WASHINGTON (AP).- Two farm boys rest in a field, a quiet moment emblematic of 19th century rural America, brings nostalgia via a new 44-cent postage stamp being released Thursday. The stamp, the latest in the Postal Service’s American Treasures series,…
Works by Three Major Northern Lights to Star in Bonhams Auction
LONDON.- Works by three major Northern artists are heading south to London to feature in Bonhams 19th Century Paintings auction on 29th September 2010. John Martin (1789-1854) was born in Haydon Bridge and went on to become one of the most popular arti…
Priceless Record of Native American World on Brink of Change at Bonhams
LONDON.- A series of fascinating and important 19th century portraits of Native Americans by the pioneering German/American photographer, John Karl Hillers are for sale in Bonhams India and Beyond sale at Knightsbridge on 5 October 2010. Hillers emigra…
Priceless Record of Native American World on Brink of Change at Bonhams
LONDON.- A series of fascinating and important 19th century portraits of Native Americans by the pioneering German/American photographer, John Karl Hillers are for sale in Bonhams India and Beyond sale at Knightsbridge on 5 October 2010. Hillers emigra…
19th Century Topographical Artists Star at Bonhams Sale
LONDON.- Three very different but equally intriguing 19th century topographical artists star in Bonhams next Travel and Exploration sale in London on 15 September – reminders of the hardship and courage involved in bringing back images of far flung p…
Last Carnegie Hall Resident, Elizabeth Sargent, Forced Out of Towers
NEW YORK (AP).- All of her neighbors are gone, forced out. Now Elizabeth Sargent, the last holdout tenant of Carnegie Hall’s towers, is preparing to leave the affordable studios that for more than a century housed some of America’s most brilliant crea…
Van Gogh Museum Announces Naturalism in Art with the Exhibition Illusions of Reality
AMSTERDAM.- From 8 October 2010 to 16 January 2011, the Van Gogh Museum will be presenting Illusions of reality: Naturalist painting, photography and cinema, 1875-1918. The exhibition, curated by guest curator Gabriel P. Weisberg, Professor of Art Hist…
Portrait of Charlie Chaplin’s Favourite for Sale at Bonhams
LONDON.- A portrait by Joaquín Sorolla, entitled ‘La Bella Raquel’ is to highlight Bonhams 19th Century Paintings auction on 29th September 2010, New Bond Street, London. Acclaimed as a ‘genius’ by Sarah Bernhardt, Raquel Meller wa…
Scientists Say Prehistoric Man Enjoyed 3D Cinema Too
VIENNA.- As far back as the Copper Age our ancestors viewed “films” in an open air cinema setting – and, moreover, in 3D with surround sound. This conclusion arises from the discovery of sites containing prehistoric rock engravings, which provided an a…
James Ensor’s Innovative and Profound Paintings on View at Musée d’Orsay
PARIS.- When presented at the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts
de Belgique in Brussels and at the Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten in
Antwerp, the work of James Ensor (1860-1949) is that of a Belgian painter who is
both innovative and tortured…