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Milton Avery, Blue Trees, 1945, Oil on canvas, 28 x 36 inches. Permanent Collection of the Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York; Gift of Roy R. Neuberger

Milton Avery & the End of Modernism
Nassau County Museum of Art - April 25th, 2011 17:28

Milton Avery & the End of Modernism, currently at the Nassau County Museum of Art on Long Island, looks at work by the artist who brought the sketch, with its spontaneity, movement and fleetingness, to the status of a finished painting. The exhibition features Avery’s intense saturated color fields, the simplification of form, and figures that emphasize the flatness of canvas surface. This exhibition examines the contributions of Milton Avery as a significant figurative ...

Kerry James Marshall, Great America, 1994, acrylic and collage on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of the Collectors Committee, 2011

National Gallery of Art Acquires Works by Kerry James Marshall and Anne Truitt
Release Date: 22 April 2011
Washington, DC—At its annual meeting in April, the Collectors Committee of the National Gallery of Art made possible the acquisition of Great America (1994) by Kerry James Marshall (b. 1955)—the Gallery's first painting by the midcareer African American artist—and Knight's ...

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	Hudson River School Stories Paul G. Stein Two American Treasures, Sold Everyone knows that art world players throw big bucks at Picasso, Warhol, and Monet. Yet within the past couple of months, the typically serene and dignified field of Hudson River School art has ... Read more

Lady Sarah Churchill's Motor Picnic Set ($12,500).

ROYAL OR NOT, MS RAU ANTIQUES OFFERS SOME REGAL GIFTS FOR A WEDDING OR ANY OTHER SPECIAL OCCASION
Release Date: 25 April 2011
When it comes to last minute wedding gifts for Prince William and Kate Middleton, the British royal-couple-to-be, Bill Rau, the third generation owner of America's largest antiques and fine arts gallery MS Rau Antiques, has come up with a few pedigreed suggestions. MS Rau Antiques, located for ...

Jan Van Beers (1852-1927) He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (Il m'aime un peu, beaucoup), 1882. Schiller & Bodo, New York.

With Something for Every Collecting Taste, Inaugural Spring Show NYC Offers a Diverse Array of Fine and Decorative Arts Treasures
Release Date: 25 April 2011
Decisions, decisions. When the Spring Show NYC, opens its doors on April 28 to May 2 at the Park Avenue Armory, a diverse array of fine and decorative arts from 65 members of the Art and Antique Dealers League of America will greet collectors and art aficionados of all tastes. From ancient ...

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	Picasso and Marie-Thérèse - L’amour fou April 14 - June 25, 2011 Gagosian Gallery (Chelsea) New York, New York Read more

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	Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection Opens at the Dallas Museum of Art Release Date: 19 April 2011 In the Dallas Museum of Art’s first Native American exhibition in nearly twenty years, more than 100 works of art from the renowned Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art at the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, New York, will be on view beginning April 24, 2011, in the ... Read more

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