Jenness Cortez invites a visual conversation through her new American Realism

NAPLES, FL.- DeBruyne Fine Art of Naples, Florida will host an exhibition by internationally acclaimed artist Jenness Cortez. On view January 26 through March 31, 2012, “Homage to the Creative Spirit 2012,” invites viewers into a visual conversation with Cortez to discuss how iconic works of art can inspire us to rediscover and revalue our own own creative potential. Robert Yassin, Executive Director of the Palos Verdes Art Center calls Jenness Cortez one of the world’s most eloquent and successful visual conversationalists. [...]

The Watercolours + Works on Paper Fair: The specialist fair for every type of art on paper

LONDON.- The Watercolours + Works on Paper Fair returns to the stylish and spacious Level 2 Galleries at the Science Museum, South Kensington, London from 2 – 5 February 2012. The 2012 fair brings together an impressive range of art on paper exhibited by leading art dealers from across the UK. This eclectic and lively fair presents all types of art on paper from the 16th Century to the modern day. Works include original drawings, watercolours, prints, photographs and posters, all of [...]

Monet, Renoir and Cézanne return to the Fitzwilliam as famous artworks go back on display

CAMBRIDGE.- One of the most popular galleries at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge has undergone a full renovation and reinstallation. Gallery 5, housing the museum’s remarkable collection of paintings and sculpture by the French Impressionists and other late 19th and early 20th-century artists has re-opened with a striking new look, colour and display. Featuring artists such as Monet, Matisse, Cézanne, Pissarro, Degas, Sisley and Renoir, the refurbished Impressionist gallery follows on from the restoration in 2010 of its sister space housing 19th and [...]

Two important loans from Germany make an impression at National Museum Cardiff

CARDIFF.- The National Museum Wales often shares its collections with venues both home and abroad. And this autumn is no different as the French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist gallery at National Museum Cardiff feature two important loans from Germany, as part of an international exchange initiative. Edouard Manet’s depiction of The Painter Monet in his Studio-boat, lent by the Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, 1874, will be at National Museum Cardiff until October 2012 and Claude Monet’s The Sea at Antibes, 1888, which is on loan [...]

Sotheby’s previews highlights from impressionist & modern and contemporary art sales in Hong Kong

HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s is exhibiting selected highlights of the London Sale Series of Impressionist & Modern and Contemporary Art at Grand Hyatt Hong Kong from 25 to 27 November (Friday to Sunday) 2011. The exhibition offers an early viewing of important highlights from the major London sales of Impressionist & Modern Art which take place on 8 and 9 February 2012, and the Contemporary Art auctions on 15 and 16 February 2012. Prominent works by Gustav Klimt, Pablo Picasso, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul [...]

Renoir’s Le Bouquet, 1910, brings $657,250 in Heritage Auctions fine art sale

DALLAS, TX.- Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s Le Bouquet, 1910, brought $657,250 as the top lot inHeritage Auctions‘ American & European Signature® Art Auction, Nov. 8, at Heritage’s Design District Annex, 1518 Slocum Street. Le Bouquet came to Heritage from the family of renowned Texas artist Lucien Abrams, who acquired it from Renoir’s dealer, Durand-Ruel in New York during September 1933. Durand-Ruel originally obtained the painting from Renoir’s family. “This wonderful still life has been with the Abrams family for nearly 80 years and [...]

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston acquires Gustave Caillebotte’s “Man At His Bath”

BOSTON, MA.- The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), has acquired the painting Man at His Bath (1884), regarded as one of the greatest works by artist Gustave Caillebotte (1848–1894). This important canvas represents the first Impressionist nude to enter the Museum’s collection of paintings. The almost life-size work, which has been on loan at the MFA since April, is on display in the Esther and Sidney Rabb Gallery for Impressionism through September 25. It will also be among more than 160 [...]

Large-scale exhibition of Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s work opens in Chemnitz

CHEMNITZ.- The Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz is presenting the large-scale exhibition PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR. Like Painted Silk from 18 September 2011 to 8 January 2012. The exhibition aims to cast an altogether new light on the great Impressionist painter. In addition to masterpieces from private collections and from European museums such as the Musée d’Orsay, Paris, the National Museum of Stockholm and the Belvedere in Vienna, the show will also include the rich stock of prints by Renoir from the Saarland Museum in Saarbrücken. This [...]

