Picasso Painting sets new record at auction

Picasso art sets new record at Christies auction house.

The bidder who won the piece has not been identified, it could

turn out to be Steve Wynn from Las Vegas who has purchased Picasso

works in the past, we all remember the "elbow incident" where a high

end Picasso was damaged, repaired and then sold for a nice profit.

When you can purchase a Picasso, damage it, sell it and then have enough

to build a hotel on the Vegas strip, you must be doing something right.

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Van Gogh to Rothko: World Class Art Arrives in Arkansas

by Alex Gladden

Van Gogh to Rothko,” an exhibit featuring the celebrated artist, Vincent Van Gogh, arrived at Crystal Bridges last Saturday providing art fans throughout the area an extra excuse to make the voyage to Crystal Bridges despite the wintery weather.  

While entrance to the permanent collection at Crystal Bridges is free, there is a small supplemental payment of $10 to enter the “Van Gogh to Rothko” exhibit. The exhibit showcases the multiple eras of art that make up what is called abstract art, said Beth Bobbitt, the Crystal Bridges media relations manager.

The exhibit includes work from 73 artists and 76 actual pieces, Bobbitt said.

“The exhibition marks the first time many of these works have toured in decades, and Crystal Bridges is one of only four institutions that will host ‘Van Gogh to Rothko,’” Bobbitt said.

The exhibit is a part of the collection at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York, and it spans art created over 150 years and 16 movements – including modernism, abstract expressionism, pop art and post-impressionism, according to the Crystal Bridges website. “Van Gogh to Rothko” will stay until June 31.

Some, like UA art history professor Leo Mazow, said they are very much looking forward to seeing the highly anticipated exhibit. Mazow praised the Albright-Knox Art Gallery as one of the most prestigious galleries of American art. The “Van Gogh to Rothko” exhibit adds to Crystal Bridges’ already impressive art collection, Mazow said.

Beth Owen, a nontraditional art history student, said she is also really looking forward to seeing the “Van Gogh to Rothko,” exhibit. Owen specializes in mesoamerican art history and said she really likes being able to see the comparisons between contemporary work and the pre-Columbian art work.

In particular Owen said she was really excited to see Rothko’s “Orange and Yellow.” Owen said she had previously not been impressed with his work until she took a studio class and attempted to imitate the art.

“I have now come to appreciate work of artists like Rothko,” Owen said. “I can not wait to have my previous doubts confronted and actually be proven wrong when I actually do get to see my first Rothko.”

Although many UA students have not been able to visit “Van Gogh to Rothko,” some students have been able to see the exhibit. Senior Andrew Schalk has been able to see the exhibit twice.

Schalk said he really admired how the museum really focused on education. The museum had commentary beside each piece to inform audiences about how each work influenced its time and even other works in the exhibit.

“Crystal Bridges balanced nicely the ability to make the viewer feel exuberantly overwhelmed and able to understand all at the same time,” Schalk said.

“Van Gogh to Rothko” is designed so that viewers can see how the different artists influenced each other. The exhibit also shows how the artists evolved.

For example, the Picasso featured at the exhibit, referred to as “La Toilette,” is a part of Picasso’s “Rose Period,” of art. This piece is very different from some of Picasso’s later work, which would fall into the category of art that Picasso helped to pioneer, cubism.  

The exhibit also includes information about the different artists attached by the artists’ work. By “La Toilette,” the museum included information about artists Picasso was influenced by, including the artist famous for his use of geometrics – Cezanne.  

As Picasso continued to develop his style into cubism, he based some of his technique off of Cezanne’s work.   

There are, of course, works of art by the artists for whom the exhibit is celebrated – Van Gogh and Rothko. The piece featured by Rothko is one of his celebrated pieces, “Orange and Yellow.”  The work presents two squares: one of orange and one of yellow. The piece that is included in the exhibit by Van Gogh is “La Maison De La Crau,” or “The Old Mill.”

Van Gogh did not rely so much on reality to complete “The Old Mill,” as much as he represented his emotions through colors, museum curator Manuela Well-Off-Man said.  

The colors Van Gogh used to paint “The Old Mill,” suggest happiness.  The colors in the work are mainly light and lead viewers to think on subjects of joy, Well-Off-Man said.  

“This is a theme that we will see throughout the exhibit today,” Well-Off-Man said. “Many of the artists featured used color to express their emotions.”

