Showing posts with label picasso. Show all posts
Showing posts with label picasso. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
The Arts
The arts are alive and well and millions of travelers are now visiting art galleries in New York, Las Vegas, Hawaii, Laguna Beach and more. While online sales for general goods has exceeded brick and mortar business, the art industry is quite different in that you really need to see a work of art in person to appreciate it. Art can be altered when uploaded to a site or blog, so seeing the art in person is important. If you have questions about art of any kind, I am a long time art consultant who has sold works by Salvador Dali, Picasso, Chagall, Miro, Warhol and many others including current popular living artists. Email me
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
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.
Sunday, December 21, 2014
Man donates multi-million dollar collection to Nicolaysen Art Museum includes Dali and Picasso
'HE BOUGHT ART I THINK NOT AS AN INVESTMENT, BUT AS A TRUE PASSION'
Former Nicolaysen Art Museum executive director Brooks Joyner wraps one of more than 140 pieces of art belonging to Harry Ptasynski alongside Ptasynski's executive assistant Georgia on March 21, 2014, at Ptasynski's home in Casper. Ptasynski, a local art collector, passed away Dec. 19, 2013, and donated his extensive collection including works by Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali and Toulouse Lautrec to the Nicolaysen Art Museum. 24 selected pieces are on display through Jan. 25 in the museum's Rosenthal Gallery.
Eric Wimmer was in shock when he stepped into a Casper home full of art.
The curator of the Nicolaysen Art Museum was visiting the home in March because its owner, who recently died, had donated his vast collection to the Nic. Wimmer entered and was immediately greeted by a painting.
Was that an authentic Thomas Moran?
Wimmer has a master’s degree in art history. In grad school, Moran, a titan in Western art, was one of his all-time favorites. He’d spend hours at a Denver art museum looking at Moran’s paintings, and now there was one sitting right in front of him in the foyer of the Casper home.
But that was only the start.
Around the corner from the Moran was an authentic Pablo Picasso lithograph. There was a signed engraving from Salvador Dali. A lithograph from famed French artist Toulouse Lautrec.
Art was in every room, except for the bathrooms. There were paintings from legendary Western artists like Charlie Russell, Frederic Remington and W.R. Leigh.
“I’m like, ‘Where am I?’” Wimmer recalled.
Wimmer was in Harry Ptasynski’s home. Before he died last December, Ptasynski donated his beloved art collection to The Nic, more than 140 pieces valued at $4 million to $5 million.
“It was just an incredibly generous gift,” Wimmer said. “When he passed, we came in and packaged all of the art and took it to the museum. As his wishes were, we could determine which pieces we wanted to keep in our permanent collection. It was up to the museum to find a new home for the remainder (of the art) and use the new funds to help and keep the doors open for years to come.”
Ptasynski was an independent petroleum producer. He was a strong supporter of the Nic and served on its board for years. He started collecting art about 50 years ago, and as his collection grew, so did his connections to art dealers, spanning from San Francisco to Paris to New York.
He attended auctions and traveled the world to find the art he loved.
“He bought art I think not as an investment, but as a true passion,” said daughter Lisa Ptasynski, who grew up in Casper but now lives in Washington state. “He never sold any of those paintings. Once they were obtained, never was one traded or sold for one another.
“He knew what he liked, and that’s what he got.”
Ptasynski’s collection ranged from the well-known to the unknown. There were no labels or plaques naming the artists. You just had to know.
At night, he would linger in front of his art with a glass of wine. Instead of moving from one to another, he’d pick out a piece, study and appreciate its beauty. There were bronze sculptures, watercolors, oil paintings, engravings, lithographs and more.
“It was like being in a museum,” Lisa said.
Some of the pieces cost more than a sports car. For example, three months before Ptasynski died, Lisa asked her father if she could have her favorite painting. It was by Frank Tenney Johnson, depicting an Indian scout coming through a valley on a white horse in the moonlight.
“And he said, “Honey, that’s just too much responsibility. I don’t know how you would insure it. That is a $110,000 painting,’” Lisa recalled. “And he was right. When your $100,000 renter’s insurance doesn’t even cover one painting, it’s clearly too much.”
