Norman Lewis was an Abstract Expressionist painter associated with The Irascibles who developed as a painter as the New York Modern Art scene grew. Here we discuss Lewis’s rise from the margins to art market center.
The top lot at our recent auction, Ascension: A Century of African-American Fine Art was Barkley Hendricks’s Steve, an iconic painting that embodies the look and attitude that Hendricks famously captured…
In advance of our April 2 African-American Art auction, we are pleased to have this blog post from Imani Higginson. Norman Lewis’s painting Cathedral (1950) was featured in the exhibition…
Last week, From the Margins: Lee Krasner and Norman Lewis opened at the Jewish Museum. The exhibition combines the works of an unlikely pair: Lee Krasner, a female Jewish artist…
The image chosen for the cover of Swann’s upcoming sale Point of Departure: Postwar African-American Fine Art is a circa 1957 Untitled oil on canvas by Norman Lewis. The previously unrecorded painting was acquired…
Across the U.S. this fall, a bevy of museum shows related to the impressive works in Thursday’s African-American Fine Art auction have opened. Hale Woodruff, Rape of Europa, oil on canvas, circa…
If your summer travels take you to the Boston area, be sure to visit the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), which has added a handful of works to their collection via…