Swann Galleries to offer strong selection of American and European Works

NEW YORK, NY.- On Thursday, September 22, Swann Galleries will conduct an auction of 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings. As always, the sale features an excellent selection of American and European works that span the two centuries. The 19th century portion of the sale features more than 20 prints by James A.M. Whistler, with highlights including the etchings The Traghetto, No. 2, The Riva No. 2, and Upright Venice, all circa 1879-80, and all signed with the artist’s famous butterfly signature [...]

“Poppy Field in Argenteuil” by Monet Named Most Popular Oil Painting for Mother’s Day 2011

WICHITA, KANS.- The popular online art gallery overstockArt.com, published today its official top five list of most popular oil paintings for Mother’s Day 2011. Topping the chart is Claude Monet’s maternal sensual masterpiece “Poppy Field in Argenteuil.” Other artists named on the 2011 Mother’s Day Top 5 Most Popular Oil Paintings for Mom list include Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Vincent van Gogh. The oil paintings that made the 2011 Mother’s Day Top 5 Oil Paintings for [...]

Trial Begins for Rhode Island Art Dealer, Rocco DeSimone, Accused of $6 Million Con

PROVIDENCE, RI (AP).- A former art dealer earlier convicted of tax fraud duped investors out of $6 million and used the money to buy cars, antique Japanese swords and valuable works of art, a prosecutor said as the man’s trial began in federal court Wednesday. Rocco DeSimone has pleaded not guilty to mail fraud and other charges in the case. His defense attorneys declined to deliver an opening statement. But they wrote in a pre-trial court filing that they plan [...]

Magnificent Early Renoir and an Extraordinary Story of Jealousy at TEFAF Maastricht

HELVOIRT.- A major work by Pierre-Auguste Renoir from the pioneering early days of Impressionism is to be offered for sale for US$15 million by the leading international gallery Dickinson at TEFAF Maastricht, the world’s most influential art and antiques fair. Femme cueillant des Fleurs (Woman picking flowers) depicts Camille Monet, the first wife of Renoir’s fellow Impressionist Claude Monet, who died tragically young. It is being sold through Dickinson by the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in the United [...]

“The Kiss” by Gustav Klimt Named Most Romantic Oil Painting for Valentine’s Day 2011

WICHITA, KAN.- The popular online art gallery overstockArt.com, published today its official Top 10 list of most romantic oil paintings for Valentine’s Day 2011. Topping the chart is Gustav Klimt’s sensual masterpiece “The Kiss.” Other artists named on the 2011 Valentine’s Day Top 10 Romantic Oil Paintings list include Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Vincent van Gogh. Dance in the City by” Pierre-Auguste Renoir The oil paintings that made the 2011 Valentine’s Day Top 10 Romantic Oil [...]

Milwaukee Art Museum, Carnegie Museum of Art Wager Masterpiece on Super Bowl XLV

MILWAUKEE, WI.- In keeping with the tradition of friendly wagers, Carnegie Museum of Art and the Milwaukee Art Museumare venturing temporary loans of major works of art, based on the outcome of Super Bowl XLV between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers. The stakes: A temporary loan of Milwaukee Art Museum’s prized Boating on the Yerres by Gustave Caillebotte, wagered by Director and avid Packer fan Daniel Keegan, and a temporary loan of the Carnegie Museum of Art’s Bathers with [...]

Clark Art Institute to Launch First International Tour of Masterpieces from the Collection

WILLIAMSTOWN, MA.- Continuing its commitment to global outreach and cultural exchange, the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute will tour masterpieces from its collection of nineteenth-century European paintings to leading museums around the world beginning this spring. The Clark’s first-ever international tour of masterpieces from its collection will include many of the greatest works from its extraordinary holdings of French Impressionism and European paintings. The exhibition features 73 paintings, including works by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Édouard Manet, [...]

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