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Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919) Nature morte aux fraises.  Oil on canvas, 7 3/4" high x 11 1/8" wide (canvas).  Signed "Renoir" (upper left).  Painted in 1908.  In a gilded Louis XV frame.Summer Selections: Three Impressionist gems unveiled by M.S. Rau
ArtfixDaily Staff - July 7th, 2010 23:19
A striking trio of Impressionist oils have been secured from private collections by New Orleans-based M.S. Rau Antiques. The new acquisitions, two by the iconic Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) and one by noted Belgian Neo-Impressionist Théo Van Rysselberghe (1862-1926), capture three divergent subjects: a sumptuous fruit still-life, an intimate portrait, and a brilliant seascape. Having established his reputation for light-filled landscapes and complex genre scenes, Renoir turned his ...

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Turner's “Modern Rome — Campo Vaccino”
The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles won J.M.W. Turner's ethereal final painting of Rome, “Modern Rome — Campo Vaccino” (1839) for $44.9 million (with fees) at a ...
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Thos.  Agnew & Sons Ltd presents Benjamin West PRA (1738-1820) Cupid and Psyche, signed and dated 1808.  Oil on canvas, 137.8 x 142.9 cm.Master Paintings Week
July 3-9, 2010
Old Master galleries and auction houses
London, United Kingdom
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Reynolds Beal Am.  1885–1955 Ivy League Rowing Regatta, Poughkeepsie, N Y, Columbia Boat Club Wins, 1914* Oil on canvas 26 x 36 in.  (66.0 x 91.4 cm) $80,000–120,000 BARRIDOFF AUCTION FEATURES IMPORTANT PAINTINGS RE-DISCOVERED
Release Date: 07 July 2010
At least 11 important paintings, all but one by American artists, are coming to light for the first time in half a century or more, and some for the first time since they were first painted, at the Barridoff Galleries auction on August 6, 2010. We'll highlight three of them here, but the ...

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