LONDON.- A beautiful painting by the Victorian watercolourist Helen Allingham entitled By the cottage gate, Mayfield, East Sussex is estimated to sell for £7,000-10,000 in Bonhams 19th Century Pictures auction on 27th January 2011. East Sussex was a c…
Stunning Watercolour of East Sussex Cottage by Helen Allingham to be Sold at Bonhams
LONDON.- A beautiful painting by the Victorian watercolourist Helen Allingham entitled By the cottage gate, Mayfield, East Sussex is estimated to sell for £7,000-10,000 in Bonhams 19th Century Pictures auction on 27th January 2011. East Sussex was a c…
Tate Britain is Changing: First Phase of Major Building Project Starts this Autumn
LONDON.- This autumn Tate Britain embarks on a process which takes the gallery into the first phase of a major building project, through a period of transition and into a changed approach to showing the collections in newly refurbished galleries. The t…
A Photographic Lovesong to the Modern Woman by Garry Winogrand at Camera Work
BERLIN.- Camera Work presents in the context of the fourth European Month of Photography the legendary series ‘Women are beautiful‘ from Garry Winogrand, Often regarded as the founder of ‘street photography’, the American Garry Win…
The Most Important Depiction of Henry VIII’s "Lost" Palace to Be Offered at Christie’s
LONDON.- Christie’s announce that they will offer an exceptionally rare and beautiful depiction of the ‘lost’ palace of Nonsuch at the auction of Old Masters and 19th Century Art on 7 December 2010. Commissioned by King Henry VIII in ord…
The Most Important Depiction of Henry VIII’s "Lost" Palace to Be Offered at Christie’s
LONDON.- Christie’s announce that they will offer an exceptionally rare and beautiful depiction of the ‘lost’ palace of Nonsuch at the auction of Old Masters and 19th Century Art on 7 December 2010. Commissioned by King Henry VIII in ord…
Thomas Moran’s Early Landscape of Juniata Valley, Pa, is Acquired by National Gallery of Art
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Board of Trustees of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, voted last week to acquire The Juniata, Evening, an exceptional painting done in 1864 by American artist Thomas Moran (1837-1926). Purchased from a private collect…
Thomas Moran’s Early Landscape of Juniata Valley, Pa, is Acquired by National Gallery of Art
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Board of Trustees of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, voted last week to acquire The Juniata, Evening, an exceptional painting done in 1864 by American artist Thomas Moran (1837-1926). Purchased from a private collect…
Model of Renzo Piano-Designed West Building Now on View at the Kimbell Art Museum
FORT WORTH, TX.- A detailed scale model of Renzo Piano’s design for the Kimbell Art Museum’s new west building is now on display in the Museum’s lobby. “The model is beautiful,” commented Eric M. Lee, the Museum’s directo…
Important Italian Plate Serves Up Success at Freeman’s
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Late Wednesday evening, Freeman’s received a call for a special private viewing from a Parisian who had flown over to see Italian maiolica istoriata dish, measuring only 10 1/8th inch in diameter. The next day, the small, but beautif…