Wise to Art

Souren Melikian in his IHT column has been fustigating several times lately the irritating tendency of auction houses to accompany their sales with an ever more profuse logorrhea. Hired intellectuals are put to the arduous task of conceptualizing artwork, hoping as such to build interest and gain momentum for upcoming sales. Melikian complains about this [...]

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January 21st, Christie’s King’s Street brings together 66 lots from Europe under the nomer ‘19th century European Art’. The sale is available for live Internet bidding (link below right). Here are some lots worth consideration:
Lot 28 Georges Michel (French 1763-1843) Saint Denis in a stormy landscape oil on canvas, estimate £ 10-15.000

Exquisite sky rendering by [...]

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In easel painting as much as in mural painting, some knowledge of the supporting material is indispensable for correctly judging a painted work of art.
The support in easel painting has a long history. In the days of the natural wood panel, the traditionally square surface destined to receive the artwork was either hewn [...]

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