Park West Art Transforms Family Rooms Into Happy Rooms

Park West Gallery art collectors provide wonderful feedback about Park West artists and art auctions. We are proud to share the following compliments from some customers who recently redecorated their lives with art acquired from Park West auctions at sea…
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“John and I thought you might like to see our ‘new Family Room.’ We recently redecorated in order to better show off all the Cartoon art that we purchased on cruises, especially our Willardson’s!

I’m not much of a photographer, and we are still waiting for the fireplace doors to come in, but I think you get the idea. I think Mr. Willardson would be pleased! We call it the Happy Room!

Thanks for offering us such great experiences each time we cruise! We now have so much art we don’t have the room to hang it all.”

Cathy & John B.
Rome City, Indiana
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“The Art Gallery staff on the Norwegian Gem was outstanding. I have been to several art auctions in the past and was always satisfied with the service I got but this time they went above what was necessary to do their job. They were really informative and made you feel like you were making a purchase from an old friend.

This was the first time my husband had been to an art auction and he was quite skeptical in the beginning. They not only won him over but he made several purchases on his own. I would really like to thank them for making our cruise one to remember.”

Peggy H.
Waterloo, Indiana
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Remembering the Newspaper Art of Nolan Ross

The Park West Foundation hosts events for many charitable organizations each year, generating significant proceeds for many worthy causes. Join us on Saturday, Oct. 3 at Park West Gallery for  the Michigan’s Children Art & Advocacy Benefit, featuring the Cartoons of Nolan Ross.
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Fulgurites, asparagus and zaniness
TRAVIS R. WRIGHT • THE METRO TIMES
September 30, 2009

Just open a daily newspaper in any major American city today and you’ll find it’s not just the quality, length and subject matter of the stories inside that’s changed. Where did the creativity go? What about the screwball columnists and cartoonists?

And what would become of an artist like Nolan Ross, a prolific and gifted Detroit Free Press cartoonist and graphic artist from 1972 to 1988, in today’s dailies? Ross’ work is visually reminiscent of Robert Crumb’s pen work, but less subversive, given the subject matter, which ranges from property tax and schizophrenia to Coleman Young, from the Detroit salt mines to Alan Greenspan and asparagus.

In 1997, Ross, 54, succumbed to his battle with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease — a genetic brain disorder often confused with Alzheimer’s disease — but not without leaving a legacy of work. Nolan Ross’ brother Carter, two years his elder and the first of three to study at the renowned Interlochen Center for the Arts, has more than 1,000 pieces from his brother’s career, many of which will be exhibited for sale at the Park West Gallery in Southfield for one night only on Oct. 3; proceeds will benefit the advocacy group Michigan’s Children. His work has never been exhibited before. . . 

Read the full article at MetroTimes.com >>

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Michigan’s Children Art & Advocacy Benefit at Park West Gallery
Featuring the Cartoons of Nolan Ross
Details: Saturday, October 3, 7-10pm.
Tickets : $75/person. Beverages and hors d’ oeuvres will be served.
Reservations: Visit www.michiganschildren.org / Call 517-485-3500.

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Artist Birthdays September 30 – LUCIEN LEVY-DHURMER

LUCIEN LEVY-DHURMER (Sept. 30, 1865 – Sept. 24, 1953)

• Nationality: French
• Field: Painting, sculpture
• Art Movement: Art Nouveau
• ARTiFact: Inspired by music, he strove to capture works of great composers such as Beethoven, Debussy and Wagner in painted form.
• Notable Artwork (shown below): Eve (detail), 1896.

