Category: Paintings

1030 Press Releases

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  Masters of fine-art genres, from Picasso to Grandma Moses, have a meeting of the minds at Everard’s Oct. 28-30 Southern Estates & Collections Auction

  Featured: Emmi Whitehorse landscape, original Grandma Moses oils, rare and large Picasso pottery plate, Charles Schulz original strip art, ‘Savannah Blue’ sapphire ring SAVANNAH, Ga. – It has been said that “genius loves company,” and that could easily be the title of Everard’s October 28-30 Southern Estates & Collections Auction.…

  Oct 14, 25

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  Native American Jewelry & Decorative Arts, Mexican Retablos, And More Go Up For Bid On Saturday, October 4, At Turner Auctions + Appraisals

  Live Online Sale Features 150+ Lots from Two Northern California Estates SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA, September 25, 2025 – Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to present Native American Jewelry & Decorative Arts, Mexican Retablos, and More on Saturday, October 4, 2025. Offering over 150 lots, almost all from two…

  Sep 26, 25

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  Talk of the Town: Juliens Auctions' August 12, 2025 The Larry King Collection

  Award winning personality Larry King (American, b. Lawrence Harvey Zeiger, 1933-2021) was a popular presenter, author, and philanthropist. He hosted The Larry King Show, a syndicated radio talk show from 1978-1994 and CNN's live, phone-in TV show Larry King Live From 1985-2010. A fearless interviewer and better listener, he once…

  Aug 5, 25

• La Gazette Drouot

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  Auction Industry

  A Lé Phô screen, a work of youth and a national tribute

  Preserved in the descendants of its commissioners, this early piece of furniture by the Vietnamese painter is also one of his rare productions in lacquer, a material he used for only eight years. Lé Phô (1907-2001), Paysage du Tonkin, vers 1930, laque à rehauts d’or et d’argent, paravent à cinq panneaux, signé…

  Jul 23, 25

• La Gazette Drouot

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  Auction Industry

  Henry Moret, an impressionist painter facing Breton nature, maritime or bucolic

  Through two landscapes, Henry Moret depicts an authentic Brittany. With his impressionistic touch, he pays tribute to a country to which he is intimately linked, inviting us to pure contemplation. Henry Moret (1856-1913), Rivière de Pont-Aven, Finistère, 1910, huile sur toile signée et datée, 50 x 61 cm.Estimation : 70 000/90 000 € Henry Moret's landscapes elude anecdote and…

  Jul 14, 25

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  People

  David Nahmad: The Man with 4,500 Paintings

  At age 78, the patriarch of the famous dynasty of dealers still has a remarkable memory for numbers. He looks back at the early beginnings of his modern art collection, now considered one of the most important in the world. © Melvyn Bourret At Giverny, you present 57 works from a…

  Jul 1, 25

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  Doyle’s Mary Tyler Moore Auction Draws Active Bidders and Strong Results

  This June, collectors flocked to an exciting sale from Doyle that highlighted the personal collection of groundbreaking television icon Mary Tyler Moore. The 300-lot catalog, which included items personally owned by Moore in her Greenwich, Connecticut home, delivered strong results. Many lots soared above their high estimates as bidders competed…

  Jun 6, 25

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  Paul-César Helleu's Proustian Pastel that Once Belonged to Samuel Pozzi, the Father of Modern Gynecology

  Created in the latter part of the 19th century by Paul-César Helleu, Femme au miroir was for many years part of the collection of the flamboyant Dr. Pozzi, the father of modern gynecology. Paul-César Helleu (1859-1927), Femme au miroir, pastel on canvas, signed, 73 x 111 cm/28.74 x 43.7 in.Estimate: €50,000/80,000 Count…

  May 15, 25

• La Gazette Drouot

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  Exhibitions

  Photo London, 10 Years Old!

  Despite a decade punctuated by Brexit and the Covid health crisis, the fair has managed to impose its dynamism. It is one of the leading photography events in Great Britain, a country where the market is reaching maturity. Julia Fullerton Batten (b. 1970), Bathing by Tower Bridge, print presented at Photo London's…

  May 12, 25

• La Gazette Drouot

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  Auction Industry

  The Return of the School by Quiringh van Brekelenkam, from the Former Eugène Schneider Collection Rediscovered

  The unexpected resurgence of a previously unpublished painting by Van Brekelenkam proves, once again, that France was an essential haven for the reception of Dutch genre painting in the 18th and 19th centuries. Quiringh Gerritz Van Brekelenkam (c 1622-1630 - after 1669), The Return to School, oak panel, 58 x 51.5 cm/22.83…

