Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Presents Monet to Cézanne/Cassatt to Sargent: The Impressionist Revolution

MEMPHIS, TN.- Alive with color, flickering light, and spontaneous movement, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings are arguably the most recognizable and popular visual art of our time. Because of their familiarity and immediate appeal, it is easy to forget how these canvases first shocked and then eventually transformed the art world. The exhibition is on view at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art from July 16th through October 9, 2011. Monet to Cézanne / Cassatt to Sargent: The Impressionist Revolution offers a rare chance [...]

Clark Art Institute to Explore Rarely Examined Side of Pissarro in Exhibition

WILLIAMSTOWN, MA.- Pissarro’s People is the first major U.S. museum exhibition of the artist’s works in 30 years. Bringing together paintings from collections around the world, the exhibition will challenge our understanding of the father of Impressionism by focusing on Camille Pissarro’s engagement with the human figure in a highly personal and poignant exploration of his humanism. Pissarro’s People will be on view at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts, from June 12 to October 2, 2011. [...]

Private California Collection of Impressionist Paintings Highlights Christie’s Sale

NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announced it has been selected to offer The Walter and Phyllis Shorenstein Collection as part of its major fall 2010 and spring 2011 sales in New York and Hong Kong. Assembled over more than four decades by Walter Shorenstein, the San Francisco real estate mogul, and Phyllis Shorenstein, founder of the city’s Asian Art Museum, the collection unites the couple’s individual passions for Impressionist paintings and sculpture and fine Chinese glass, porcelain, jade and works of [...]

Maximilien Luce Retrospective at Musée des Impressionnismes Giverny

GIVERNY.- Covering Luce’s career, the exhibition brings together around 80 works and features some of the most significant examples of Neo-impressionist painting. Maximilien Luce (1858-1941) was born in Paris to an artisan’s family. He worked as a printmaker in his early years then, around 1880, devoted his career to painting. Camille Pissarro, who shared his anarchist convictions, introduced him to the Neo-Impressionist group in 1887. Luce adopted their technique of divisionism – the separate application of individual colors. But, far [...]

Camille Pissarro is One of the Stars Among Works Offered By Jerusalem’s Matsart

JERUSALEM.- Fine works of art, the likes that have yet to be offered for auction in Israel are arriving these days to Jerusalem. The parade includes the likes of Camille Pissarro (accompanied by his 4 sons, many grandchildren and great-grandchildren), Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Marc Chagall and Abraham Mintchine. These and 294 others will be auctioned by Matsart at the King David Hotel on June 30. The auction, which includes 42% international art, will feature the masterpiece by Camille Pissarro from 1983 [...]

Large Selection of Old Master, American and European Prints at Swann Galleries

NEW YORK, NY.- On Tuesday, April 27, Swann Galleries will offer a large selection of Old Master Through Modern Prints at auction, beginning with nearly 150 desirable Old Master Prints, followed by sections devoted to 19th-century prints, American prints, and European prints. Of special note among the Old Masters are works by Albrecht Dürer, including “The Prodigal Son”, engraving, circa 1496 (estimate $15,000 to $20,000); “The Four Horsemen”, woodcut from “The Apocalypse”, 1498, in unusually good condition ($20,000 to $30,000); [...]

Modigliani Drawing Brings $84,000 at Swann Galleries’ Auction

NEW YORK, NY.- The top lot at Swann Galleries’ March 9 auction of 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings was Amedeo Modigliani’s pencil drawing of Beatrice Hastings, circa 1915, which brought $84,000. The portrait of the political activist and literary figure, which was once in the celebrated collection of Joseph L Shulman, had a presale estimate of $30,000 to $50,000. Another featured drawing in the auction was Tamara de Lempicka’s Portrait de Femme, pencil on illustration board, 1934, which [...]

American and European Works at Swann Galleries’ Auction of 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings

New York. – On Tuesday, March 9 Swann Galleries offer a large selection of 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings at auction. The two-session sale is divided into sections devoted to 19th century prints and drawings, American works, and modern European prints and drawings. The auction opens with more than 170 lots of 19th century prints and drawings. Highlights of these include Camille Pissarro’s Femme à la Barrière, etching, 1889 ($10,000 to $15,000); Édouard Vuillard’s La Cousinière, color lithograph, [...]

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Receives Impressionist Collection

KANSAS CITY, MO (AP).- The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is receiving an extensive impressionist collection that includes works by Claude Monet and Vincent Van Gogh, the Kansas City museum announced Friday. The collection is from Marion and Henry Bloch, founder of Kansas City-based tax preparation company H&R Block Inc. The Blochs’ impressionist collection makes up some of the 400 works that dozens of people are donating to the museum to honor its 75th anniversary and the retirement of longtime Director [...]

National Gallery of Scotland Announces Impressionist Gardens

EDINBURGH.- The highlight of the 2010 summer season at the National Gallery Complex will be a ground-breaking exhibition on the subject of paintings of Impressionist Gardens. This major international exhibition of around 90 works will include spectacular loans from collections around the world, and will be the first ever to be devoted to this fascinating subject. The famous names of Impressionism will be well represented, with fine examples by Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, Manet and Sisley. In addition, the exhibition will [...]