ARTFIXdaily News feed for 4 June 2010. | View web version
 
ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Friday, June 4, 2010
Item_gray_rule_548x1
Frederic Church, The Afterglow, 1867.Olana exhibit explores impact of Jamaica on the art of Frederic Church
ArtfixDaily Staff - June 4th, 2010 04:38
Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900), known as a leading figure in the Hudson River School of landscape painting, had a passion for the tropics. In 1865, Church and his wife, Isabel, journeyed to Jamaica for a respite after losing their two young children to diphtheria. Immersing himself in the exploration and documentation of the tropical island, Church created a wide variety of flora and fauna studies as well as a large body of preparatory sketches used later for grand landscapes. Church wrote ...

Read more

 
Item_gray_rule_548x1
Jeff Bridgman American Antiques is the nation’s largest seller of early American Stars & Stripes.
Many people think that the flag we love so much as Americans was born alongside the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, 1776, or at least in the general vicinity of that day, but it ...
Claude Monet's 1906 “Nympheas” will be offered by Christie's June 23.
A Claude Monet water-lily painting is expected to reach 40 million pounds ($58.6 million) at Christie's June 23 sale of Impressionist works in London. Together, Monet’s 1906 ...
Featured Event - View the events calendar >>
Bust of Michelangelo wearing Van Dyck costume, 1834, G. Rigali, plaster Exhibitor: William AgnewArt Antiques London
June 10-16, 2010
Haughton International Fairs
London, United Kingdom
Read more		 
ArtwireTM - Read the latest Press Releases >>
Spotted Dog, late 19th c. Maine pattern hooked rugHOOKED! A SHOW AND SALE OF ANTIQUE HOOKED RUGS AT JOHN SIDELI GALLERY, CURATED BY LAURA FISHER OF FISHER HERITAGE
Release Date: 03 June 2010
HOOKED! WISCASSET DEALER JOHN SIDELI HOSTS HOOKED RUG SHOW FROM LAURA FISHER JUNE 17-JULY 17    In celebration of a much anticipated Maine event this summer - the hooked rug exhibition at the Farnsworth Museum in Rockland - New York City dealer/author Laura Fisher has curated a ...

Read more

 
Got a news tip? Email us or join ArtGuild for art world professionals to post press releases to ArtWire.
Advertise! Reach a targeted audience of art world professionals and leading collectors. Email us at advertise@artfixdaily.com with your telephone number to learn more about advertising in this daily e-newsletter and on artfixdaily.com.
ArtfixDaily.com is a division of Athena Media Group. E-mail: info@artfixdaily.com
© 2010 Athena Media Group.   

This e-mail was sent to you by ArtfixDaily.com. Click here to unsubscribe.