PRINCETON, N.J.- The Princeton University Art Museum presents an early masterpiece in portraiture by Impressionist artist Edgar Degas (1834-1917) on loan for a limited time from the Musée d’Orsay in Paris. Thérèse de Gas, painted about 1863, re…
Meadows Museum Acquires Rare Masterwork by Spanish Court Painter Vicente López
DALLAS, TX.- A rare portrait of influential American merchant and naval agent Richard Worsam Meade—the first major collector of Spanish art in the U.S.—is accessible to the public in its new home at the Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist Un…
Sotheby’s to Sell Major Masterwork by Leading British Post-War Artist Francis Bacon
LONDON.- Sotheby’s announced that its forthcoming summer Contemporary Art Evening Auction will be led by Crouching Nude, an important masterwork by the renowned British artist Francis Bacon (est. £7-9 million / $10-15 million)* which has never be…
Sotheby’s to Sell Major Masterwork by Leading British Post-War Artist Francis Bacon
LONDON.- Sotheby’s announced that its forthcoming summer Contemporary Art Evening Auction will be led by Crouching Nude, an important masterwork by the renowned British artist Francis Bacon (est. £7-9 million / $10-15 million)* which has never be…
Hyde’s Rembrandt on Loan to Louvre, Detroit Institute of Arts Loans Painting by Rubens
GLEN FALLS, N.Y.- The Hyde Collection announced today that its prized Christ with Folded Arms by Rembrandt van Rijn will be on display in the Louvre in Paris beginning April 18, 2011 as part of a landmark exhibition titled Rembrandt and the Face of Je…
Two Masterpieces by Hendrick ter Brugghen to Be Together for First Time at the National Gallery of Art
WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Gallery of Art welcomes the Allen Memorial Art Museum of Oberlin College’s Saint Sebastian Tended by Irene (1625) by Hendrick ter Brugghen. The painting will be the focal point of Larger Than Life: Ter Brugghen’s Saint Seb…
Two Masterpieces by Hendrick ter Brugghen to Be Together for First Time at the National Gallery of Art
WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Gallery of Art welcomes the Allen Memorial Art Museum of Oberlin College’s Saint Sebastian Tended by Irene (1625) by Hendrick ter Brugghen. The painting will be the focal point of Larger Than Life: Ter Brugghen’s Saint Seb…
One of the Most Important Works of American Furniture to Come to Auction will Be Offered by Sotheby’s
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s 16 December auction of Important 20th Century Design in New York is led by the Pratt Desk and Chair by Greene & Greene, the most important work created by the architects and an icon of American furniture. The Desk and Chai…
One of the Most Important Works of American Furniture to Come to Auction will Be Offered by Sotheby’s
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s 16 December auction of Important 20th Century Design in New York is led by the Pratt Desk and Chair by Greene & Greene, the most important work created by the architects and an icon of American furniture. The Desk and Chai…
Butler Art Museum Rescues Pierre Soulages Masterpiece
YOUNGSTOWN, OH.- Pierre Soulages (born 1919), an internationally renowned artist of French origin, has a worldwide following. Recently, the Pompidou Centre in Paris hosted a retrospective of work by Frances famed “painter of black,” drawing f…