Christie’s announces the auction of an exceptional work of art by Paul Cézanne at its Impressionist and Modern Art sale on December 1st, 2011. This oil on canvas study was realized between 1902 and 1906 when the artist was at the peak of his career. This study, one of the few known to this date, is estimated between 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 Euros.
Thomas Seydoux, International director of the Impressionist and Modern Art department: ”The Bathers of Paul Cézanne figure among the most famous compositions in Art History. Discovering and unveiling this oil on canvas study was a very exhilarating moment, because it is the first time in decades that we discover such a piece of art.”
The famous series of paintings The Bathers, executed between 1894 and 1906, are today recognized to be emblematic works of art by Paul Cézanne. They are, according to Philip Conisbee, former curator of the Washington National Gallery of Art, “the heritage of Cézanne.”
In addition to the series are three final large format versions executed between 1894 and the artist’s death in 1906. We know that a great deal of Cézanne’s work was influenced by this theme. He created numerous studies and sketches, most of them were pencil drawings “which always stayed in his chest’s drawer, in his room, or in his desk’s drawer in his studio” showing an obstinacy working on the subject (J. Gasquet, Cézanne, Paris, 1926, p. 55). Until this day, only a few of these registered studies are the same composition as in the final versions. Among these studies, seven are oil paintings, including the work presented here, while others are in watercolor. These studies are now all held in public institutions.
The owner’s grand-father acquired this study in 1961 from the Parisian merchant Otto Wertheimer and it has not been seen or exhibited since then. Coming from Ambroise Vollard’s succession, this work of art would have been acquired by Otto Wertheimer in the early Fifties. The limited number of successive ownerships contributed to the rarity of this piece which remained unknown to the public until this day. The rediscovery of this work of art celebrates one of the most important events of the season.
2011年11月28日星期一
Haut-Brion 1945 Vintage Tops $334 Million Christie’s Auction
A lot containing 14 bottles of Chateau Haut-Brion together with a bespoke console by London- based furniture maker David Linley fetched HK$1.44 million ($184,850) at a Christie’s International wine sale.
The package, in which all bottles were shipped direct from the cellars of the Bordeaux winemaker, included a rare 1945 vintage and bottles from 1959 and 1961. A lot also containing a Linley console and 14 bottles of Haut Brion white sold for HK$1.32 million.
The two lots, both of which carried presale estimates of HK$1 million to HK$2 million, were welcome highlights to an otherwise lackluster two-day sale that saw many lots of Chateau Lafite Rothschild go unsold.
“The bidding wasn’t as keen as I expected, so I got lucky,” said Paul Dunn, a Hong Kong-based collector who bought both top lots. “Plus Haut-Brion generously donated the proceeds to the Children’s Medical Fund which added a whole lot of meaning to the lots, so I decided to go for it.”
The three-day wine sale that ended today raised HK$64.7 million, compared with a presale low estimate of HK$60 million. About 16 percent of the lots failed to sell.
Christie’s six-day sale also includes Chinese ceramics, jewelry and watches and is estimated by the London-based auction house to raise as much as HK$2.6 billion ($334 million).
While some Bordeaux sales flagged, demand for Burgundy remained strong. The Liv-Ex 50 Fine Wine Index, which tracks Bordeaux first growths, has fallen 18 percent since June. Less expensive Bordeaux second growths have fared better recently.
The third-most-expensive lot was a case of 12 bottles of Romanee-Conti Domaine de la Romanee Conti 1985 that sold for HK$1.2 million, almost reaching its presale high estimate of HK$1.3 million. Romanee Conti accounted for seven of the top 10 wine lots sold.
Caution was also the watchword at Christie’s evening sale of Asian 20th-century and contemporary art, with works by Chinese painters Zhang Xiaogang and Zeng Fanzhi unsold. Christie’s raised HK$397 million ($51 million), with just 42 out of 57 lots finding buyers.
“It’s a price-aware market,” said Jonathan Stone, Christie’s chairman and international head of Asian art. “There were strong moments and less strong moments.”
Across town, a world record amount of HK$25.3 million was paid for an 18th-century Qianlong era Chinese snuff bottle at a Bonhams auction today.
The decision by Christie’s to combine Southeast Asian, Korean and Japanese art together with Chinese for the first time was justified by the extent of cross-cultural bidding from different regions, said Eric Chang, international director of Asian 20th-Century and Contemporary Art.
The two-day sale, which included works from a private collection on Saturday night and a day sale yesterday, raised a combined HK$704.7 million compared with a presale estimate of HK$540 million.
The top-selling lot was an oil by 20th-century abstract Chinese painter Zao Wou-ki, which sold for HK$35.38 million, more than double its presale high estimate of HK$15 million.
Pascal de Sarthe, a Hong Kong-based art dealer, said he bought the painting for a client who was prepared to pay far more.
“Buyers were more cautious,” he said. “Tonight was a very lucky spot for me.”
Indonesian star Nyoman Masriadi fared better than many contemporary Chinese artists. His painting showing a parody of movie hero Indiana Jones carrying a giant diamond sold for HK$3.38 million, more than its HK$3.2 million top estimate.
While London and New York events typically are headlined by paintings, a highlight of Hong Kong is the auction of Chinese antiques. On Nov. 30, this includes a 15th-century Ming dynasty blue-and-white porcelain moonflask and a Qianlong-era white jade vase and cover that both have high estimates of HK$35 million.
