YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO.- Officials from The Butler Institute of American Art have announced that the museum has acquired a master work by American painter James Longacre Wood (c. 1863-1938) titled “Mumble the Peg.” Painted in 1892, a full twenty ye…
Museo del Prado Presents a Comprehensive Survey of the Work of Jean Siméon Chardin
MADRID.- The Museo del Prado presents the exhibition Chardin, a comprehensive survey of the work of Jean Siméon Chardin (1699-1779). Chardin is one of the leading names in 18th-century French painting but has never been the subject of an exhibition i…
Painting by David Wilkie, A Favorite of King George IV, Acquired by the Huntington Library
SAN MARINO, CA.- The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens announced today the acquisition of Sancho Panza in the Days of his Youth (1835), by British painter David Wilkie (1785–1841). The painting, which previously was held i…
Sylvia Sleigh, Prominent Painter, Dies at Age 94, Seminal Work On View at the Hudson River Museum
NEW YORK, NY.- Prominent painter Sylvia Sleigh, noted for her feminist portrait genre painting, died, at age 94, on Sunday, October 24. Several panels of her most ambitious work, a panorama titled Invitation to a Voyage: the Hudson River at Fishkill, 1…
Sylvia Sleigh, Prominent Painter, Dies at Age 94, Seminal Work On View at the Hudson River Museum
NEW YORK, NY.- Prominent painter Sylvia Sleigh, noted for her feminist portrait genre painting, died, at age 94, on Sunday, October 24. Several panels of her most ambitious work, a panorama titled Invitation to a Voyage: the Hudson River at Fishkill, 1…
Sylvia Sleigh, Prominent Painter, Dies at Age 94 Seminal Work On View at the Hudson River Museum
NEW YORK, NY.- Prominent painter Sylvia Sleigh, noted for her feminist portrait genre painting, died, at age 94, on Sunday, October 24. Several panels of her most ambitious work, a panorama titled Invitation to a Voyage: the Hudson River at Fishkill, 1…
The Golden Age of Dutch and Flemish Painting from the Stadel Museum at the Guggenheim
BILBAO.- From October 7, 2010 to January 23, 2011, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao will present The Golden Age of Dutch and Flemish Painting from the Städel Museum, a splendid selection of masterpieces from the Städel Museum in Frankfurt, one of Europe&…
Exhibition of the Contemporary Still Life at Galerie Lelong
NEW YORK, NY.- The Fifth Genre: Considering the Contemporary Still Life highlights the enduring relevance and resonance of the still life, the often undervalued genre of academic painting. Artists today are using still life to investigate contemporary …
Exhibition of the Fifth Genre of Academic Painting at Galerie Lelong
NEW YORK, NY.- The Fifth Genre: Considering the Contemporary Still Life highlights the enduring relevance and resonance of the still life, the often undervalued genre of academic painting. Artists today are using still life to investigate contemporary …
Exhibition of the Five Genres of Academic Painting at Galerie Lelong
NEW YORK, NY.- The Fifth Genre: Considering the Contemporary Still Life highlights the enduring relevance and resonance of the still life, the often undervalued genre of academic painting. Artists today are using still life to investigate contemporary …