12 avril 2023

'All Consuming: Art and the Essence of Food' at Norton Simon Museum

Frans Snyders (Flemish, 1579-1657), Still Life with Fruit and Vegetables, 1625-35. Oil on canvas, 173.4 x 256.5 cm. The Norton Simon Foundation. © The Norton Simon Foundation Pasadena, CA—The Norton Simon Museum presents All Consuming: Art and the Essence of Food, an exhibition that explores how artists responded to and shaped food cultures in Europe from 1500 to 1900. Food and drink appear nearly everywhere in the history of European art, in depictions of luscious fruits and vegetables, sumptuous... [Lire la suite]

11 mars 2022

Cincinnati Art Museum hosts Impressionist still lifes in intimate exhibition

Claude Monet (1840–1926), France, Still Life with Bottle, Carafe, Bread, and Wine, circa 1863–63, oil on canvas, 15 5/8 x 23 9/16 in. (36.7 x 59.9 cm), National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 2014.18.32.    CINCINNATI, OH.- One Each: Still Lifes by Cézanne, Pissarro and Friends focuses on still life paintings by five French painters, all created in the mid-1860s, the formative years of Impressionism. This single-gallery special exhibition, organized in... [Lire la suite]
07 novembre 2020

MFA Boston Presents "Cézanne: In and Out of Time"

Nature morte de pêches et poires (Still life with Peaches and Pears), about 1885-87, by Paul Cézanne (French, 1839–1906) Oil on canvas. Private Collection/Bridgeman Images. Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Cézanne: In and Out of Time (November 11, 2020–February 28, 2021) at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), places 12 paintings by Paul Cézanne (French, 1839–1906)—five from the MFA’s collection and seven from private collections—in dialogue with eight works by his peers and forebears, highlighting aspects of the... [Lire la suite]
11 juillet 2020

The National Gallery acquires painting by Camille Pissarro

Camille Pissarro, (1830 - 1903), Late afternoon in our Meadow, 1887. Oil on canvas, 54 x 65 cm © The National Gallery, London.  LONDON.- On the 190th birthday of Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), the National Gallery has announced the acquisition of his Late afternoon in our Meadow (1887) which has been on loan to the Gallery since November 2019.This is the 12th painting by Pissarro to enter the National Gallery’s collection and it has been acquired through a hybrid Acceptance in Lieu with the support of a generous... [Lire la suite]
Posté par Alain Truong à 12:00 - - Commentaires [0] - Permalien [#]
Tags :
22 mai 2020

Deeply personal collection of works by some of the greatest artists of the 20th century to be offered at Sotheby's

  LONDON.- The passion for collecting often knows no bounds. In the case of Czech-born Albin Schram (1926-2005), that passion was not only boundless, but also intensely personal. From small ink musings to studies for major works of art, the wonderful array of sketches assembled by Schram was borne out of a fascination with the lesser known personalities of historic greats. Together, they reveal the private sides to some of the greatest artists of the twentieth century, including Edgar Degas, Paul Klee, Emil Nolde, Félix... [Lire la suite]
20 mai 2020

$1.6 million still life by Giorgio Morandi marks new record price for any work offered in an online sale at Sotheby's

Lot 28. Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964), Natura morta (Still Life). Signed Morandi (lower right). Oil on canvas, 14⅞ by 17¾ in. (37.8 by 45.1 cm), Framed: 24¼ by 27 in. (61.5 by 68.5 cm). Painted in 1951. Estimate 1,000,000 - 1,500,000 USD. Sold for 1,580,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s first-ever Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale Online concluded yesterday afternoon, achieving $9.9 million. Attracting an average of 3.5 bidders for every lot sold, the auction... [Lire la suite]
Posté par Alain Truong à 11:49 - - Commentaires [0] - Permalien [#]
Tags : , ,

19 janvier 2020

Still lifes by Pissarro, Cézanne, Manet & friends on view at the Toledo Museum of Art

Camille Pissarro (French, 1830–1903), Still Life. Oil on canvas, 1867. Toledo Museum of Art, Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey, 1949.6 TOLEDO, OH.- ONE EACH: Still Lifes by Pissarro, Cézanne, Manet & Friends opened Saturday, Jan. 18, at the Toledo Museum of Art. Organized in partnership with the Cincinnati Art Museum, the exhibition promises to be a focused but rewarding experience of a selection of richly evocative still lifes painted by French artists in the 1860s.ONE... [Lire la suite]
15 janvier 2020

Sixty European masterworks from the IMA collection exhibited in China for the first time

INDIANAPOLIS, IND.- For the first time in history, 60 European masterworks from the Indianapolis Museum of Art’s collection traveled to China in the exhibition, Rembrandt to Monet: 500 Years of European Painting from the Clowes Collection and the Indianapolis Museum of Art.The exhibition encompasses the most influential periods and schools of European art history. Highlights include works by Titian, Rubens, Rembrandt, Goya, Gauguin and Monet, among others. This international exhibition is curated by Kjell Wangensteen,... [Lire la suite]
14 janvier 2020

Restituted artworks by Pissarro and Signac to make auction debut in London

LONDON.- Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale on 4 February will include three works recently restituted to the heirs of Gaston Lévy, one of the most notable patrons and art collectors living in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s. A highly successful businessman and property developer, Lévy and his family lived in a magnificent apartment on the Avenue de Friedland, which he filled with books, paintings and works of art, many of which he bought from the great dealers of his day, including BernheimJeune, Paul... [Lire la suite]
Posté par Alain Truong à 11:43 - - Commentaires [0] - Permalien [#]
Tags : ,
31 décembre 2019

MASTERLY! 4 Centuries of Drawing and Painting at the Kunsthal in Rotterdam

  Camille Pissarro, Les Coteaux d'Auvers (The hills of Auvers), 1882, Oil on canvas, collection Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Donation: Rotterdam art friends 1917. Rotterdam - 'Masterly!’ will be presenting a grand retrospective of  four centuries of paintings and drawings from the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen collection. In over 150 works, the exhibition showcases the mastery of 27 artists who all excel in both art forms. It features work by famous masters such as Rembrandt, Rubens, Van Gogh, Delacroix,... [Lire la suite]