LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents Manly Pursuits: The Sporting Images of Thomas Eakins, on view from July 25 to October 17, 2010. Organized exclusively for LACMA by Ilene Susan Fort, the museum’s Gail and John…
Exhibition of Norman Rockwell Study Photographs and Paintings Announced at Brooklyn Museum
BROOKLYN, NY.- To create many of his iconic, quintessentially American paintings, most of which served as magazine covers, Norman Rockwell worked from carefully staged study photographs that are on view for the first time, alongside his paintings, draw…
LACMA Features First Los Angeles Exhibition of Thomas Eakins Since 1927
Los
Angeles, CA – The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents Manly Pursuits: The Sporting Images of
Thomas Eakins, on view from July 25 to October 17, 2010. Organized
exclusively for LACMA by Ilene Susan Fort, the museum’s Gail …
Paintings, Sculptures and Drawings by Roy Lichtenstein on View at Museum Ludwig
COLOGNE.- The halftone dots used by Pop maestro Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) are world famous. Taking motifs from the realms of comics and consumerism, Lichtenstein made paintings by piecing together dots and coloured surfaces. But a very different sid…
LACMA Presents 150 Years of American Masterpieces
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of
Art (LACMA) presents American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915, a
major exhibition highlighting the variety and strength of
American artistic achievement during an epochal centur…
Garber Headlines Strong Fine Paintings Sale at Freeman’s
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Led by the success of Daniel Garber’s “Old Farm in the Hills,” which realized $457,000 against an estimate of $200,000-300,000, Freeman’s June 13 sale of ‘Fine American & European Paintings and Sculpture’ was a testament to the stren…
Collectors Compete for American Paintings at Swann Auction Galleries
NEW YORK, NY.- Active bidding by private collectors resulted in a strong auction of American Art and Contemporary Art at Swann Galleries on June 8. The sale’s top lots, offered in the Contemporary Art section, were Louise Nevelson’s Maquette …