Group show opens at The Collectors Galleria

Wednesday, 12 November 2008, 17:33 | Category : Oil Paintings Information
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THE group show of the recent works of Mansur Rahi, Wahab Jaffer, Sajida Hussain and Farrukh Shahab’s titled ‘Intrusions’ opened at The Collectors Galleria, Cultural Complex, Ferozepur Road on Friday.
The group show is a living testimony of the artistic creations of four top artists of the country with their latest works spanning over around two [...]

Paintings of polar landscapes at Peabody Essex Museum are cool

Wednesday, 12 November 2008, 14:26 | Category : Oil Paintings Information
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From Paul Gauguin’s sensuous Tahiti to Winslow Homer’s austere New England coast, visionary painters invested exotic locales and landscapes with human emotions that still touch viewers on many levels.
Journeying to harsher lands, painters like William Bradford and Rockwell Kent infused the polar regions with the barren magnificence of places indifferent to human aspiration.
They are among [...]

Gris, Picasso, Kandinsky paintings auctioned in NY

Wednesday, 12 November 2008, 12:51 | Category : Oil Paintings News
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NEW YORK – An oil-on-canvas painting by Spanish artist Juan Gris was auctioned Thursday for $20.8 million, surpassing its presale estimate of up to $18.5 million.
The 1915 painting “Livre, pipe et verres” (”Book, pipe and glasses”) was the top seller at Christie’s impressionist and modern art evening sale. Of the 82 pieces up for auction, [...]

Gris Sets Record in Slow Christie’s Auction

Wednesday, 12 November 2008, 12:26 | Category : Oil Paintings News
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Christie’s auction of Impressionist and Modern art on Thursday was packaged for the market as it existed six months ago, but the results reflected a more cautious and often grim new reality.
It wasn’t all bad news. A richly detailed Cubist painting by Juan Gris brought a record price of nearly $21 million.
But those moments were [...]

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