The day before, Christie’s will offer two unmounted diamonds each weighing more than 35 carats as separate lots, carrying high estimates of HK$80 million apiece.
Christie’s also is displaying a collection of jewelry at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre venue that belonged to actress Elizabeth Taylor. The pieces will go on sale in New York on Dec. 13-14, including a necklace with a 50-carat pearl given to her in 1969 by Richard Burton that once belonged to Spain’s King Phillip II.
The package, in which all bottles were shipped direct from the cellars of the Bordeaux winemaker, included a rare 1945 vintage and bottles from 1959 and 1961. A lot also containing a Linley console and 14 bottles of Haut Brion white sold for HK$1.32 million.
The two lots, both of which carried presale estimates of HK$1 million to HK$2 million, were welcome highlights to an otherwise lackluster two-day sale that saw many lots of Chateau Lafite Rothschild go unsold.
“The bidding wasn’t as keen as I expected, so I got lucky,” said Paul Dunn, a Hong Kong-based collector who bought both top lots. “Plus Haut-Brion generously donated the proceeds to the Children’s Medical Fund which added a whole lot of meaning to the lots, so I decided to go for it.”
The three-day wine sale that ended today raised HK$64.7 million, compared with a presale low estimate of HK$60 million. About 16 percent of the lots failed to sell.
Christie’s six-day sale also includes Chinese ceramics, jewelry and watches and is estimated by the London-based auction house to raise as much as HK$2.6 billion ($334 million).
While some Bordeaux sales flagged, demand for Burgundy remained strong. The Liv-Ex 50 Fine Wine Index, which tracks Bordeaux first growths, has fallen 18 percent since June. Less expensive Bordeaux second growths have fared better recently.
The third-most-expensive lot was a case of 12 bottles of Romanee-Conti Domaine de la Romanee Conti 1985 that sold for HK$1.2 million, almost reaching its presale high estimate of HK$1.3 million. Romanee Conti accounted for seven of the top 10 wine lots sold.
Caution was also the watchword at Christie’s evening sale of Asian 20th-century and contemporary art, with works by Chinese painters Zhang Xiaogang and Zeng Fanzhi unsold. Christie’s raised HK$397 million ($51 million), with just 42 out of 57 lots finding buyers.
“It’s a price-aware market,” said Jonathan Stone, Christie’s chairman and international head of Asian art. “There were strong moments and less strong moments.”
Across town, a world record amount of HK$25.3 million was paid for an 18th-century Qianlong era Chinese snuff bottle at a Bonhams auction today.
The decision by Christie’s to combine Southeast Asian, Korean and Japanese art together with Chinese for the first time was justified by the extent of cross-cultural bidding from different regions, said Eric Chang, international director of Asian 20th-Century and Contemporary Art.
The two-day sale, which included works from a private collection on Saturday night and a day sale yesterday, raised a combined HK$704.7 million compared with a presale estimate of HK$540 million.
The top-selling lot was an oil by 20th-century abstract Chinese painter Zao Wou-ki, which sold for HK$35.38 million, more than double its presale high estimate of HK$15 million.
Pascal de Sarthe, a Hong Kong-based art dealer, said he bought the painting for a client who was prepared to pay far more.
“Buyers were more cautious,” he said. “Tonight was a very lucky spot for me.”
Indonesian star Nyoman Masriadi fared better than many contemporary Chinese artists. His painting showing a parody of movie hero Indiana Jones carrying a giant diamond sold for HK$3.38 million, more than its HK$3.2 million top estimate.
While London and New York events typically are headlined by paintings, a highlight of Hong Kong is the auction of Chinese antiques. On Nov. 30, this includes a 15th-century Ming dynasty blue-and-white porcelain moonflask and a Qianlong-era white jade vase and cover that both have high estimates of HK$35 million.
The day before, Christie’s will offer two unmounted diamonds each weighing more than 35 carats as separate lots, carrying high estimates of HK$80 million apiece.
Christie’s also is displaying a collection of jewelry at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre venue that belonged to actress Elizabeth Taylor. The pieces will go on sale in New York on Dec. 13-14, including a necklace with a 50-carat pearl given to her in 1969 by Richard Burton that once belonged to Spain’s King Phillip II.
2011年11月27日星期日
Holly Day House Art Show features hand-crafted works
The Artists of Picacho Hills on Saturday hosted its annual Holly Day House Art Show, which featured a variety of original fine artwork created by residents of the Picacho Hills area.
The juried art show offered unique gifts, including jewelry, paintings, photography, textiles, basketry, glass and woodworking, created by nearly 25 artists from The Artists of Picacho Hills.
The 2nd annual Holly Day House Art Show continues from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at 1340 Picacho Hills Drive in Las Cruces, by Ump 88 Irish Grill.
Instead of enduring long lines and crowds of post-Thanksgiving shoppers, visitors to Saturday's show enjoyed refreshments and door prizes, while perusing unique, handcrafted works of art from the spacious venue in Picacho Hills, said Wanda Sparks, past president of the Artists of Picacho Hills, who also creates ornate and colorful gourd Christmas ornaments.
During the group's final show of the year, Sparks said more than 200 shoppers on Saturday were in search of holiday decorations, Christmas presents for loved ones, and even gifts for themselves.
