Daily Archives: August 31, 2009

Matisse, Picasso, and Modern Art in Paris

For over 40 years, Park West Gallery has been a reliable resource for the artworks of Modern Masters, including Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall and Henri Matisse. Park West recently launched a microsite dedicated to Pablo Picasso and his artwork -  visit picasso.parkwestgallery.com to learn more.

Henri Matisse. Lorette (detail). 1917. Photograph by K. Wetzel © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts © 2008 Succession H. Matisse, Paris/Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York.

WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA — Works by the leading masters of modern art are on display at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley (MSV) in the exhibition, Matisse, Picasso, and Modern Art in Paris. The show is part of a statewide tour that marks the first time since the late 1940s that selections from the collection of T. Catesby Jones (1880–1946) — a prominent collector from Virginia — will be reunited. More than 50 works gifted by T. Catesby Jones to the collections of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the University of Virginia Art Museum will be included.

Among the works displayed will be Pablo Picasso’s Woman with Kerchief (1906), Henri Matisse’s portrait of Lorette (1917), and a Cubist collage by Juan Gris. Other artists represented in the exhibition include Georges Braque, Marc Chagall, Raoul Dufy, Jacques Lipchitz, André Masson, and Georges Rouault.

The display encompasses many of the key artists, innovative styles, and central themes that emerged and developed during a crucial period in the history of modern art. The exhibition tells the story of new modernist movements before and during World War I, cubism, surrealism, and the transformative World War II period when many of the best-known French modernists fled Paris for New York.

Matisse, Picasso, and Modern Art in Paris is currently on view until November 29, 2009

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Fabulous Auctioneer Crew Impresses Park West Cruise Art Collectors

Peter Max. Blushing Beauty on Blends. © Peter Max 2006.Park West Gallery customers provide lots of wonderful feedback about Park West artists and art auctions. We are proud to share the following compliments from some art collectors who recently enjoyed a Park West cruise art auction at sea…

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“This past cruise was my husband and my 9th cruise. Since cruise #2 we have been going to the art auctions onboard. Hands down, the art crew that you had on our latest cruise was the absolute best!!!! Catherine was phenomenal.

I purchased what I consider some of the best artwork to add to my collection, including a Peter Max, which I have wanted for years.

Catherine’s knowledge of the artists and their works brought all of us into a world that few have made me feel comfortable in. She was by far the best art auctioneer that I have dealt with, and I have been to many onboard auctions.

She was not pushy, she did not get upset when no one bid on certain pieces, she included everyone in the auction even those who were not planning to buy, she guided the buyers to artists that she knew we would be happiest with, she made the entire experience a pleasure and kept me coming back for more with her various informative meetings about certain types of art, when obviously there were plenty of other things to do on the ship.

Catherine’s staff was so supportive, friendly, helpful, and like Catherine, very compassionate. The staff included Samantha, Jacques, and Mark. My only hope is that when we go on another cruise next year, these wonderful, wonderful people will be present again.

My husband and I feel that we have encountered the absolute best that Park West has to offer, and I know that when I go to my next onboard auction, I will be drastically comparing that art crew to the fabulous crew that we had the pleasure to deal with on our recent cruise.

Keep up the good work Catherine, Samantha, Mark, and Jacques. And Park West, congratulations on having 4 such wonderful people working for you.”

Rosemarie D.
Milford, MA

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Artist Birthdays August 31 – GAETANO GANDOLFI

GAETANO GANDOLFI (August 31, 1734 – June 20, 1802)

  • Nationality: Italian
  • Field: Painting, sculpture
  • Art Movement: Baroque, Neo-Classicism
  • ARTiFact: He died playing bowls in a church field, probably of a heart attack, although there is an alternative tradition that he was knocked on the head by a ball.
  • Important Artwork (shown below): Joseph’s Dream (detail), c. 1790.

Gaetano Gandolfi. Joseph's Dream (detail). c. 1790.

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