In January the Musée du Louvre in Paris opened “New Frontier: Thomas Cole and the Birth of Landscape Painting in America.” The exhibition is the first of a four-year collaboration devoted to American Art, with the Louvre, the High Museum of Art (Atlanta), Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (Arkansas), and the Terra Foundation for … Continue reading An American in Paris: Curators of Thomas Cole Exhibition at the Musée du Louvre Visit the Hudson Valley in March
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Into Americana Week
Americana Week has begun. Yesterday perhaps the first event of the week was a gallery talk at Keno Auctions ”American Still Life Painting in the 19th Century,” with Dr. William H. Gerdts. There’s a good deal of excitement and enthusiasm around Americana Week this year. The American Wing Galleries are re-opening at the Met and … Continue reading Into Americana Week
NY Masterworks Help Celebrate 50 Years of Art at the Amon Carter
On the way in to preview what is likely a once in a lifetime opportunity to see masterworks from the New York Historical Society in Fort Worth, I noticed a portrait of Amon Carter by portrait artist Scott Gentling had been moved. Adjacent to it now hangs a portrait of Ruth Carter Stevenson by the … Continue reading NY Masterworks Help Celebrate 50 Years of Art at the Amon Carter
Hudson River Runs Through Texas
One of the most treasured paintings in American art, Kindred Spirits (1849) by Asher B. Durand, will be on view at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art this spring. The painting, on loan from the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (Bentonville, Ark.), will hang concurrently with the museum’s special exhibition, The Hudson River … Continue reading Hudson River Runs Through Texas
American Grandeur — Hudson River School at PAFA
Although most of the Hudson River school artists were associated with Hudson River Valley and its surrounding areas and won their fame in New York city, the current exhibition -- Public Treasures/Private Visions: Hudson River School Masterworks from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Private Collections at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) … Continue reading American Grandeur — Hudson River School at PAFA
Taking Time for Toledo
Getting to the Toldeo Museum of Art always had been put on the backburner, I had known there were great works there, but there never seemed to be time for it on trips along Interstate 80. An extra long trip (to Iowa) this past weekend had to be broken into two legs and finally stopping … Continue reading Taking Time for Toledo
We Are Siamese If You Please
Finally, after four classes from "I can't draw" art class offered by Carnegie Museum of Art, I drew a picture that was satisfying, both for the picture itself and my petThe course is compact with five sessions emphasizing on contour drawing, gesture drawing, pespective, value and figure drawing. It is fun, especially when what you … Continue reading We Are Siamese If You Please
Follow-up eBay Talk (3)
eBay Title: $1MILLION HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL THOMAS COLE HUGE STILLIFEWinning Bid: $1,026.99Number of Bids: 15Private ListingsComments: Pay a pastel painting of fruits at the price of one grand for some UNKNOWN painter, maybe the dealer should look for someone with a name like "Rem*"eBay number: 220128049132
eBay Talk (3)
Thomas Cole or Teresa Cole?Title: “$1 MILLION HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL THOMAS COLE HUGE STILLIFE”It could be interesting if a still life painting in exhibit can be found by Thomas Cole.PRIVATE LISTINGSo the seller wants it quiet!RESERVED PRICE: <$450 Oh, well. At least that’s what you think it is worth of.I AM FEATURING THIS HUGE STILL … Continue reading eBay Talk (3)
Urban Art & Antiques 