"Several couples have come in and said to the person they were with, 'You know, this would make a really wonderful gift for me,'" Sparks said with a smile.
One of the newest art associations in Las Cruces, The Artists of Picacho Hills was founded in 2008 and has since blossomed into a group of more than 30 artists, including painters, sculptors, jewelry makers, photographers, woodworkers, potters, textile and multimedia artists, according to the group's website. Artists of Picacho Hills is open to all residents who create original artwork and live in Picacho Hills.
The Artists of Picacho Hills also annually hosts the popular Art in the Garden show in September, which typically attracts about 600 visitors, and For the Love of Art in February, Sparks said.
Choosing a new, more spacious venue for this year's Holly Day House Art Show, Sparks said, "No matter how many shoppers we've had at once, it's never felt crowded and the artists have had a lot of space to really showcase their art."
"It's been busy all day," said Jeanne DeArment, who organized the event, of the turnout during first day of the annual show. "It's nice to see people doing their shopping locally and supporting local artists, rather than purchasing a TV made in China. I can guarantee, what they've found here will last a whole lot longer, too."
Using various computer techniques to turn photographs into interesting works of art, Picacho Hills artist Steve Bailey said his pieces were selling fast during Saturday's show.
"I've been doing really well," Bailey said. "I've sold several of my bigger pieces and my cards are about to sell out."
Having participated in several previous Artists of Picacho Hills shows, Bailey said many who purchased works of his Saturday were repeat customers.
"Most of the people who purchase larger pieces of art are shopping for their own homes because it's just so personal," he explained. "Repeat customers also want to make sure that the piece they're thinking of purchasing will complement those already hanging in their homes."
He continued, "I'll definitely be coming back next year."
Watercolorist Marie Siegrist, who has been painting for most of her adult life, said the first day of the weekend-long show was a success.
"It's been very nice," she said. "I've already sold a painting and have interest in another."
The first time showcasing her paintings, which also feature acrylic and gouache pieces, at the Holly Day House event, Siegrist said of the art show, "It's been a great opportunity to get to know other artists and to connect with people in the community who are interested in our art."
"The more exposure the better," added Alice Terry, an oil painter. "Because of this show, I have potential for even more sales."
After taking a class in basket weaving about four years ago, artist Lonnie Wilson was hooked on the craft.
"It's such a fun project, and I've been getting a lot of good feedback here," she said. "This show has such a nice feeling since it's at the beginning of the holiday season and I think it's really coming into its own this year."
Oil painter Rosemary McKeown agreed, stating, "The response has been very positive and people have been impressed with how nice the art is."
She continued, "Because the show is juried by a third party, you know you're going to find some really nice works of art. And the facility this year is much bigger, allowing for the art to be displayed really nicely."
Gregg Tracy, who uses mesquite wood and turquoise to hand craft boxes, cutting boards and trays, as well as larger furniture pieces, said, "It's nice to have this large space this year."
He added, "The variety of art is what makes this show so nice. The group always looks for different mediums and different types of art to feature."
Judi Miller, who creates knitted shawls, said she draws inspiration from nature to come up with new designs. Her colorful pieces feature lace-like patterns that incorporate swans, turtles, lilacs, and other natural elements.
"Coming up with new patterns is always very exciting," Miller said.
Her first time showcasing her work at the Holly Day House Art Show, Miller said shoppers "seem to really enjoying looking" at her collection of shawls.
The juried art show offered unique gifts, including jewelry, paintings, photography, textiles, basketry, glass and woodworking, created by nearly 25 artists from The Artists of Picacho Hills.
The 2nd annual Holly Day House Art Show continues from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at 1340 Picacho Hills Drive in Las Cruces, by Ump 88 Irish Grill.
Instead of enduring long lines and crowds of post-Thanksgiving shoppers, visitors to Saturday's show enjoyed refreshments and door prizes, while perusing unique, handcrafted works of art from the spacious venue in Picacho Hills, said Wanda Sparks, past president of the Artists of Picacho Hills, who also creates ornate and colorful gourd Christmas ornaments.
During the group's final show of the year, Sparks said more than 200 shoppers on Saturday were in search of holiday decorations, Christmas presents for loved ones, and even gifts for themselves.
"Several couples have come in and said to the person they were with, 'You know, this would make a really wonderful gift for me,'" Sparks said with a smile.
One of the newest art associations in Las Cruces, The Artists of Picacho Hills was founded in 2008 and has since blossomed into a group of more than 30 artists, including painters, sculptors, jewelry makers, photographers, woodworkers, potters, textile and multimedia artists, according to the group's website. Artists of Picacho Hills is open to all residents who create original artwork and live in Picacho Hills.
The Artists of Picacho Hills also annually hosts the popular Art in the Garden show in September, which typically attracts about 600 visitors, and For the Love of Art in February, Sparks said.
Choosing a new, more spacious venue for this year's Holly Day House Art Show, Sparks said, "No matter how many shoppers we've had at once, it's never felt crowded and the artists have had a lot of space to really showcase their art."
"It's been busy all day," said Jeanne DeArment, who organized the event, of the turnout during first day of the annual show. "It's nice to see people doing their shopping locally and supporting local artists, rather than purchasing a TV made in China. I can guarantee, what they've found here will last a whole lot longer, too."
