Eight Paintings from UPCOMING IMPRESSIONIST EXHIBITION

INTIMATE IMPRESSIONISM FROM THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

OCT 1 2015 – JAN 10 2016

SEATTLE ART MUSEUM

Paul Cézanne, "Still Life with Milk Jug and Fruit," c. 1900.

The Seattle Art Museum will present Intimate Impressionism from the National Gallery of Art (in Washington, D.C.). The collection is comprised of paintings, considered to be the jewels of one of the finest collections of French Impressionism in the world, including Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Gogh, Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro,  Pierre Bonnard,  Georges Seurat, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, and Berthe Morisot.

Vincent van Gogh, "Flower Beds in Holland," c. 1883

Auguste Renoir, "Madame Monet and Her Son," 1874

Camille Pissarro, "The Fence," 1872.

Georges Seurat, Study for "La Grande Jatte", 1884/1885.

Claude Monet, "Argenteuil," 1872. 

Edgar Degas, "Dancers Backstage," 1876/1883. 

Berthe Morisot, "The Artist's Sister at a Window," 1869

Acknowledgment: SEATTLE ART MUSEUM

The ten most expensive paintings in history; Francis Bacon, Gustav Klimt, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Vincent van Gogh, Willem de Kooning,

Wealthy buyers in the Gulf and China have set a string of records as they have snapped up some of the world's most important artworks in recent years

When Will You Marry by Paul Gauguin, 1892 - $300m -  Qatar bought the canvas from  the family of Rudolf Staechelin in 2015. Gauguin traveled to Tahiti 1891  where he painted many pictures of native women: nude, dressed in traditional Tahitian clothes, The first figure, and dressed in Western-style missionary dresses (second figure in a high-necked mission dress), the white tiare flower behind her left ear indicates she is seeking a husband. More

The Card Players by Paul Cézanne - $274m - Qatar Royals bought the painting from George Embiricos, a Greek shipping magnate in 2011. The Card Players is a series of oil paintings by the Paul Cézanne during his final period in the early 1890s; there are five paintings in the series. The versions vary in size and in the number of players depicted. More

No. 6 (Violet, Green and Red) by Mark Rothko - $186m -bought by Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev, from Yves Bouvier, a Swiss art dealer. For Rothlo, these blurred blocks of various colors, devoid of landscape or the human figure, let alone myth and symbol, possessed their own life force. They contained a "breath of life" he found lacking in most figurative painting of the era. More

No 5, 1948 by Jackson Pollock - $165.4m - bought by David Martinez, a Mexican financier, reportedly bough the painting from David Geffen, Dreamworks co-founder, in 2006. The painting was created on fibreboard, also known as composition board, measuring 8’ x 4’. For the paint, Pollock chose to use liquid paints.^[1] More specifically, they were synthetic resin paints (gloss enamel)^[2] but are referred to as oil paints for classification of the work. On inspection it contains black, grey, brown, white and yellow paint drizzled in a way that many people still perceive as a “dense bird’s nest”. More

Woman III by Willem de Kooning - $162.4m - bought Steven Cohen, a hedge fund billionaire, from David Geffen, an American business magnate, in 2006.  It was part of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art collection, which disappeared from view after strict rules on images of women introduced after the 1979 revolution.

Le Réve by Pablo Picasso - $158.5m -  bought by Steven Cohen, founder of SAC Capital and one of Wall Street's biggest art collectors, from Steve Wynn, the casino magnate, whoaccidentally put his elbow through the canvas because of his failing eyesight. The deal went through after it had been repaired, in 2013 

Portrait of Adele Block-Bauer I by Gustav Klimt - $158.4m - bought by Ronald Lauder, the cosmetics magnate, in 2006 for the Neue Galerie. The painting had been seized by the Nazis during the Second World War and reclaimed by the rightful owner's niece - The story is told in a recent film, Woman in Gold, starring Helen Mirren.

Portrait of Dr Gachet (the medic who cared for the artist during his final months) by Vincent van Gogh - $152.0m - bought by Ryoei Saito, a Japanese industrialist, from a Tokyo art dealer in 1990. More

Three studies by Francis Bacon (of his friend Lucian Freud)- $145.0m - bought by Francesco De Simone Niquesa, a lawyer who advised the actresses Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida in the 1960s, and made a separate fortune from bottled mineral water. The three panels were separated for 15 years after different sales in the 1970s to collectors from Rome, Paris and Japan. More

Bal du moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir - $143.9m - A smaller version of the painting at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. On May 17, 1990, the widow of John Hay Whitney sold the painting for US$78 million to Ryoei Saito (Saitō Ryōei), the honorary chairman of Daishowa Paper Manufacturing Company, Japan. It was later sold to an undisclosed buyer. The painting is believed to be in the hands of a Swiss collector. More

Acknowledgement to: Telegraph 

Our art Newsletter for April 16. 2015

Galerie Richelieu, dimanche le 19 avril 2015, pour l’exposition de Bertrand Tremblay.

