British Realist Painter Lucian Freud, Famed for His Nudes, has Died Aged 88

LONDON (AP).- Lucian Freud, a towering and uncompromising figure in the art world for more than 50 years, has died, his New York-based art dealer said Thursday. He was 88. Spokeswoman Bettina Prentice said that Freud died after an illness at his London home late Wednesday night, but didn’t give any further details. Freud was known for his intense realist portraits, particularly of nudes. In recent years his paintings commanded staggering prices at auction, including one of an overweight nude woman [...]

Sales of Russian Art at Sotheby’s Total $14.4 Million, Important Russian Enamels and Fabergé Sold

NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s autumn 2010 auctions of Russian Art in New York brought a total of $14,397,064. The day began with an inaugural sale of Important Russian Paintings that achieved $10.6 million and set several new auction records. The highlight of the sale was a monumental canvas by the Socialist Realist painter Yuri Pimenov that sold for $1,538,500, more than double the high estimate and a record for the artist at auction. The paintings auction was followed by a [...]

Wilhelm Sasnal solos at the Center for Contemporary Art in Malaga (CAC)

MALAGA.- The Center for Contemporary Art in Malaga presents, in collaboration with the Polish Institute of Culture in Madrid, the first large solo exhibition of Wilhelm Sasnal in a Spanish museum. Both his pictorial and film work, which he considers particularly important, are part of a freeform game that blends a variety of styles, techniques and representational methods. He works in a wide variety of mediums including comics, drawing, film, photography and painting. An oeuvre that moves between the abstract [...]

Andrew Wyeth Painting on View at the Dayton Art Institute

DAYTON, OH.- Andrew Wyeth, arguably one of America’s most famous artists, died in 2009 at the age of 91. The Dayton Art Institute placed on view, for a limited time, Wyeth’s painting, Ring Road of 1985, in recognition of the artist’s enormous legacy. Wyeth is often described as a “magic realist” painter for his crisp, detailed technique, combined with the otherworldly qualities of mood he brings to his art. He painted the people and places he knew best in Pennsylvania [...]