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All the World’s a Stage: Celebrating Performance in the Visual Arts

Pablo Picasso is unquestionably the most famous artist of the 20th Century. Since 1969, Park West Gallery has been a reliable resource for the artwork of Old and Modern Masters, including Pablo Picasso. Learn about the Park West Gallery Picasso Collection >>
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DALLAS, TEXAS — The dynamic and historic connections between the visual and performing arts will be explored in a new exhibition spanning 2,600 years of creativity within multiple world cultures at the Dallas Museum of Art. Drawn from the DMA’s encyclopedic collections, All the World’s a Stage: Celebrating Performance in the Visual Arts showcases approximately 125 objects that reference the performing arts and performance, including musical instruments, religious objects, and masks, as well as paintings, sculptures, and photographs.

All the World’s a Stage will use the breadth of the Museum’s collections to depict how performance, in all its varied forms, has been created, transformed, and documented by visual artists, working in concert with dancers, musicians, and actors to both shape and record their efforts.

Encompassing all time periods and cultures, and a broad range of media, the exhibition features such masterpieces as Pietro Paolini’s Bacchic Concert, Jean-Antoine-Théodore Giroust’s Oedipus at Colonus, Pablo Picasso’s The Guitarist, Romare Bearden’s Soul Three, and a group of Edward Degas’s pastels of ballet dancers, as well as masterworks from the Museum’s distinguished collections from Africa, Asia, and the Pacific. Organized across time and culture, thematic groupings of artworks in the exhibition include why we perform, how we perform, who is a performer, where performances take place, and what makes a performance.

All the World’s a Stage is on view through Feb. 28, 2010.

For more info on this exhibit, please visit dallasmuseumofart.org

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Artist Birthdays September 29 – FRANÇOIS BOUCHER

FRANÇOIS BOUCHER (September 29, 1703 – May 30, 1770)

• Nationality: French
• Field: Painting, printmaking
• Art Movement: Rococo
• ARTiFact: The most prominent of his royal patrons was Madame de Pompadour, the official mistress of Louis XV. In 1765, Louis XV officially appointed Boucher as the First Painter to the King.
• Artist Quote: “Nature is too green and badly lit.”
• Notable Artwork (shown below): Triumph of Venus (detail), 1740.

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Currier Museum of Art Presents Evolution of a Shared Vision

Started in the 1960s, the Park West Gallery masterworks collection is one of the world’s finest, showcasing artwork by Old Masters like Dürer and Rembrandt. For information on the Park West Gallery Rembrandt collection or to learn more about the artist and the art of etching, please visit the Park West Gallery – Rembrandt Collection Website >>
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MANCHESTER, NH — An extraordinary collection of prints and drawings, carefully assembled over a 50-year period by long-time New Hampshire residents David and Barbara Stahl, is on view for the first time at the Currier Museum of Art.

The earliest prints are by some of the most important old master print-makers including Dürer, Rembrandt, and Callot. The strength of the collection is in American twentieth-century prints and drawings by internationally-known artists such as Edward Hopper, John Sloan, and Reginald Marsh. Also notable is an exquisite group of impressions by German Expressionist artists George Grosz, Erich Heckel, Max Beckmann, and Emil Nolde.

As young collectors in the late 1950s and early 1960s, Barbara and David Stahl sought out the sage advice of Charles Buckley, director of the Currier from 1955 through 1964. The union of Mr. Buckley’s art historical knowledge and academic acumen and the Stahls’ passion for the arts and willingness to learn were the guiding forces from which this distinguished collection was formed.

David Stahl encourages young art appreciators to begin collecting. “When we started collecting, there were many surprising purchases made for modest sums. It’s not so easy for young collectors now, but there are younger artists working in various print media, and older artists as well, many of whose works are affordable for serious collectors of limited means,” said Stahl. “There are still opportunities out there, and the quest itself is rewarding.”

Evolution of a Shared Vision is now on view through Jan. 3, 2010.

