Daily Archives: September 30, 2009

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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Park West art auction at sea, Park West GalleriesJohn 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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Nolan Ross, Park West Gallery, Metro TimesFulgurites, 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.

Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer. Eve (detail). 1896.

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