André Derain

VIENNA.- His entire life long, he was plagued by poverty, strokes of fate, drug excesses, and severe illness, with his earnings as an artist sufficing only to cover his rent and the barest necessities. But today, works by Amedeo Modigliani—a native of Livorno, Italy who died in his studio in 1920 at just 35 years of age—number among the most expensive, with individual paintings fetching nine-figure sums.In view of his death’s 100th anniversary, Vienna’s Albertina Museum is honoring Amedeo Modigliani (1884–1920) with a... [Lire la suite]

Valentin Serov, Portrait of the Collector of Modern Russian and French Paintings, Ivan Abramovich Morozov, Moscow, 1910. Tempera on cardboard, 63,5 × 77 cm, © Galerie nationale Trétiakov, Moscou © Valentin Sérov Paris – Opening September 22, 2021, the Fondation Louis Vuitton will present THE MOROZOV COLLECTION, one of the world’s foremost collections of Impressionist and Modern art.  On view through February 22th, 2022, this major international exhibition will bring... [Lire la suite]

Gabriele Münter, Griesbrau. Obere Hauptstrasse in Murnau, 1908. Oil on cardboard, 33 x 41 cm. Inv. G 2020.2. Art museum Basel - purchase. Photo: Kunstmuseum Basel. Albert Marquet, Bords de la Seine à Paris en hiver, vue de l'atelier du peintre, around 1924. Oil on canvas, 60 x 73 cm. Inv. Dep 145. Private collection. Photo: Private collection. BASEL.- The Kunstmuseum Basel announced that seven outstanding works of art, mainly by... [Lire la suite]

Amedeo Modigliani (Livorno,1884 - Paris, 1920), Fillette en bleu, 1918, oil on canvas, 116 x 73 cm, collection Jonas Netter. The great retrospective in the artist's hometown on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of his death. On 22 January 1920 Amedeo Modigliani was taken, unconscious, to the Hôpital de la Charité in Paris and died there two days later at the age of only 36, struck down by the then incurable disease of tubercular meningitis that he had miraculously managed to survive twenty years... [Lire la suite]

The sitting room of Titi von Fürstenberg’s home, featuring Picasso’s La Lettre (La Réponse), painted on 16 April 1923, hanging above the fireplace. © 2019 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York NEW YORK, NY.- On May 13, Christie’s will present a dedicated selection of 11 works from A Family Vision: The Collection of H.S.H. Princess “Titi” von Fürstenberg in its Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art. Incorporating a sweeping representation of 20th Century Art, the collection... [Lire la suite]

Lot 18. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Mousquetaire et nu assis, detail, signed 'Picasso' (lower right); dated '11.4.67' (on the reverse), oil and Ripolin on canvas, 51 1/4 x 37 7/8 in. (130 x 96.5 cm.) Painted in Mougins on 11 April 1967. Estimate GBP 12,000,000 - GBP 18,000,000 (USD 8,304,000 - USD 12,456,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2018 LONDON.- Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on 27 February will launch ‘20th Century at Christie’s’, a series... [Lire la suite]

André Derain, Londres: la Tamise au pont de Westminster, oil on canvas, 1906-07. Estimate: £6,000,000-9,000,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018 London – André Derain’s Londres: la Tamise au pont de Westminster (1906-07, estimate: £6,000,000-9,000,000) will star in Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on 27 February, launching ‘20th Century at Christie’s’, a series of auctions that take place in London from 20 February to 7 March 2018. One of 29 recorded paintings of London that... [Lire la suite]

André Derain (Chatou 10/06/1880 - Garches, 8/09/1954), Still life with fishes, Paris, 1940-45. Olio su tela - 46x55cm. Provenance Gallery D’eendt, Will Hoogstraate, Amsterdam, no. 37, André Derain ‘Still life of fish’ - 1912 - 46x55; David W. Huges, ‘Still life of fish, 1912’, André Derain, London, U.K.; modern art gallery l’Approdo, signed no. 1201, Turin, Italy; Arturo Bottello collection, Italia; private collection, Turin, Italy © Chiale Fine Art Edicola, Castilla y Leon, 1300-1310. Wooden walnut carved and... [Lire la suite]

Quand Derain fait danser les cartes : Affiche. Le Musée Français de la Carte à Jouer à Issy-les-Moulineaux présente "Quand Derain fait danser les cartes". Quatre costumes de cartes à jouer - joyaux des collections du Musée - sont au cœur de cette exposition. Conçus par le peintre André Derain pour "La Boutique fantasque"(1919), ils nous entraînent dans le monde fascinant des Ballets russes de Diaghilev. Du mercredi 27 avril au dimanche 10 juillet 2016. Célèbre compagnie de ballet créée en 1907 à Saint-Pétersbourg, active à Paris... [Lire la suite]

Maurice de Vlaminck, Sous-bois (Paysage), 1905. Estimate $12/18 Million. Photo: Sotheby's. NEW YORK, NY.- Two masterpieces by art history’s “Wild Beasts” will appear at auction for the first time in Sotheby’s Evening Sale of Impressionist & Modern Art on 9 May 2016 in New York. Together, André Derain’s Les Voiles rouges (estimate $15/20 million) and Maurice de Vlaminck’s Sous-bois ($12/18 million) embody the explosive Fauvism movement of the early-20th century. The term was coined in 1905, when the... [Lire la suite]