Using various computer techniques to turn photographs into interesting works of art, Picacho Hills artist Steve Bailey said his pieces were selling fast during Saturday's show.
"I've been doing really well," Bailey said. "I've sold several of my bigger pieces and my cards are about to sell out."
Having participated in several previous Artists of Picacho Hills shows, Bailey said many who purchased works of his Saturday were repeat customers.
"Most of the people who purchase larger pieces of art are shopping for their own homes because it's just so personal," he explained. "Repeat customers also want to make sure that the piece they're thinking of purchasing will complement those already hanging in their homes."
He continued, "I'll definitely be coming back next year."
Watercolorist Marie Siegrist, who has been painting for most of her adult life, said the first day of the weekend-long show was a success.
"It's been very nice," she said. "I've already sold a painting and have interest in another."
The first time showcasing her paintings, which also feature acrylic and gouache pieces, at the Holly Day House event, Siegrist said of the art show, "It's been a great opportunity to get to know other artists and to connect with people in the community who are interested in our art."
"The more exposure the better," added Alice Terry, an oil painter. "Because of this show, I have potential for even more sales."
After taking a class in basket weaving about four years ago, artist Lonnie Wilson was hooked on the craft.
"It's such a fun project, and I've been getting a lot of good feedback here," she said. "This show has such a nice feeling since it's at the beginning of the holiday season and I think it's really coming into its own this year."
Oil painter Rosemary McKeown agreed, stating, "The response has been very positive and people have been impressed with how nice the art is."
She continued, "Because the show is juried by a third party, you know you're going to find some really nice works of art. And the facility this year is much bigger, allowing for the art to be displayed really nicely."
Gregg Tracy, who uses mesquite wood and turquoise to hand craft boxes, cutting boards and trays, as well as larger furniture pieces, said, "It's nice to have this large space this year."
He added, "The variety of art is what makes this show so nice. The group always looks for different mediums and different types of art to feature."
Judi Miller, who creates knitted shawls, said she draws inspiration from nature to come up with new designs. Her colorful pieces feature lace-like patterns that incorporate swans, turtles, lilacs, and other natural elements.
"Coming up with new patterns is always very exciting," Miller said.
Her first time showcasing her work at the Holly Day House Art Show, Miller said shoppers "seem to really enjoying looking" at her collection of shawls.
2011年11月24日星期四
Calgary firm helps unlock oil reserves
Proflux technology was developed by a team of scientists and researchers at Bradford University in the U.K. as a potential "game-changer" for the heavy oil industry. In 2005 Oilflow Solutions was launched in Aberdeen, Scotland, to develop and commercialize the technology of the Proflux suite of operations, which provides a revolutionary integrated solution to mobilizing heavy oil.
Realizing the need to be better presented in the marketplace and identifying Calgary as the key core market for the application, Oilflow Solutions Canada was formed in 2008 and its centre of operations established here under the leadership of Mike Crabtree, who relocated from the U.K. along with his key scientists and technical specialists.
Crabtree left Oilflow Solutions this year to start his own oil production company and Fred Meyer, who has served 31 years in the oil and gas industry, has taken over as CEO.
Meyer worked for Schlumberger for 27 years in positions including field engineer in Alberta, British Columbia and Newfoundland and district manager of its operations on the East Coast before moving to a sales position in Egypt. He was transferred back to Canada at the start of the Hibernia project and then lived in Bolivia as country manager for a time before leaving Schlumberger in 2007.
Since then, Meyer served as president of TestAlta Services and sales manager for Calmena Energy Services before joining Oilflow Solutions in May of this year.
Its own R&D laboratories are located in northeast Calgary, where four PhDs and a reservoir engineer are on staff, but Meyer is moving his executive and sales office into Calgary Place downtown to be closer to the major oil companies who have been introduced to Oilflow Solutions' unique, patented chemistry.
Through its family of polymer-based products it is looking to be a global leader in unlocking heavy oil by increasing oil production; reducing downtime costs; reducing energy consumption and environmental impact; and increasing reserves.
By reducing flowing viscosity, Proflux is being used in wells to improve production, in pipelines to transport heavy oil, and it improves oil recovery in reservoirs.
Friendly to the environment, Proflux is non-toxic and biodegradable and in some applications, both field-produced water and the product can be recycled. collector of works by Calgary artist Paul Van Ginkel, using his western imagery paintings not only to show off on his office walls but also as graphics for his annual reports.
This year, Ward spoke with Van Ginkel on the possibility of creating a charity calendar. Ward agreed to pay the cost for producing 1,000 calendars that use 20 of the artist's paintings and donate 100 per cent of the proceeds to HOPEthiopia, an organization committed to the restoration of both the people and the land of Ethiopia.
Painted Pony hosted a calendar launch in its office in October and to date, Van Ginkel informs me that more than $40,000 has been raised for the charity.
A public showing and sale will be held at Merlot Vinotecca on Friday and Saturday, when Van Ginkel will be in attendance.
A thank you party was held yesterday at Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, the impressive new facility at Canada Olympic Park that shares the compelling stories of outstanding achievements in Canadian sports.
It was held in honour of Claire Buffone-Blair, who has stepped down from her position as president and CEO after achieving her target of opening the hall on time, under budget and fully financed. She says she has experienced rather a hectic time as director of operations for the Own the Podium initiative and readying and opening the hall, and says she now needs to spend more time with her young family.
