NEW YORK (AP).- The social realist artist Jack Levine, who skewered the rich and powerful in paintings that echoed Old Masters like Goya and El Greco stylistically, has died. He was 95. Levine’s son-in-law, Leonard Fisher, said the artist died Monday …
The Pre-Raphaelite Lens: British Photography and Painting, 1848-1875 at the National Gallery of Art
WASHINGTON, DC.- The first exhibition to explore the rich dialogue between Victorian-era British photography and Pre-Raphaelite painting showcases how these parallel artistic phenomena informed and inspired one another. The Pre-Raphaelite Lens: British…
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…
Sunflower Castle Painting Acquired by Historic New England
BOSTON, MA.- The Historic New England recently acquired a painting by New England artist Gertrude Beals Bourne (1868-1962). The beautiful watercolor depicts Gertrude Beals Bourne’s studio, created for her by her husband, architect Frank Bourne, in…
Chagall Mosaic & Moran Painting Among Major Gifts & Acquisitions for National Gallery of Art
WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Gallery of Art has received an extraordinary bequest of 19th- and 20th-century prints, drawings, and illustrated books by artists ranging from Edouard Vuillard to Alex Katz from the late Evelyn Nef, who passed away in Dece…
Senior Curator Joseph J. Rishel is Appionted Samuel H. Kress Professor, National Gallery of Art
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Joseph J. Rishel, the Museum’s Gisela and Dennis Alter Senior Curator of European Painting Before 1900, the John G. Johnson Collection, and the Rodin Museum, has been appointed the Samuel H. Kress Professor at the National Galle…
National Gallery of Art Announces Gauguin: Maker of Myth" in Washington, Next Year
WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Gallery of Art will present Gauguin: Maker of Myth, the first major exhibition of his work since The Art of Paul Gauguin, the Gallery’s blockbuster retrospective of 1988–1989 that traveled to Chicago and Paris. …
National Gallery of Art Announces Gauguin: Maker of Myth" in Washington, Next Year
WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Gallery of Art will present Gauguin: Maker of Myth, the first major exhibition of his work since The Art of Paul Gauguin, the Gallery’s blockbuster retrospective of 1988–1989 that traveled to Chicago and Paris. …
Arcimboldo’s Famous Paintings on View for the First Time in the U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC.- The bizarre yet scientifically accurate composite heads painted by Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1526–1593) will be exhibited together for the first time in the United States, at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, from September 19, …