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Winslow Homer (United States, 1836–1910), Artists Sketching in the White Mountains, 1868, oil on panel, 9 7/16 x 15 13/16 inches. Portland Museum of Art.Winslow Homer celebrated in Maine this summer
ArtfixDaily Staff - June 2nd, 2010 05:41
Winslow Homer's (1836-1910) enduringly-popular art---from genre scenes of boys fishing to fierce seascapes---immortalized American life and the land itself at the point when the country transitioned from an agrarian society, centered on farms and small towns, to an industrial nation. Curator Thomas Denenberg explores how Homer helped shape a national identity at the turn of the 20th century in an exhibiton at Maine's Portland Museum of Art timed for the 100th anniversary of the ...

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Dennis Hopper (1936-2010), Double Standard, 1961, gelatin silver print © Dennis Hopper, image courtesy of the artist and Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York.
On Saturday, actor, director, and artist Dennis Hopper passed away at age 74. As ARTFIXdaily wrote last Friday, his artwork will be showcased in the upcoming retrospective "Dennis ...
Orazio Gentileschi, Danaë and the Shower of Gold, ca. 1621–22. Oil on canvas. Collection of Richard L. Feigen, Yale, B.A., 1952.
Art scholar, collector, and dealer Richard L. Feigen, who owns an eponymous art gallery in New York, is sharing his renowned personal art collection for the first time with the public. ...
Carlton Hobbs, LLC, will exhibit at Masterpiece London this extraordinary French 18th century parcel gilt and white painted Library from the Hotel Gaulin, Dijon, attributed to the celebrated ornemaniste, Jerome Marlet (1713-1810), which belonged to J.P Morgan, Jr., one of the most important collectors of the twentieth century.
The Financial Times has the low-down on the high art being offered at London antiques fairs this month. Timed to coincide with the major summer auctions are four fairs, beginning June 3-6 ...
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Laura de Santillana, Light Violet Bodhi, 2008, blown glass, silvered 22.5 x 16.5 x 16.5". photo: Richard Barger. Represented by David Richard Contemporary Santa Fe, NMSOFA West: Santa Fe 2010
July 8-11, 2010
2nd Annual Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Fair
Santa Fe, New Mexico
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A MAGNIFICENT CHARLES II NEEDLEWORK CASKET, circa 1660-70, estimate: £150,000 - £300,000. At Christie's June 10-11 sale in London.Christie's to Offer Syd Levethan: The Longridge Collection in London
Release Date: 01 June 2010
Christie’s announced that they will offer Syd Levethan – The Longridge Collection in London on 10 and 11 June 2010. One of the most prominent and distinguished collectors of British and Northern European decorative arts, the late Syd Levethan assembled the Longridge Collection over a ...

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