Instead, Lisa selected a less expensive painting.
She wasn’t the only member of the family who loved art. Harry’s wife Nola, who died just months before him, painted. Their son Ross, who also died last year, was a photographer, painter and drawer. Lisa studied art history and portraiture photography.
“Sometimes (Harry) would go out and buy (Nola) a $75,000 W.R. Leigh (painting) for her birthday,” Lisa said. “Much better than any Helzberg diamond, in my book.”
Art is what brought the Ptasynski family together, and now Lisa is happy to share her family’s passion. She was thrilled when she learned of her father’s plan to donate his collection to the Nic.
The exhibit is titled “Recent Acquisitions from the Ptasynski Collection” and features 24 pieces of art. “It goes from his wife’s work, Nola, all the way up to Picasso,” Wimmer said.
It will remain on display until Jan. 25. The works will appear at other shows in the future.
In honor of his donation, the Nic named a section of the museum the “Ptasynski Gallery.” As for the pieces that were not selected, the museum is in the process of finding the right institutions to house the classic pieces of art.
“We’re very happy to be able to show this to the community. It’s awesome,” Wimmer said. “To be able to say, 'In Casper, you can go down and see a Picasso or a Dali,' that’s really cool.”
Friday, July 18, 2014
$20 million art exhibit on display in Cape Coral
NBC-2.com WBBH News for Fort Myers, Cape Coral
CAPE CORAL, FL - $20 million in world renowned artwork is on display right here in Southwest Florida. Picasso, Dali and Warhol - those are all names you can see in a new art exhibit in Cape Coral.
"It's probably the most financially valuable commercial exhibition that's taken place in Southwest Florida history in a fine art gallery," Modern to Pop and Beyond Exhibition curator Eric Ian Hornak Spoutz said.
The world renowned artwork now hangs at Gallery 928 in the Westin Cape Coral Resort.
"We have very special security systems within the space here, not unlike what you would find in a museum," Spoutz said.
It's an exhibition of modern to pop art and beyond that showcases dozens of famous photographs and famous paintings.
"This is the last photo shoot that was taken of John Lennon before he was assassinated," Spoutz said. "These are by Salvador Dali who's one of the founding surrealist artists."
And it is all for show and for sale; with some of the most expensive pieces selling for upwards of $4 million.
"It's absolutely incredible to have a piece of history like this here," Spoutz said.
Exhibition creators say the big price tags will bring buyers from around the world to Southwest Florida.
"People purchase it for social and political status. Or, of course in many cases, they purchase it because they just love it," Spoutz said.
The exhibit is free to see. It starts Friday night at 6 p.m. and will run until January 2, 2015.
Friday, March 28, 2014
Artist of the Day
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Saturday, April 27, 2013
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Marc Chagall Boaz wakes up and sees Ruth at his feet
Here is an example of an affordable work that was printed from plates created by Chagall.
Boaz wakes up and sees Ruth at his feet
Original color lithograph, 1960. 14 1/8" x 10 3/8"
About Chagall:
Pablo Picasso remarked in the 1950s,
"Chagall will be the only painter left who understands what colour really is".
Chagalls biography includes these comments:
"Chagalls ties with the Bible go very deep, his childhood in Russia had a big influence on his works"
Of the Bible, this is what Chagall said, "Ever since my earliest youth, I have been fascinated with the Bible. I have always believed…that it is the greatest source of poetry of all time…I have sought its reflection in life and art. The Bible is life, an echo of nature, and this is the secret I have endeavored to transmit."
He formed a business relationship with French art dealer Ambroise Vollard. This inspired him to begin creating etchings for a series of illustrated books, including Gogol's Dead Souls, the Bible, and the Fables of La Fontaine. These illustrations would eventually come to represent his finest printmaking efforts.
Chagall spent eight years etching the plates for The Bible Series.
The copper plates were subsequently given to the Musee National Message Biblique in Nice by Marc and Vava Chagall.
Meyer Schapiro, noted art historian, made the observation that Chagall was the ideal artist to have undertaken the task.
If you would like to own this print, call:
888-888-3254 Ext. 204 or ask for Dan
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