For more information on this exhibit, please visit www.currier.org

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Britto Artwork Auctioned at Andre Agassi Grand Slam Fundraiser

Pop artist Romero Britto has lent his talent, energy and time to many philanthropic causes. Known for his bright colors, pop images and playful themes, Britto’s artwork reflects his unrestrained and optimistic point of view. Park West Gallery proudly offers exclusive graphic editions from world-renowned contemporary artist, Romero Britto. 
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NEW YORK, NY — In a prelude to the 14th annual Grand Slam for Children, the Andre Agassi Foundation unveiled this year’s signature piece of modern artwork designed by noted Brazilian artist Romero Britto on Friday, September 25 at the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy. The piece was auctioned off the following evening at the Grand Slam for Children, with all proceeds benefitting the Andre Agassi Foundation and Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy, a K-12 public charter school in Las Vegas that strives to provide children with a first-class education.

Before the artwork was revealed, Marsha Irvin, chancellor of the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy, Agassi and Britto spoke about the school’s mission to transform public education as well as the significance of the artwork. Guests also had the opportunity to tour the school’s state-of-the-art campus.

Romero Britto, who is best known for his modern, expressionistic style that is infused with vibrant colors and eye-catching patterns, has dedicated himself to charitable artistic organizations throughout his career. The artist is partnering with the Andre Agassi Foundation for the second time; his work was auctioned off at the 2009 Grand Slam for Children benefit concert, headlined by Dane Cook, Daughtry, Tim McGraw, Brian McKnight and Lionel Richie at Wynn Las Vegas on Saturday, September 26.

[Source: ArtDaily.com]

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Lunar Art Has Landed in Houston

Albrecht Dürer is best known for exquisite, intricate woodcuts, engravings and etchings. The Park West Gallery masterworks collection is one of the world’s finest, showcasing rare art prints by artists including Albrecht Dürer. Browse the Park West collection >>

HOUSTON, TEXAS — To mark the 40th anniversary of man´s landing on the moon, this September the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents The Moon: “Houston, Tranquility Base Here. The Eagle Has Landed.” This exhibition chronicles man´s enduring fascination over five centuries with our nearest planetary neighbor. Ranging from moonlit landscapes by the Old Masters and the Impressionists, to Ansel Adams´ iconic Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico (1941) and shots famously taken on the moon by the members of Apollo 11, the exhibition provides a dazzling overview of five centuries of moon-gazing. In addition, early scientific instruments, books, moon globes, maps, Galileo Galilei´s 1610 treatise on the moon, and objects from NASA are on view.

The exhibition´s title is taken from the famous first words that Commander Neil Armstrong broadcast to Mission Control, at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, after Apollo 11 landed on the moon on Sunday, July 20, 1969, 3:18 pm CST: “Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.” By changing the call signal to Tranquility Base, the landing site, Armstrong signaled to his colleagues back on Earth that the lander portion of their spacecraft (named the Eagle after the USA´s national bird) had set down on the moon.

On view will be works by Albrecht Dürer, Peter Paul Rubens, Aelbert Cuyp, Joseph Wright of Derby, Caspar David Friedrich, Honoré Daumier, Jean-François Millet, Charles-François Daubigny, Gustav Doré, Edouard Manet, Edvard Munch, Max Beckmann, Robert Wilson, and Sharon Harper. The oldest objects in the exhibition, such as The Virgin of the Crescent Moon (1511), a woodcut by the great German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer, show the moon in a religious context; the most recent artworks on view are No.5-7 from Sharon Harper´s series of photographs, Moon Studies and Star Scratches (2004).

Through approximately 130 artworks and a selection of early scientific instruments and maps, the exhibition details how mankind has approached the moon over time, both optically and artistically. Balancing artistic vision with scientific fact, major historical moments are represented, from the invention of the telescope, to the introduction of photography, to space exploration and man´s landing on the moon. Through the interaction of art and science, our perception of the planet has been shaped, and all the paintings, graphic artworks, models, sculptures, and photographs depict the same iconic subject in unique, intriguing ways.

The Moon is currently on view through January 4, 2010.

For more information on this exhibit, please visit www.mfah.org/moon

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