Mazow also highlighted on this theme when discussing the exhibit. The exhibit highlights a later work by Pollock called Convergence. Crystal Bridges has already acquired several of Pollock’s earlier works. Mazow said that this will allow audiences to see the artist mature.

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekends, and the museum is closed Sundays.

The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo

The Creation of Adam is a fresco painting by Michelangelo, forming part of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted circa 1511–1512. It illustrates the Biblical creation narrative from the Book of Genesis in which God breathes life into Adam, the first man. The fresco is part of a complex iconographic scheme and is chronologically the fourth in the series of panels depicting episodes from Genesis. It is the most well-known of the Sistine Chapel fresco panels, and its fame as a piece of art is rivaled only by the 

Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci.

The image of the near-touching hands of God and Adam has become iconic of humanity and has been reproduced in countless imitations and parodies. Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper and Michelangelo's Creation of Adam are the most replicated religious paintings of all time.

                                                              

The Getty is revealed as the buyer of Manet's 'Spring'

A portion of the work 

"Spring"

Written by The AP

Friday, 07 November 2014 07:54

The J. Paul Getty Museum was revealed on Nov. 6 as the buyer that paid a record $65.1 million for Edouard Manet's "Spring," a celebrated portrait of a Parisian actress as an embodiment of the season.

The painting will join several other Manet works on display by the end of the year, the Los Angeles museum said.

"Spring" was auctioned Wednesday at Christie's in New York City. The price, which included Christie's commission, was well above the expected high price of $35 million.

It also nearly doubled the previous record of $33.2 million paid four years ago for "Self Portrait with a Palette," another work by the 19th century French artist.

The Getty's other Manet works include "Portrait of Madame Brunet," "The Rue Mosnier with Flags," "Bullfight" and "Portrait of Julien de la Rochenoire."

Painted in 1881, two years before Manet's death, "Spring" portrays actress Jeanne Demarsy in a flowered dress, bonnet and parasol. It was presented at the 1882 Paris Salon.

"Spring" was intended to be one of four paintings featuring Parisian women representing the seasons but Manet only completed "Spring" and "Autumn" before he died in 1883 at 51.

The painting had few owners and had been in the collection of an American family for more than a century.

Christie's did not identify the seller but said proceeds will benefit a private American foundation that supports environmental, public health and other causes.

Spring was the last of Manet's Salon paintings still in private hands, Getty Director Timothy Potts said in a statement.

"It is a work of extraordinary quality and beauty, epitomizing Manet's influential conception of modernity, and executed at the height of his artistic powers," Potts said.

                     
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The Night Café (French: Le Café de nuit) is an oil painting created by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh in September 1888 in Arles. Its title is inscribed lower right beneath the signature.

Self Portrait with Beret and Turned up collar

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn 15 July 1606– 4 October 1669) was a Dutch painter and etcher. He is generally considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art and the most important in Dutch history. His contributions to art came in a period of great wealth and cultural achievement that historians call the Dutch Golden Age when Dutch Golden Age painting, although in many ways antithetical to the Baroque style that dominated Europe, was extremely prolific and innovative, and gave rise to important new genres in painting.

Impression Sunrise

Oscar-Claude Monet  14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a founder of French Impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting. The term "Impressionism" is derived from the title of his painting Impression, soleil levant (Impression, Sunrise), which was exhibited in 1874 in the first of the independent exhibitions mounted by Monet and his associates as an alternative to the Salon de Paris.

Salvador Dali from Dick Cavett Show

Salvador Dali explains his use of the Rhino and Anteater in his works. Of course Dick Cavett and the audience have no idea what he is talking about. Listen to his words carefully and you will hear his logic and why he represents these animals in his works.

Renoir LUNCHEON OF THE BOATING PARTY PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR

LUNCHEON OF THE BOATING PARTY

PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR

Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir remains the best known and most popular work of art at The Phillips Collection, just as Duncan Phillips imagined it would be when he bought it in 1923. The painting captures an idyllic atmosphere as Renoir's friends share food, wine, and conversation on a balcony overlooking the Seine at the Maison Fournaise restaurant in Chatou. Parisians flocked to the Maison Fournaise to rent rowing skiffs, eat a good meal, or stay the night.

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Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh

The Starry Night is a painting by the Dutch post-impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh. Painted in June 1889, it depicts the view outside of his sanatorium room window at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (located in southern France) at night, although it was painted from memory during the day. It has been in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, part of the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest, since 1941. The painting is among Van Gogh's best-known works and marks a decisive turn towards greater imaginative freedom in his art.

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