LOS ANGELES, CA.- Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) achieved strong prices for original modern paintings and sculpture in Sunday’s auction, reinforcing LAMA as the auction house of choice for important 20th century original works. The June 26, 2011 Mo…
Beryl Cook’s Larger than Life Art at the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery
Bristol, England.- From Saturday June 18th through Monday 29th August, the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery will be showing ‘Beryl Cook: Larger than Life’ a celebration of one of Britain’s best-loved artists. This major retrospective exhibition…
David Gallup’s Channel Isand Paintings at The Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art
Malibu, CA.- The Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art at Pepperdine University presents “David Gallup: California’s Channel Islands” from May 21 through July 31, 2011. This art exhibition features over 70 original oil paintings by an esteemed Southern …
Ginny Gray Gallery To Host New Works by Theo Booth
London.- Barcelona-based artist Theo Booth celebrates jazz age glamour, playful sensuality and the romantic and escapist possibilities of travel in his evocative and widely collected original paintings. A new exhibition of Theo’s work begins with a …
Original Carl Barks Uncle Scrooge Paintings on Display at Heritage Auctions’ Park Avenue Location
NEW YORK, NY.- Six original paintings of Disney’s Scrooge McDuck – the curmudgeon uncle to Donald, with his vast money bin brimming with gold – from the hand of his creator, Carl Barks, will be on display at Heritage Auctions’ 445 Park Avenue (…
Three Generations of Wyeth Paintings on View at the Phillbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa
TULSA, OK.- Three generations of Wyeth paintings are currently on view, in recognition of a generous bequest to Philbrook from the Marylouise Cowan Trust. Included in this gift are fifteen original Wyeth paintings that will be featured in The Wyeth Leg…
Electrician Stuns Art World with Trove of Picasso Works of Art; Heirs Not Convinced
PARIS (REUTERS).- Pablo Picasso was both hugely prolific and famously generous with his work, but was he enough of a free spirit to give hundreds of his early works — an invaluable collection — to his electrician? That question lies at the heart of a…
Curated by Two Top Dalí Experts, Major Dalí Exhibition Opens in New York
NEW YORK, NY.- For the first time, the two world-renowned Salvador Dalí experts Mr. Enrique Sabater y Bonany, Dalí’s personal secretary and confidente for over 12 years, and Mr. Beniamino Levi, president of the Stratton Foundation and The Dali U…
Original Paintings by Roger Tory Peterson Highlight Christie’s American Paintings Sale
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announced the upcoming sale of twenty original paintings by the celebrated naturalist, artist, and educator Roger Tory Peterson (1908-1996). Peterson’s best-selling field guides, beginning with his seminal 1934 book …
James Ensor’s Innovative and Profound Paintings on View at Musée d’Orsay
PARIS.- When presented at the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts
de Belgique in Brussels and at the Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten in
Antwerp, the work of James Ensor (1860-1949) is that of a Belgian painter who is
both innovative and tortured…