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Sanford Robinson Gifford, A Lake Twilight, 1861, oil on canvas, private collection

American Scenery: Different Views in Hudson River School Painting on view at Reading Public Museum
Release Date: 06 April 2011
An exhibition of 116 Hudson River School paintings drawn from a remarkable and comprehensive private collection will be on view at the Reading Public Museum through June 5, 2011. American Scenery: Different Views in Hudson River School Painting features outstanding works by key figures in the ...

Self-portrait in a Soft Hat, Edgar Degas,1857-1858. The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute.

For the first time: Rembrandt and Degas, two young artists
Release Date: 06 April 2011
Although it is well known that the famous French impressionist painter Edgar Degas (1834-1917) was inspired by Rembrandt, the forthcoming exhibition will be the first actually devoted to Rembrandt’s influence on Degas. This summer, the Rijksmuseum will present a series of self-portraits of the ...

ASIA WEEK NEW YORK 2011 ANNOUNCES SALES OVER $250 MILLION
Release Date: 06 April 2011
New York, NY (April 2011)-Collectors, curators, scholars and Asian art enthusiasts from around the world convened for Asia Week New York 2011 in March--nine days of exhibitions, private sales, public auctions, special events and fund-raising--spending more than $250 million on Asian art. ...

A 16th century illustrated portfolio from the "Shahnameh" ("Book of Kings") of Shah Tahmasp of Persia sold at Sotheby's for 7.4 million pounds ($12 million).

Islamic art reaches new auction record
Los Angeles Times - April 6th, 2011 17:00

Sotheby's in London sold a 16th century illustrated portfolio from the "Shahnameh" ("Book of Kings") of Shah Tahmasp of Persia, for 7.4 million pounds ($12 million) on Wednesday, a new auction record for an Islamic work of art. The leaf comes from the Persian national epic depicting Faridun in the guise of a dragon testing his sons. From the collection of the late scholar, curator and collector Stuart Cary Welch (d. 2008), the lot was part of a two-part auction of Welch's collection which ...

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