Clik here to view.
Arts Everyday Living: Vermeer’s The Concert—-The Greatest Art Theft of Our Time
Click on the painting to ENLARGE it. Johannes Vermeer’s The Concert was stolen more than 22 years ago and is still missing. At an estimated price of $200 million, it is considered the most valuable...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Arts Everyday Living: Edvard Munch—The Return of The Scream
Click on the work of art to enlarge it. My friends went on but I just stood trembling with an open wound in my breast. I heard a huge extraordinary scream pass through nature.* Edvard Munch, The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Arts Everyday Living: Van Gogh and the Art Thieves
Click on the works of art to Enlarge them. Vincent Van Gogh’s paintings top the list of most expensive works of art in the world. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, his Vase with 15 Sunflowers...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Arts Everyday Living: Van Gogh’s Priceless Portrait of Dr. Gachet—Who Was Its...
Click on Portrait of Dr. Gachet and photo to enlarge them. A movie could be made about Van Gogh’s first Portrait of Dr. Gachet.(see: May 6 blog for more information about the second portrait). Its...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Arts Everyday Living: Monuments Men Week—Matisse and Pissarro, Surviving...
Click on Pianist and Checker Players and Place du Carrousel to enlarge them. _____________________ 1924, the year Henri Matisse painted Pianist and Checker Players, was a time of peace. When...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Arts Everyday Living: Inside the Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer—A Pop Quiz
PLEASE click on the works of art to ENLARGE them. PORTRAIT OF ADELE BLOCH-BAUER AN ART QUIZ Purchased by the son of Estee Lauder for $135 million in 2006, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer has...
View Article
