Tag: John Singer Sargent

Hood Museum of Art Presents Embracing Elegance: American Art from the Huber Family Collection

HANOVER, NH.- America at the turn of the twentieth century was characterized by dramatic social, cultural, and artistic change. The works in Embracing Elegance, 1885–1920: American Art from the Huber Family Collection represent a diversity of reac…

Hood Museum of Art Opens "American Art from the Huber Family Collection"

HANOVER, NH.- America at the turn of the twentieth century was characterized by dramatic social, cultural, and artistic change. The works in Embracing Elegance, 1885–1920: American Art from the Huber Family Collection represent a diversity of reac…

About Face: Portraiture as Subject, a Unique Exhibition Organized by The Blanton

AUSTIN, TX.- About Face: Portraiture as Subject, a unique exhibition organized by The Blanton, features 40 portraits in diverse mediums from antiquity to today. Drawn mostly from The Blanton’s notable collection, along with several choice loaned o…

The Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale is Showing "William Glackens and The Eight"

Fort Lauderdale, FL – As the repository of the William Glackens estate, the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale has among its holdings a large collection of paintings and works on paper by this intriguing turn-of-the-century American artist. Along with fe…

Smithsonian Stands Firmly Behind "Hide/Seek" Exhibition

WASHINGTON, DC.- The exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, “Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture,” which opened Oct. 30, recently sparked a great deal of controversy. One of the exhibition’s …

Major Private Collection to Highlight Christie’s Sale of American Paintings and Sculpture

NEW YORK, NY.- A vibrant flower study by Georgia O’Keeffe consigned direct from the Santa Fe museum dedicated to the celebrated artist’s work is just one of the highlights of Christie’s upcoming sale of American Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture on De…

Major Private Collection to Highlight Christie’s Sale of American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture

NEW YORK, NY.- A vibrant flower study by Georgia O’Keeffe consigned direct from the Santa Fe museum dedicated to the celebrated artist’s work is just one of the highlights of Christie’s upcoming sale of American Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture on De…

Falmouth Art Gallery Celebrates Top Artists at Ten Year Collecting Retrospective

CORNWALL.- Gainsborough, Sargent, Tuke, Romney, Picasso, Moore, Warhol, Nicholson – works by these acclaimed artists and more have been acquired for Falmouth Art Gallery over the past ten years. In celebration of ten years of fantastic acquisition…

Falmouth Art Gallery Celebrates Top Artists at Ten Year Collecting Retrospective

CORNWALL.- Gainsborough, Sargent, Tuke, Romney, Picasso, Moore, Warhol, Nicholson – works by these acclaimed artists and more have been acquired for Falmouth Art Gallery over the past ten years. In celebration of ten years of fantastic acquisition…

Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts Unveils New $504 Million Art of the Americas Wing

BOSTON (REUTERS).- When redecorating his home some years ago, financier Henry Kravis sold a painting by John Singer Sargent to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. The painting — “Charles Stewart Sixth Marquess of Londonderry, Carrying the Great Sword o…

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