Realizing the need to be better presented in the marketplace and identifying Calgary as the key core market for the application, Oilflow Solutions Canada was formed in 2008 and its centre of operations established here under the leadership of Mike Crabtree, who relocated from the U.K. along with his key scientists and technical specialists.
Crabtree left Oilflow Solutions this year to start his own oil production company and Fred Meyer, who has served 31 years in the oil and gas industry, has taken over as CEO.
Meyer worked for Schlumberger for 27 years in positions including field engineer in Alberta, British Columbia and Newfoundland and district manager of its operations on the East Coast before moving to a sales position in Egypt. He was transferred back to Canada at the start of the Hibernia project and then lived in Bolivia as country manager for a time before leaving Schlumberger in 2007.
Since then, Meyer served as president of TestAlta Services and sales manager for Calmena Energy Services before joining Oilflow Solutions in May of this year.
Its own R&D laboratories are located in northeast Calgary, where four PhDs and a reservoir engineer are on staff, but Meyer is moving his executive and sales office into Calgary Place downtown to be closer to the major oil companies who have been introduced to Oilflow Solutions' unique, patented chemistry.
Through its family of polymer-based products it is looking to be a global leader in unlocking heavy oil by increasing oil production; reducing downtime costs; reducing energy consumption and environmental impact; and increasing reserves.
By reducing flowing viscosity, Proflux is being used in wells to improve production, in pipelines to transport heavy oil, and it improves oil recovery in reservoirs.
Friendly to the environment, Proflux is non-toxic and biodegradable and in some applications, both field-produced water and the product can be recycled. collector of works by Calgary artist Paul Van Ginkel, using his western imagery paintings not only to show off on his office walls but also as graphics for his annual reports.
This year, Ward spoke with Van Ginkel on the possibility of creating a charity calendar. Ward agreed to pay the cost for producing 1,000 calendars that use 20 of the artist's paintings and donate 100 per cent of the proceeds to HOPEthiopia, an organization committed to the restoration of both the people and the land of Ethiopia.
Painted Pony hosted a calendar launch in its office in October and to date, Van Ginkel informs me that more than $40,000 has been raised for the charity.
A public showing and sale will be held at Merlot Vinotecca on Friday and Saturday, when Van Ginkel will be in attendance.
A thank you party was held yesterday at Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, the impressive new facility at Canada Olympic Park that shares the compelling stories of outstanding achievements in Canadian sports.
It was held in honour of Claire Buffone-Blair, who has stepped down from her position as president and CEO after achieving her target of opening the hall on time, under budget and fully financed. She says she has experienced rather a hectic time as director of operations for the Own the Podium initiative and readying and opening the hall, and says she now needs to spend more time with her young family.
2011年11月23日星期三
Sotheby's Old Master & British paintings sales to be highlighted
Sotheby's London, 22nd November 2011, announces that the Old Master and British Paintings Evening and Day Sales on 7th and 8th December 2011 will offer a selection of important works of exceptional quality and rarity, many of which have remained in private collections for decades, including the masterpiece by Jan Steen Card Players in an Interior (est. 4.5-6 million*). The sales, which comprise 237 lots, are estimated to fetch a combined total in excess of 21 million.
Alex Bell, Sotheby’s Co-Chairman, Old Master Paintings, Worldwide, said: “We are extremely pleased to continue Sotheby’s eleventh successive year of leading in Old Master Paintings auction sales with a carefully curated offering which responds to the market demand for a wide variety of works of exceptional quality from a broad array of schools. The sale highlights demonstrate the mastery of some of the most important artists in the field,including Jan Steen, Jacob van Ruisdael, Lucas Cranach, Anthony Van Dyck, Johann Zoffany and Joseph Wright of Derby.”
Jan Havicksz Steen’s oil on panel Figures Seated in an Interior with a Man and a Woman Seated at a Table Playing Cards (circa 1660) is a superb example of the artist’s painting, one of his best preserved works and a masterpiece of seventeenth-century Dutch genre painting. Estimated at 4.5-6 million, the work’s combination of both technical and intellectual mastery, demonstrated in the unusually high degree of finish in the details as well the background, make it one of the foremost examples of Steen’s work and of seventeenth-century Dutch genre to come to the market in recent years. Steen’s choice of subject - a soldier being disarmed by a woman’s charms - is an exploration of one of the most popular themes of the mid-seventeenth century, with its roots in the biblical story of Samson and Delilah. The artist’s interpretation is characterised by his unusually complex and humorous exploration of human nature and the interaction between the sexes.
Dune Landscape with a Farmer on a Sandy Road, and a Distant View of Haarlem (estimated 1.2–1.6 million) is unquestionably one of Jacob van Ruisdael’s greatest works. Executed in 1647, it bears the characteristics of all Ruisdael’s finest works - a complete mastery of the representation of nature, weather, the time of day, and is highly observant of the effects of nature. The painting’s evocation of mood and spirit of place on the rutted, sandy road on the outskirts of Haarlem, is an astonishing achievement from an artist still under twenty years old at the time.
