Man thinks he has Picasso painting Oct 17, 2009
The portrait of an abstractly drawn man, with long ringlets around his face is signed "Picasso," and is numbered and dated Jan. 3, 1969, an era of the artist's career when he etched and created oil paintings that were inspired by Alexander Dumas's Three Musketeers , said Kinga Bender, fine and decorative arts department director for Charlton Hall Auctioneers in West Columbia, S.C. "It was his late period, and he was obsessed with floppy-hatted, swash-bucklers and Casanovas," Ms. Bender said ...... (The Augusta Chronicle)
Texas Mans Cow Art Sells For More Than $500,000 Oct 16, 2009
Dallas Auction Gallery spokeswoman Lauren Shuford Laughry said Thursday that among the auctions highlights were a Donna Cook oil painting depicting 5,000 cattle called "Chisholm Trial Cattle Drive," which sold for $10,755. Also, she said, a collection of more than 300 vintage toy cows, horses and other farm animals sold for $5,975. (KWTX.com, TX)
World travel and challenges highlight Muscatine native's career Oct 13, 2009
When we downsized from a former home in Colorado, we gave the Art Center a large, 17th century Italian oil painting which hangs in the Music Room of the Musser House, and a very large antique Persian Sarouk rug, which now decorates the entrance to the Musser House. In recent years we have developed a nice collection of 20th century American Regional art (think of the Works Project Administra-tion styles of the 1920s, 30s and 40s), which could eventually fit nicely with other holdings of the... (Muscatine Journal, IO)
SICA Teacher Presents Stam Painting Jul 31, 2009
ARTIST Kay Fox (center) presented an oil painting of Miss America Katie Stam to the pageant winners parents, Keith and Tracy Stam, during the Columbus City Band concert Tuesday night, July 28, at the Jackson County Fair. Fox, who teaches classes at the Southern Indiana Center for the Arts (SICA), said she started thinking about the painting right after the pageant and completed it about a month and a half ago. (Brownstown Jackson County Banner, IN)
VICKERS/A cure for any ailment Jul 16, 2009
All people my age will remember castor oil. This horrible tasting oil was given with a swallow of orange juice or the juice of a lemon ... Castor oil was supposed to give an individual what was referred to as a "cleaning out.". (Philadelphia Neshoba Democrat, MS)
OK, guess I should start typin’ again Jul 11, 2009
This oil painting by Ford Madox Brown is called, "Work." That's me in the center, with the sailor shirt and the Bud, preparing for the 7 a.m. blog ... Took a couple of weeks off and I ll be back for at least a few weeks starting with a column Sunday night in cyberspace and Monday in print (maybe an oil on canvas). (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Art Sale Beats Price Estimate as Hong Kong Collectors Bet Slump Has Ended May 25, 2009
The 1950s oil painting Cat and Birds, the top lot, achieved a record price at auction for a work by deceased painter Sanyu ... 5-meter oil Big Family Series No. 21 fetched HK$6. (Bloomberg -- UK)
Carlton Hobbs 'Gem' Acclaimed in Fine Art Connoisseur Report on Palm Beach May 1, 2009
The report, page 52, singles out the oil painting Mond, a 19th-century depiction of the surface of the moon, as particularly fine among the shows gems ... Business Wire - Julius Grimm (1842-1906) Mond (Moon) 1888, oil on canvas, 53 x 53 in. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
• Events calendar Apr 17, 2009
Reception for Deanna Dasoglio's oil paintings, 2-5 p.m. at Tori's Eatery, 1924 Addison Ave. E. Dasoglio chooses subjects that are whimsical, and her impressionistic style is bright and colorful yet calming. Artwork on display through APRIL30. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Buyers Hunting Art-Fair Bargains Force Dealers to Cut Price as Much as 30% Mar 24, 2009
Bernheimer sold a 1611 oil portrait of a bearded man to a U.S. collector for an undisclosed sum under the asking price of 5. 5 million euros. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
Bishops' mansion blessed with art Mar 14, 2009
In the foyer hung an oil painting that shows two angels supporting a bishop's miter and crosier. Bishop Leonard acquired the painting after a fire damaged Duquesne University in the 1970s and school officials gave it to him. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
All-Student Show and art department awards announced Mar 7, 2009
Honorable Mention Awards went to: Kristy Goeckner (Bishop Creek) for an untitled photograph and for the intaglio Wanted: For a Lifetime Supply of Milk ; Jamie Kemp (Chatham), for the oil painting Antiques ; and Chad Whitfield (Seymour), for the computer-based graphics Whitfield Interactive Portfolio. Award recipients designated by the art department faculty were the: Paul T. Sargent Award and Calvin Countryman Award, Candace Manning (Palos Park); Irene Couchman Buzzard Scholarship, Lauren Curta;... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Andrew Tate Some would say that watching Pele, Don Bradman, Tiger Woods or even James Hird in full flight is the highest form of art. Read more Feb 7, 2009
Old timers may well remember the original oil paintings on glass, and posters produced for pubs from the 1930s to 1950s, as part of a push to make pubs more appealing ... The 1948 oil painting features two lads playing cricket in the old NSW gold town of Hill End. (The Age, Australia)