  Apr 17, 25

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  Portraits of the Three French Kings, Louis XIV, XV and XVI, from an Occitan Collection

  The dispersal of a gallery of royal portraits, notably Hyacinthe Rigaud's famous image of Louis XIV, sheds light on the mechanisms used to disseminate the image of monarchs during the Ancien Régime French School, Workshop of Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659-1743), Louis XIV en costume de sacre, canvas, 244 x 162 cm/88.1 x 63.77 in…

  Mar 11, 25

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  Culture

  A Portrait Attributed to Caravaggio on Show for the First Time in Rome

  It's an event that has art historians agog: the exhibition in Rome of a portrait attributed to Caravaggio never before shown in a museum. A unique opportunity to admire and explore a crucial milestone in the artist's career. Attributed to Michelangelo Merisi, aka Caravaggio (1571-1610), Presumed portrait of Maffeo Barberini, oil on canvas, private…

  Feb 11, 25

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  Auction Industry

  Murillo: A Spanish Painting Owned by an English Lord

  The recent history of this Ecce Homo is worthy of a British-style detective story, but it also reveals much about the mysteries still in store for the Seville painter. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682), Ecce Homo, oil on canvas, 99 x 73 cm/38.9 x 28.74 in, on the back, on the stretcher, handwritten annotation in black…

  Feb 2, 25

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  Greuze and His Beautiful Heads

  The order of values was respected, with the goddess Diana towering over the pretty nymph Callisto. Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805), Diane, 1761, oil on canvas, 46.5 x 38.5 cm/18.30 x 15.15 in.Result: €520,000 Jean-Baptiste Greuze certainly wasn't expected in this field. Nevertheless, the painter whose work reflects a certain return to morality has given his…

  Dec 30, 24

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  Salome and the Head of St. John the Baptist, a Biblical Work by George Frederic Watts in Homage to Titian

  The Victorian painter's canvas conveys a moralizing message, while paying homage to his teacher Titian. George Frederic Watts (1817-1904), The Daughter of Herodias, oil on canvas, 120 x 76.5 cm/47.24 x 30.11 in.Estimate: €150,000/200,000 There is no overt provocation in Salomé's demeanor. Seated, a vague air of defiance in her frontal gaze,…

  Dec 9, 24

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  Auction Industry

  A Painting by Dutch Caravaggist Hendrick Ter Brugghen Makes its Debut at Auction

  The recently-discovered work by this Dutch painter forms a magnificent trio with his paintings on the same subject in Berlin and Madrid. Hendrick Ter Brugghen (1588-1629), Esau Selling His Birthright, canvas, 123 x 162 cm/48.4 x 63.8 in.Estimate: €200,000/250,000 Art history is a long series of coincidences. This painting, which came from…

  Oct 29, 24

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  People

  Historian Michel Pastoureau Presents His New Book on the Color Pink

  For nearly 40 years, the medievalist has been tracing the history of colors, from blue to yellow, green and red. After treating bold hues, he is now launching a new cycle focused on intermediate tones, starting with pink. © Bénédicte Roscot A half-color, as you call it, pink – already…

  Oct 22, 24

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  Auction Industry

  A Harriet Backer Retrospective at the Musée d'Orsay

  The Musée d'Orsay is proud to be the first non-Scandinavian institution to honor Harriet Backer, the Norwegian painter who created a modern synthesis of pleinairism and interior scenes. Curators Leïla Jarbouai and Estelle Bégué have selected seventy-four major works, almost… Harriet Backer (1845-1932), Intérieur bleu (Blue Interior), 1883, oil on canvas, 84 x…

  Oct 15, 24

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  Auction Industry

  Six Generations of Coustous, a Family of Sculptors

  An exceptional, astonishing collection traces the history of a family that gave France some of its finest marble treasures. Attributed to Jean Baptiste Santerre (1651-1717), Portrait of Nicolas Coustou (1658-1733), oil on canvas, 97 x 74 cm/38.18 x 29.13 in.Estimate: €12,000/15,000 Surprisingly, the collection has just a few sculptures, and they are painted. The…

  Oct 8, 24

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  500 Gallery Surveys 20th-Century Art Movements in Upcoming August Sale

  During the 20th century, art in Europe and the United States experienced a period of intense metamorphosis. Artists increasingly turned from the soft brushstrokes of Impressionism and the ornate details of Art Nouveau to more abstract, experimental styles. The period gave rise to dozens of distinct 20th-century art movements, many…

  Aug 15, 24