A Guardroom Scene with Tric-Trac Players in the Foreground by David Teniers the Younger is estimated at 400,000–600,000. This beautifully preserved oil-oncopper is an exceptional example of Teniers’ work from the 1640s, at the height of his artistic powers, and is among the finest achievements of his Antwerp period. Teniers was a sharp observer of human nature, and in this work he emphasises the serious nature of the competition between the players, while exploring his interest in still life within the interior setting. In 1819 the painting was displayed in the Duchess Street gallery of renowned tastemaker Thomas Hope. It is offered for sale at auction for the first time in almost 100 years.
The elegant oil on panel portrait Young Lady Three Quarter Length, in a Geen Velvet and Orange Dress and Pear-Embroidered Black Hat (est. 800,000-1,200,000) is attributed to Lucas Cranach the Younger and is thought to be a collaborative work between Lucas Cranach the Elder and Lucas Cranach the Younger from the period around 1533. This portrait is characteristic of the style Cranach perfected during his years in Wittenberg studying with his father. The wonderfully insightful character study combines acute realism with courtly refinement. The portrait is very close stylistically to a beautiful female portrait by Lucas Cranach the Younger in the Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, whose companion portrait is dated 1543. Although the pose of the present sitter might suggest that the picture originally had a pendant, none has ever been connected and the direct outward glance of the sitter suggests that that it was equally likely to have been conceived as a single portrait in its own right.
Alex Bell, Sotheby’s Co-Chairman, Old Master Paintings, Worldwide, said: “We are extremely pleased to continue Sotheby’s eleventh successive year of leading in Old Master Paintings auction sales with a carefully curated offering which responds to the market demand for a wide variety of works of exceptional quality from a broad array of schools. The sale highlights demonstrate the mastery of some of the most important artists in the field,including Jan Steen, Jacob van Ruisdael, Lucas Cranach, Anthony Van Dyck, Johann Zoffany and Joseph Wright of Derby.”
Jan Havicksz Steen’s oil on panel Figures Seated in an Interior with a Man and a Woman Seated at a Table Playing Cards (circa 1660) is a superb example of the artist’s painting, one of his best preserved works and a masterpiece of seventeenth-century Dutch genre painting. Estimated at 4.5-6 million, the work’s combination of both technical and intellectual mastery, demonstrated in the unusually high degree of finish in the details as well the background, make it one of the foremost examples of Steen’s work and of seventeenth-century Dutch genre to come to the market in recent years. Steen’s choice of subject - a soldier being disarmed by a woman’s charms - is an exploration of one of the most popular themes of the mid-seventeenth century, with its roots in the biblical story of Samson and Delilah. The artist’s interpretation is characterised by his unusually complex and humorous exploration of human nature and the interaction between the sexes.
Dune Landscape with a Farmer on a Sandy Road, and a Distant View of Haarlem (estimated 1.2–1.6 million) is unquestionably one of Jacob van Ruisdael’s greatest works. Executed in 1647, it bears the characteristics of all Ruisdael’s finest works - a complete mastery of the representation of nature, weather, the time of day, and is highly observant of the effects of nature. The painting’s evocation of mood and spirit of place on the rutted, sandy road on the outskirts of Haarlem, is an astonishing achievement from an artist still under twenty years old at the time.
A Guardroom Scene with Tric-Trac Players in the Foreground by David Teniers the Younger is estimated at 400,000–600,000. This beautifully preserved oil-oncopper is an exceptional example of Teniers’ work from the 1640s, at the height of his artistic powers, and is among the finest achievements of his Antwerp period. Teniers was a sharp observer of human nature, and in this work he emphasises the serious nature of the competition between the players, while exploring his interest in still life within the interior setting. In 1819 the painting was displayed in the Duchess Street gallery of renowned tastemaker Thomas Hope. It is offered for sale at auction for the first time in almost 100 years.
The elegant oil on panel portrait Young Lady Three Quarter Length, in a Geen Velvet and Orange Dress and Pear-Embroidered Black Hat (est. 800,000-1,200,000) is attributed to Lucas Cranach the Younger and is thought to be a collaborative work between Lucas Cranach the Elder and Lucas Cranach the Younger from the period around 1533. This portrait is characteristic of the style Cranach perfected during his years in Wittenberg studying with his father. The wonderfully insightful character study combines acute realism with courtly refinement. The portrait is very close stylistically to a beautiful female portrait by Lucas Cranach the Younger in the Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, whose companion portrait is dated 1543. Although the pose of the present sitter might suggest that the picture originally had a pendant, none has ever been connected and the direct outward glance of the sitter suggests that that it was equally likely to have been conceived as a single portrait in its own right.
2011年11月22日星期二
Nationally Known Painter & Photographer Barry Elz Featured
The featured artist at the 10th Annual Holiday Art Show & Hand Craft Sale at The Hadlyme Public Hall Thanksgiving Weekend will be Barry Elz of Michigan, a nationally recognized impressionist landscape painter and photographer who lived in the Lyme area for many years.
Elz’s landscape oils are a contemporary stylized approach reminiscent and respectful of the American impressionist from the early 1900's, many of whom lived and painted in Lyme and Old Lyme.
“The opportunity to paint and live in the same countryside as Willard Metcalf, Bruce Crane and John Twachtman was a priceless experience,” said Elz of his time living in Lyme.
Many of Elz’s landscapes now hang in public spaces including The Boston Sheraton Hotel, The Raytheon Corporation and Kemper Insurance Company, as well as, many private collections. He has also had exhibits in several venues, including the prestigious Cooley Gallery in Old Lyme.
