive

NEW YORK (AP).- An auction of a trove of author John Steinbeck’s letters, manuscripts and photographs from his New York City apartment produced lackluster bidding on Wednesday, with half of the items failing to sell or fetching prices below their pre-s…

Lackluster Bidding for John Steinbeck’s NYC Archive

NEW YORK (AP).- An auction of a trove of author John Steinbeck’s letters, manuscripts and photographs from his New York City apartment produced lackluster bidding on Wednesday, with half of the items failing to sell or fetching prices below their pre-s…

DAVID ZWIRNER REPRESENTS THE ESTATE OF ALICE NEEL

New York City – David Zwirner is pleased to announce that the gallery now represents the Estate of Alice Neel.  Alice Neel (1900-1984) is widely regarded as one of the most important American painters of the twentieth century. As the Americ…

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