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Renoir painting, bought for $ 7, auctioned off
02.10.2012 The painting "Landscape on the Seine" (Paysage Bords de Seine) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir was supposed to be auctioned this Saturday. However, at the last moment, the press secretary of the Potomac auction house in the city of Alexandria (Virginia) announced that the work of art was removed from the auction.
Kunsthaus in Zurich exhibits more than 50 prints of Gauguin
02.10.2012 From September 28, 2012 to January 20, 2013, an exhibition of engravings by the French artist Paul Gauguin will be held in one of the largest art museums in Switzerland, Kunsthaus, located in Zurich.
Three Turner paintings recognized as authentic
28.09.2012 Three oil paintings by J. M. W. Turner, “The Beacon Light”, “Off Margate” and “Margate Jetty”, considered fake for more than half a century, were recognized as genuine works of the artist.
Impressionism and fashion on display at the Orsay Museum
27.09.2012 An exhibition “Impressionism and Fashion” has opened at the Orsay Museum in Paris, which displays 60 masterpieces by artists such as Manet, Renoir and Degas. The exposition is dedicated to the history of male and female costume.
A Spanish woman who has unsuccessfully restored the image of Christ requires a fee
24.09.2012 The Spanish pensioner, famous for the unsuccessful attempt to restore the religious fresco, demands a fee for her work, which has already become a tourist attraction.
An exhibition of the Spanish Renaissance has opened at the British Museum in London
20.09.2012 The British Museum opens today an exhibition of Spanish Renaissance painting. Visitors will be able to see the works of Diego Velazquez, Jose de Ribera, etchings of Francisco de Goya.
The pavilion of Islamic art opened in the Louvre
18.09.2012 The Louvre Museum began the week with the opening of a department dedicated to Islamic art. Over an area of five thousand square meters, located under the original glass roof, exhibited over 18,000 works created on three continents in more than twelve centuries of history.
Illustrations for the "Divine Comedy" at the exhibition of little-known works by Auguste Rodin
16.09.2012 The National Academy of Engraving and Fine Arts of San Fernando (La Calcografía Nacional de la Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando) presented an exhibition of some little-known graphic works by Auguste Rodin.
Picasso’s stained glass window found in Indiana was estimated at $ 35 million
14.09.2012 Recently found in the storerooms of the Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science, by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), “The Sitting Woman with Red Hat” (1954-1956) was evaluated in 30 - 40 million US dollars.
Pre-Raphaelites, Victorian art rebels, in Tate British
12.09.2012 September 11, an exhibition of artists belonging to the British movement opened in London pre-Raphaelites who revolutionized the formal and stylistic methods of art in the Victorian era.
An American bought a picture of Renoir at a flea market for $ 7
10.09.2012 A resident of the American city of Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, who wished to remain anonymous, bought a large landscape at the flea market, for which, complete with a doll and a plastic cow, she paid only $ 7.
Stockholm National Museum acquires Jan Leavens’ masterpiece
08.09.2012 The National Museum of Stockholm (Nationalmuseum) has enriched its already extensive collection of old masters of one of the best paintings by Jan Lievens “Painting of St Paul”, dating from 1627-1629.
Japanese scientist claims Vincent Van Gogh was color blind
04.09.2012 Could it be that Vincent van Gogh’s choice of bright colors and shades is explained by his color blindness, and not just aesthetic preferences?
Christian traditions depicting feelings at an exhibition in Berkeley
02.09.2012 The Berkeley Art Museum and the Pacific Film Archive present an exhibition dedicated to the Christian tradition of depicting human feelings.
Found a Roman mosaic created twenty centuries ago
02.09.2012 During the excavation of the ancient Roman city of Castulo, located on the territory of modern Spain, a mosaic painting was found that was created approximately at the end of the first, beginning of the second century AD. The mosaic depicts scenes from the classic myth of the court of Paris.