Guerrilla Girls: Art in Action at the Pomona College Art Museum, curated by Benjamin Feldman, a Pomona senior and the Josephine Bump ’76 curatorial intern, is a small but potent look at the confrontational posters and publications created by the feminist group. Started in 1985 by an anonymous cluster of critics, artists, academics, and museum workers, the Guerrilla Girls have made a long career of critiquing the art world’s male- and Caucasian-centered focus. More

Leonardo da Vinci, Head of a Young Woman (Study for the Angel in the "Virgin of the Rocks").

Photo: courtesy Biblioteca Reale, Turin, Italy; Muscarelle Museum of Art at the College of William & Mary in Virginia in partnership with the Associazione Culturale Metamorfosi; and the MFA, Boston.

Opening today, on what would have been Leonardo da Vinci's 563rd birthday, the exhibition "Leonardo da Vinci and the Idea of Beauty" at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. More

The exhibition "Graphic art masterpieces. Henri Matisse" premiered at the Bucharest Noblesse Palace and can be visited until June 7, the Romanian organizers announced at a recent press conference. More

During a recent paper conservation treatment, the Barnes Foundation discovered two unfinished sketches on the reverse sides of two watercolors by Cézanne.  The Sketches depict the landscape of southern France. More

The Chaîne de l'Etoile Mountains 

Trees

Marc Chagall (French/Russian, 1887–1985)

Le Ciel bleu, 1964

Lithograph with watercolor on BFK Rives paper

Overall Size: 29.8 x 22.3 in. (75.69 x 56.64 cm.)

Framed Size: 38 x 30 in. (96.52 x 76.2 cm.)

Signed and inscribed 'epreuve litho aquarellee' in pencil

The present work is a lithograph completed with a flourish of watercolor by the artist. The lithograph was hand-colored before the lithography in blue, yellow, orange, red and green was applied, with the extant registration marks for the lithograph at the lower portion of the sheet. The work is signed by the artist in pencil and further inscribed 'epreuve litho aquarelle'. More

In keeping with Easter Spirit; "Lamentation," circa 1650, most likely painted by students of Rembrandt van Rijn. (Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota) “Lamentation,” a painting from the permanent collection of the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, depicts the time after Jesus was taken from the cross and before his interment in the tomb. More at: Boston Globe

Le Picador: Picasso 

The lithograph began as a book project about the Spanish passion for bullfighting. Picasso collaborated with author Jaime Sabartes on a book, “A los toros avec Picasso,” which included 103 of the artist’s drawings.
Picasso enjoyed the subject so much that he went on to create a series of four black–and-white lithographs, “La Pique,” “Le Picado,” Jeu de Cape,” and “Les Banderilles.” Later, at the request of the publisher, Picasso was asked to add color to the plates to which he obliged by using every color in his box of 24 litho crayons... More

THE OASIS OF MATISSE - 27 MAR - 16 AUG 2015

The Oasis of Matisse is the largest exhibition of Henri Matisse (1869-1954) in the Netherlands ever. Masterpieces by Matisse alongside work by his contemporaries from the Stedelijk Museum’s permanent collection. The Oasis of Matisse is an unforgettable experience! More

Newly Discovered Cézanne Sketches

During a recent paper conservation treatment, the Barnes Foundation discovered two unfinished sketches on the reverse sides of two watercolors by Cézanne.  The Sketches depict the landscape of southern France.

The discovery marks the first time these sketches have been seen since at least the early 20th century, most likely prior to Dr. Albert Barnes’s purchase of the works from Leo Stein in 1921.These sketches provide a glimpse behind Cezanne’s artistic process and their discovery highlights the importance of conservation efforts and dedicated collection stewardship. More

The Chaîne de l'Etoile Mountains (La Chaîne de l'Etoile avec le Pilon du Roi)

1885–1886

Watercolor and graphite on wove paper

12 3/8 x 19 1/8 in. (31.4 x 48.6 cm)

Trees (Arbres)

c. 1900 (possibly earlier)

Watercolor and graphite on laid paper

12 3/16 x 18 11/16 in. (31 x 47.5 cm)

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