November 4, 2013Swann Communications19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings Picasso and the Cubists in the 1913 Armory Show List written by Picasso of European artists to be included in the 1913 Armory Show Though Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) is considered one of the founders of the Cubist movement–with Georges… Share Facebook Twitter
November 1, 2013 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings From The Kiss to The Scream: Edvard Munch Edvard Munch (1863-1944) was a Norwegian Symbolist and Expressionist painter/printmaker who, unlike the Impressionists in their focus on the natural world, looked inward to portray basic human conditions—love, jealousy, anxiety, loneliness, illness and… Share Facebook Twitter
October 29, 2013 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings Paul Cézanne: A Lightning Rod for Criticism at the Armory Show Amid all of the shock, sensationalism and bewilderment surrounding many of the works in the 1913 Armory Show, much of the harshest criticism was levied at the paintings of Paul Cézanne, though… Share Facebook Twitter
October 25, 2013 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings Ambroise Vollard: The Art of the Deal Ambroise Vollard (1866-1939) was a major dealer and publisher in Paris from the 1890s until his death in a car accident in 1939. Initially trained as a lawyer, he is now generally… Share Facebook Twitter
October 24, 2013 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings Mary Cassatt: Celebrated Female Impressionist Edgar Degas’s etching and drypoint depicting Mary Cassatt at the Louvre; Lot 29 in Swann’s Armory Show at 100 auction Born in Philadelphia into a well-to-do family, Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)… Share Facebook Twitter
October 23, 2013 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings James A.M. Whistler in the 1913 Armory Show Lot 20 in Swann’s Armory Show at 100 auction is Whistler’s 1889-90 lithograph, The Little Nude Model, Reading. There were four paintings by James A.M. Whistler (1834-1903) in the Armory… Share Facebook Twitter
October 18, 2013 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings Francisco José de Goya and Modern Art Francisco Goya Y Lucientes, Pintor, aquatint and etching, 1799, from Los Caprichos Francisco José de Goya (1746-1828) was included in the Armory Show as the first artist in the organizers’… Share Facebook Twitter
October 16, 2013 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings The Armory Show at 100: An Introduction to the Catalogue This is the first in a series of posts about Swann’s upcoming November 5 auction titled The Armory Show at 100: America’s Introduction to Modern Art. The following essay by… Share Facebook Twitter