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...played by those whose bank accounts matched their passion for Picassos and Rembrandts. But times have changed. Now it's a spectacularly rich man's sport, as evidenced by the bidding frenzy that took place last week at Christie's in New York City, where $491 million worth of Impressionist and modern art changed hands--the priciest art auction in history. Gustav Klimt's Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II sold for $87.9 million, obliterating the presale estimate of $40 million to $60 million. Three other Klimts--part of a collection stolen by the Nazis during World...
Harvard has been a victim of art theft before—including in 1976, when thieves took six paintings worth more than $380,000 from President Derek C. Bok’s Elmwood home. The paintings—including two by French impressionist Eugene Boudin and one by 17th century Dutch painter Gerrit Berckheyde—were recovered the next year, The Crimson reported at the time...
...including Winslow Homer, James McNeill Whistler and Mary Cassatt - passed through the City of Light. From Oct. 24-Jan. 18, their labors will be on display in "Americans in Paris, 1860-1900" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The 100 oil paintings by 37 mostly Impressionist painters have already wowed crowds and critics in both London and Boston. The exhibit ranges from portraits to cityscapes to glimpses into the studio life. Cassatt's severe and pensive mother makes a showing in drab black dress, a prim contrast to Thomas Hovenden's slumped self-portrait (1875), pictured...
...including Winslow Homer, James McNeill Whistler and Mary Cassatt - passed through the City of Light. From Oct. 24-Jan. 18, their labors will be on display in "Americans in Paris, 1860-1900" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The 100 oil paintings by 37 mostly Impressionist painters have already wowed crowds and critics in both London and Boston...
...past half-decade, Cornwell has been investigating the true identity of Jack the Ripper, the legendary criminal who gruesomely killed five prostitutes in Whitechapel, England in 1888. She has pledged 82 works by Impressionist artist Walter Sickert, whom she claims was the real “Jack the Ripper,” to Harvard’s Fogg Art Museum...