NEW YORK, NY.- On 4 November, Sotheby’s 19th Century European Art auction will feature select works by important and popular artists, schools and styles of the genre. The curated sale, consisting of 82 lots with a pre-sale estimate of $20/30 milli…
Exhibition Reveals How Gustave Courbet Realized the Vision of a Poetic Art of Modernity
FRANKFURT.- The French painter Gustave Courbet (1819–1877) ranks among the most fascinating nineteenth-century artists. He is regarded as the crucial pioneer of political realistic painting and as a revolutionary of the Paris Commune. But Courbet …
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…
Shay Kun’s First Solo Exhibition with Benrimon Contemporary Opens
NEW YORK, NY.- Benrimon Contemporary presents Exfoliation, Shay Kun’s first solo exhibition with the gallery, which features seventeen new paintings by the artist. Kun recreates nineteenth-century Hudson River School landscapes and combines them w…
Hermitage Amsterdam Celebrates Its Opening with "At the Russian Court" ~ a Sumptuous Exhibition
Amsterdam,
NL -The inaugural exhibition of Hermitage Amsterdam, At the Russian Court. Palace and Protocol in the
19th Century, promises to be one of the most lavish ever
presented in Europe, and one of the
largest. With more than
2…
Correr Museum Examines Giacomo Favretto’s Short but Intense Career
VENICE.- Owing to the quality of his painting, his highly original development, the similarity with the works of other artists close to him or with contemporaries, the Venetian Giacomo Favretto (1849-1887) is one of the most important masters of the It…
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…
LACMA Presents First L.A. Exhibition of Thomas Eakins Since 1927
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents Manly Pursuits: The Sporting Images of Thomas Eakins, on view from July 25 to October 17, 2010. Organized exclusively for LACMA by Ilene Susan Fort, the museum’s Gail and John…
Retrospective of Work by Camille Silvy at National Portrait Gallery
LONDON.- The
first retrospective
exhibition of work by Camille Silvy, one of the greatest French
photographers of
the nineteenth century, will open at the National Portrait Gallery this
summer. Marking the centenary of
Silvy’s death, Ca…
Retrospective of Work by Camille Silvy at National Portrait Gallery
LONDON.- The
first retrospective
exhibition of work by Camille Silvy, one of the greatest French
photographers of
the nineteenth century, will open at the National Portrait Gallery this
summer. Marking the centenary of
Silvy’s death, Ca…