Observingart: Edgar Degas at MoMa

Edgar Degas, Forest in the Mountains, ca. 1890, monotype in oil on paper, 11¾ x 15¾ inches.

MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK, LOUISE REINHARDT SMITH BEQUEST
“Edgar Degas: A Strange New Beauty,”  at the Museum of Modern Art in New York,
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Observingarts: Gagosian New York - “Francis Bacon: Late Paintings.

” This will be the third exhibition of Bacon's work. Encompassing more than twenty-five paintings that Bacon made in London and Paris during the last two decades of his life, this will be the first in-depth exploration of the innovations in his late work".
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Francis Bacon Triptych Inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus (1981)Lending from Astrup Fearnley Museum to the exhibit at Gagosian Gallery, New York starting 7. November 2015

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Observingarts: Craig LaRotonda. "The invitation"

Craig LaRotonda

"The Invitation" 5" x 7" 

Acrylic on Wood. 

After 007 "Spectre" and halloween

"diaz de los muertos" is a motive reappearing in art. 

Craigs' dramatic pictures and artpieces are popular with collectors: 

Hollywood loves the work of Craig  - among others Guillermo Del Toro and Johnny Depp.

Ander Zorn under the hammer at Sotheby's

Anders Zorn

A Portrait of the daughters of Ramon Subercaseaux,

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Sotheby’s November 3rd auction of 19th Century European Art in New York include Anders Zorn’s masterpiece A Portrait of the daughters of Ramon Subercaseaux, as well as an important group of drawings by Jean François Millet, including a study for his most celebrated painting, The Gleaners. Major re-discoveries are also featured in the sale, such as Jean Leon Gérôme’s Prière dans la mosque, Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier’s Les Deux Amis, and William Bouguereau’s Young Girl with Grapes, alongside major paintings by John Frederick Herring Sr., Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Alfred Stevens, Julius Leblanc Stewart, Gustave Moreau and Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema. More at Sotheby's

Observingarts: New York state of mine no 2

I was walking the streets looking for inspiration. 

Observingarts: Female surrealist up for sale at Sothebys, New York

Bridget Bate Tichenor, Escena profética, circa 1976

Sotheby’s focus on world-class examples by international female Surrealists, both famed and obscure by introducing the mysterious and seductive world of these extraordinary artists.

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