Not quite Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer, but nevertheless my Christmas painting for this year. I have always wandered how things of great beauty can become so commercial and, dare I say tacky. And this poor beast has suffered this fate over the years. Sir Edward Landseer already had a reputation for painting and sculpture…
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I am a student at University Oxford in Art History. I have an eclectic taste in Fine Art ranging from Medieval to post modern and enjoy painting, sculpture and architecture. I am now retired having had careers in Coal Mining, Water Supply and Construction.
Happy Christmas from White Box Art
Not quite Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer, but nevertheless my Christmas painting for this year. I have always wandered how things of great beauty can become so commercial and, dare I say tacky. And this poor beast has suffered this fate over the years. Sir Edward Landseer already had a reputation for painting and sculpture…
Frank Gehry (1929-2025)
Frank Gehry was one of the great pioneers of architecture in history and certainly of the twenty first century. With his passing this weekend we think of some of the most innovative buildings of the world. His postmodern designs were characterized by their sculptural, often undulating exteriors and innovative use of materials such as titanium…
Joseph Wright of Derby at the National Gallery
Joseph Wright of Derby (1734 – 1797) is undoubtedly one of the great English painters of the eighteenth century. He was tutored in London by Thomas Hudson, the master of Sir Joshua Reynolds. As with most artists of that period he was accomplished in portrait painting, to make his living, and landscape where he made…
Klimt Painting Sells For $236m at Sothebys
The Gustav Klimt painting that I wrote about last month Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer, sold overnight in New York for $236m. It was sold at Sothebys in their new global headquarters: the historic Breuer Building on Madison Avenue. The painting is now the second highest priced painting behind Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
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