Exceptional work of art by Paul Cézanne at Christie’s impressionist and modern art sale in Paris

PARIS.- Christie’s announces the auction of an exceptional work of art by Paul Cézanne at its Impressionist and Modern Art sale on December 1st, 2011. This oil on canvas study was realized between 1902 and 1906 when the artist was at the peak of his career. This study, one of the few known to this date, is estimated between 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 Euros. Thomas Seydoux, International director of the Impressionist and Modern Art department: ”The Bathers of Paul Cézanne figure among the [...]

Cezanne’s Card Player Paintings to Be Shown at the Metropolitan Museum in NY

NEW YORK (REUTERS).- The largest collection of Paul Cezanne’s Card Player paintings to ever be exhibited together opens on Wednesday at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It includes three of five of the French master’s famous series depicting peasants of the Aix-en-Provence region in a monumental light rarely used to portray the working classes at the end of the 19th-century. Gary Tinterow, chairman of the museum’s department of 19th-century, modern and contemporary Art, described it as a landmark exhibition, the [...]

Lawsuit: Cezanne at New York City’s Metropolitan Wrongly Acquired

NEW YORK (AP).- A man claims a Paul Cezanne painting at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum was stolen from his great-grandfather during the Russian Revolution. The Wall Street Journal reports that Pierre Konowaloff sued the museum Wednesday in Manhattan federal court. The work is called “Madame Cezanne in the Conservatory.” A collector bequeathed the work to the Met in 1960. The museum said in a statement that it believes it has good title to the painting and will fight the [...]

André Butzer’s Second New York Show Opens at Metro Pictures

NEW YORK, NY.- André Butzer’s second New York show at Metro Pictures “Nicht fürchten! Don´t be scared!” features a group of new, closely related works that focus on the “formal event” of painting. By emphasizing shapes and fields of color, these works possess a less linear take on the usual motifs in his work—colorful hybrids of abstraction and cartoon figuration featuring a family of characters inspired by art history, comics, politics and animation. Both sinister and amusing, these elegant compositions [...]