Elz is also nationally recognized commercial and journalistic photographer, with studios located in New York City and Chicago. His photograph portfolio includes over three decades of published national campaigns for clients such as Gatorade, Nike, Land's End and in publications, such as the NY Times, Sports Illustrated and Time Magazine.
He photographed many celebrities, including Michael Jordan, Alex Rodriguez, Cindy Crawford and Kathy Ireland and eventually published a portrait book that reached the New York Times Best Seller List.
Elz plans to exhibit up to ten oil paintings in a range of small to moderate sizes. Many of his oils can be seen on his website.
There will also be more artists exhibiting mixed media, holiday home décor, photography, oil & watercolor paintings, stoneware, wood carvings, jewelry, pottery, and sculpture.
All the artists have been asked to prepare “Small Wonders” in order to be able to offer some pieces that are affordable for all and perfect for everybody’s holiday gift lists.
Each year the following for this show grows. For its beginnings, the goal of the show has been to offer gifts of fine art and hand crafts in all price ranges. This venue embraces and is a show place of many local artists and artisans from the Connecticut River valley.
The Thanksgiving Hadlyme Art Show is a perfect outing for family and friends visiting for the long holiday weekend because it can include a drive through some of New England’s most beautiful countryside. Get off I-95 at Exit 70, and take Rt. 156 north through the Connecticut River hamlet of Hamburg on storied Hamburg Cove. About 100 yards past the Lyme Congregational Church in Hamburg bear left onto Old Hamburg Road and go through the Hamburg Bridge Historic District at the mouth of the Eight Mile River. Then go left over the bridge and wind your way up bucolic Joshuatown Road past old mill ponds and 19th Century clapboard cottages into the peaceful farmland and tidal salt marshes of historic Hadlyme.
When you arrive, you can shop at your own pace with no sales pitches or aggressive sales people to annoy you. There will be local folk to welcome you with refreshments made in neighborhood kitchens, and you will be able to talk directly to the artists whose work you can admire.
And when you leave for home, you can drive down Ferry Road to the Connecticut River and take the charming little Chester-Hadlyme Ferry (nine cars max) over to Chester, where you’ll find several fine cafes and restaurants for a late lunch or dinner.
The show opens Friday Nov. 25 from 4-8pm with a wine reception and an opportunity to meet the artists. It will be open on Saturday, Nov. 26 from 11am-5pm and on Sunday Nov. 27 from 11am-4pm.
More information about the art show can be found on the Hadlyme Hall website.
Elz’s landscape oils are a contemporary stylized approach reminiscent and respectful of the American impressionist from the early 1900's, many of whom lived and painted in Lyme and Old Lyme.
“The opportunity to paint and live in the same countryside as Willard Metcalf, Bruce Crane and John Twachtman was a priceless experience,” said Elz of his time living in Lyme.
Many of Elz’s landscapes now hang in public spaces including The Boston Sheraton Hotel, The Raytheon Corporation and Kemper Insurance Company, as well as, many private collections. He has also had exhibits in several venues, including the prestigious Cooley Gallery in Old Lyme.
Elz is also nationally recognized commercial and journalistic photographer, with studios located in New York City and Chicago. His photograph portfolio includes over three decades of published national campaigns for clients such as Gatorade, Nike, Land's End and in publications, such as the NY Times, Sports Illustrated and Time Magazine.
He photographed many celebrities, including Michael Jordan, Alex Rodriguez, Cindy Crawford and Kathy Ireland and eventually published a portrait book that reached the New York Times Best Seller List.
Elz plans to exhibit up to ten oil paintings in a range of small to moderate sizes. Many of his oils can be seen on his website.
There will also be more artists exhibiting mixed media, holiday home décor, photography, oil & watercolor paintings, stoneware, wood carvings, jewelry, pottery, and sculpture.
All the artists have been asked to prepare “Small Wonders” in order to be able to offer some pieces that are affordable for all and perfect for everybody’s holiday gift lists.
Each year the following for this show grows. For its beginnings, the goal of the show has been to offer gifts of fine art and hand crafts in all price ranges. This venue embraces and is a show place of many local artists and artisans from the Connecticut River valley.
The Thanksgiving Hadlyme Art Show is a perfect outing for family and friends visiting for the long holiday weekend because it can include a drive through some of New England’s most beautiful countryside. Get off I-95 at Exit 70, and take Rt. 156 north through the Connecticut River hamlet of Hamburg on storied Hamburg Cove. About 100 yards past the Lyme Congregational Church in Hamburg bear left onto Old Hamburg Road and go through the Hamburg Bridge Historic District at the mouth of the Eight Mile River. Then go left over the bridge and wind your way up bucolic Joshuatown Road past old mill ponds and 19th Century clapboard cottages into the peaceful farmland and tidal salt marshes of historic Hadlyme.
When you arrive, you can shop at your own pace with no sales pitches or aggressive sales people to annoy you. There will be local folk to welcome you with refreshments made in neighborhood kitchens, and you will be able to talk directly to the artists whose work you can admire.
And when you leave for home, you can drive down Ferry Road to the Connecticut River and take the charming little Chester-Hadlyme Ferry (nine cars max) over to Chester, where you’ll find several fine cafes and restaurants for a late lunch or dinner.
