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Independent conservator Gay Myers removing the varnish from Gilbert Stuart's Abigail Smith Adams (Mrs. John Adams), (1800/1815). National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mrs. Robert Homans National Gallery of Art Restores Gilbert Stuart Portraits of Founding Fathers
Huffington Post - July 2nd, 2012 14:03
The National Gallery of Art's portraits of George Washington and John Adams are among a select group of 16 Federal-era paintings in its collection by American master Gilbert Stuart (1755–1828) that are being conserved. New details are emerging under layers of old varnish...

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From Thomas Kinkade's 2004 "Beacons of Light" series. Thomas Kinkade/Andrews McMeel Publishing.
The widow and girlfriend of artist Thomas Kinkade are facing off in court over his $66.3 million estate.
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Thomas Hart Benton, Self-Portrait with Rita (detail), 1922. Oil on canvas; 124.5 x 100 cm. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. Mooney. Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties
July 1 - September 16, 2012
Cleveland Museum of Art
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Copley's Summer 2012 Sporting Sale
In New England, every summer we unfurl the sails, dust off the golf shoes, break out the fishing rods, and with a little luck, dine on freshly caught seafood. The seasonal changes as the coastal ...

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Collodion Negative of Abraham Lincoln's Last Sitting - estimate $40,000/60,000 COWAN’S AUCTIONS, INC. EXCEEDS $697,000 IN JUNE 21 AMERICAN HISTORY AUCTION
Release Date: 25 June 2012
  Cowan’s Auctions, Inc. American History, Including the Civil War Auction realized $697,000 in the June 21, 2012 sale. Over 267 people from over 9 countries bid competitively for the 391 lots on the telephone, online and in Cowan’s salesroom. The highest selling lot in the sale was an ...

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