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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Jean-Michel Cels (1819–1894) Cloud Study, ca. 1838–42 Oil on cardboard Thaw Collection, jointly owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Morgan Library & Museum; gift of Eugene Thaw, 2009.

Sky Studies: Oil Sketches from the Thaw Collection to Open at Morgan
Release Date: 14 April 2014
During the second half of the eighteenth century, the practice of using oil paint on paper while working outdoors became popular among landscape artists. In a treatise offering advice to students of landscape painting, Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes (1750-1819) advocated that artists start with the ...

Artful Eggs Sizzle in Fabergé-Sponsored Paddle8 Auction

A 40-inch egg by Jeff Koons has already cracked $360,000 in an ongoing charity auction of 260 jumbo eggs commissioned by Fabergé. The Big Egg Hunt auction hosted online by Paddle8 is also...

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	Will Lustenader - Approximating Continuity April 25 - May 24, 2014 Fred Giampietro Gallery New Haven, Connecticut Read more

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	Important Western Painting Added to Jackson Hole Art Auction Release Date: 14 April 2014 The Jackson Hole Art Auction is pleased to announce the offering of Howard Terpning’s “Major North and the Pawnee Battalion” in the September 13, 2014 sale. The 36 x 58 inch oil, dated 1989, is an important historical scene, depicting Major North giving scouting orders to the Pawnee, enlisted ... Read more

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