The show opens Friday Nov. 25 from 4-8pm with a wine reception and an opportunity to meet the artists. It will be open on Saturday, Nov. 26 from 11am-5pm and on Sunday Nov. 27 from 11am-4pm.
More information about the art show can be found on the Hadlyme Hall website.
2011年11月21日星期一
Suburban showing
You could call it a brush stroke of genius.
Or maybe they just have a bead on a hot new trend, but a group of local artists is turning to trunk shows and pop-up galleries as a means of reaching people who might otherwise never see their work.
From pottery to paintings, glass beads to leatherwork and clothing, the six women will set up shop in a Maple Ridge home for three days this weekend and invite the public to pop in and have a look at their art, during Bohemia in the Burbs.
Everything will be for sale — most of the pieces at prices that won’t give visitors sticker shock, said Elaine Brewer-White, a Walnut Grove sculptor who is co-organizing the event, along with Fort Langley painter Judy Nygren.
“We’re trying to invent a new market in a depressed economy,” explained Brewer-White, who modeled the idea on a similar effort by one of her friends in Chicago.
The title, Bohemia in the Burbs, reflects the fact that all the artists involved live outside Vancouver, she said.
This way, neither the artists nor their audience need to drive into the city to connect.
An alternative to cheap mass-produced wall hangings, dishes, clothing and accessories, the show is an opportunity to buy “one of a kind, beautiful, handmade things, instead of things made in China,” said Brewer-White.
“It’s so discouraging; how do you compete,” she asked, standing inside her home studio, surrounded by dozens of the whimsical ceramic figurines that have been her bread and butter for the past 30 years.
On a table behind her is a growing stack of brightly coloured dishes, bowls and mugs — no two exactly the same. She is stockpiling pieces for the trunk show, which will emphasize the practical as well as the pretty.
“This is the first time I’ve done anything utilitarian since art school — luckily, I still remember how,” she laughed.
As she talks, the artist pulls a block of clay from a clear plastic bag and, using a wire, slices a small chunk off the top.
Rolling it into a flat sheet, she carves out a rectangle, using a piece of cardboard and a practised eye to guide the knife. After pressing a pattern into the surface, she rolls it into a small tube and fixes a circle of clay to one end.
The finished product will be another of her kindness cups — small, colourful vessels, each bearing an inspiring word — which will sell for about $15.
At the other end of the scale, will be Fort Langley artist Sue Northcott’s handbags, stitched out of leather and other materials recovered from garments that have been sifted from “thrift stores and rag shops.” Those will likely run in the mid-$200 range, said Brewer-White.
Artist Billie Jo Thomson’s paintings will be among the items for sale, seamstress Loraie Tylor, with her passion for fabric and flow, is creating “wearable art” for the show, while glass bead maker Chris Clarke is creating original art that visitors can carry home in their pockets.
Nygren, having just returned to her artwork from a three-year hiatus, will display her small oil paintings.
Or maybe they just have a bead on a hot new trend, but a group of local artists is turning to trunk shows and pop-up galleries as a means of reaching people who might otherwise never see their work.
From pottery to paintings, glass beads to leatherwork and clothing, the six women will set up shop in a Maple Ridge home for three days this weekend and invite the public to pop in and have a look at their art, during Bohemia in the Burbs.
Everything will be for sale — most of the pieces at prices that won’t give visitors sticker shock, said Elaine Brewer-White, a Walnut Grove sculptor who is co-organizing the event, along with Fort Langley painter Judy Nygren.
“We’re trying to invent a new market in a depressed economy,” explained Brewer-White, who modeled the idea on a similar effort by one of her friends in Chicago.
The title, Bohemia in the Burbs, reflects the fact that all the artists involved live outside Vancouver, she said.
This way, neither the artists nor their audience need to drive into the city to connect.
An alternative to cheap mass-produced wall hangings, dishes, clothing and accessories, the show is an opportunity to buy “one of a kind, beautiful, handmade things, instead of things made in China,” said Brewer-White.
“It’s so discouraging; how do you compete,” she asked, standing inside her home studio, surrounded by dozens of the whimsical ceramic figurines that have been her bread and butter for the past 30 years.
On a table behind her is a growing stack of brightly coloured dishes, bowls and mugs — no two exactly the same. She is stockpiling pieces for the trunk show, which will emphasize the practical as well as the pretty.
“This is the first time I’ve done anything utilitarian since art school — luckily, I still remember how,” she laughed.
As she talks, the artist pulls a block of clay from a clear plastic bag and, using a wire, slices a small chunk off the top.
Rolling it into a flat sheet, she carves out a rectangle, using a piece of cardboard and a practised eye to guide the knife. After pressing a pattern into the surface, she rolls it into a small tube and fixes a circle of clay to one end.
The finished product will be another of her kindness cups — small, colourful vessels, each bearing an inspiring word — which will sell for about $15.
At the other end of the scale, will be Fort Langley artist Sue Northcott’s handbags, stitched out of leather and other materials recovered from garments that have been sifted from “thrift stores and rag shops.” Those will likely run in the mid-$200 range, said Brewer-White.
Artist Billie Jo Thomson’s paintings will be among the items for sale, seamstress Loraie Tylor, with her passion for fabric and flow, is creating “wearable art” for the show, while glass bead maker Chris Clarke is creating original art that visitors can carry home in their pockets.
Nygren, having just returned to her artwork from a three-year hiatus, will display her small oil paintings.
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