AMSTERDAM.- As part of its Masterpieces on Paper series, the Rijksmuseum presents the exhibition The Secret of Lines. This minor exhibition features 18 masterfully crafted 16th – and 17th-century prints and drawings from the Rijksmuseum collection, wh…
200 Prints by Francisco de Goya, From His Most Important Series, on View in Valladolid
VALLADOLID.- The Municipal Exhibition Hall of the Museum of Passion in Valladolid, is hosting through 16 January 2011, 200 prints by Francisco de Goya, belonging to the complete series of “Los Caprichos”, “The Disasters of War “and “Bullfight”, in an e…
The American Landscapes of Asher B. Durand at the Fundación Juan March
MADRID.- This exhibition of 140 works—including oil paintings, drawings and prints—is the first monographic exhibition devoted to Durand outside the United States, where he is recognized as a leading landscape painter and pioneer engraver. Th…
First Museum Exhibition in Switzerland of Work by Eccentric Landscape Artist Carl Wilhelm Kolbe
ZURICH.- The Kunsthaus Zürich presents, through 28 November, Switzerland’s first museum exhibition of work by eccentric landscape artist Carl Wilhelm Kolbe (1759–1835). At the centre of the show are Kolbe’s landscape engravings featuring eno…
Researchers Unveil "Holy Grail" of Audubon Illustration
PHILADELPHIA (REUTERS).- Researchers have found the first published illustration by John James Audubon, America’s most famous bird artist, ending decades of searching for the prized but elusive work. Audubon had made two references to the illustration …
The American Landscapes of Asher B. Durand to Be Explored in Exhibition at Fundación Juan March
MADRID.- This exhibition of 140 works—including oil paintings, drawings and prints—is the first monographic exhibition devoted to Durand outside the United States, where he is recognized as a leading landscape painter and pioneer engraver. Th…
Thomas Bewick’s Anarchic World at the Harris Museum & Art Gallery
LANCASHIRE, UK – Experience an anarchic world in miniature,
revealed through the delicate, painstaking skill of Thomas Bewick (1753–1828).
Tale-pieces is an exhibition devoted entirely to the vignettes of the
extraordinary artist-engraver and …
Thomas Bewick’s Anarchic World in Miniature at the Harris Museum & Art Gallery
LANCASHIRE.- Experience an anarchic world in miniature, revealed through the delicate, painstaking skill of Thomas Bewick (1753–1828). Tale-pieces is an exhibition devoted entirely to the vignettes of the extraordinary artist-engraver and naturali…