Top Auction Results for Contemporary Photographers
August 25, 2011 by admin
Filed under Fine Art Registry, General Art Interest
Cindy Sherman, Andreas Gursky, and Richard Prince
Photography sales - with particularly strong results in the US and in London - have demonstrated collector’s appetites for the Contemporary segment of the market. However, this market is still very much in its infancy and only represented 2% of total Fine Art sales revenue in 2010 (and 52% of the total transaction volume in the photography segment as a whole).
This week’s TOP identifies the ten best auction results generated in the Contemporary photography segment. With a new personal record of $3.4m, Cindy Sherman is today the world’s most expensive Contemporary photographer on the art market!
Read the entire article (copyright ArtPrice): Contemporary Photographers - Top Art Auction Results
Jacques Louis David’s The Death of Socrates
August 25, 2011 by admin
Filed under Art History, Fine Art Registry, General Art Interest
The Death of Socrates: Jacques Louis David
Jacques Louis David arose from a wealthy and well-connected family. He seemed always to escape serious problems and at the same time move into less prominent positions of power. He was political in nature and used art to push his views. At times he moved ahead and at others found himself imprisoned by the opposition party. While Robespierre was guillotined for his participation in Revolution and crimes against the state, David escaped execution because he did not feel well. David seemed to be upset with the French academy of art and was known for his displeasure, but through connections was able to secure a home in the Academy and was able to marry the academy manager’s daughter…read the entire article at Fine Art Registry, entitled: The Death of Socrates: Jacques Louis David, Master of Wiggle Room
Pop Art George Segal
August 16, 2011 by admin
Filed under Art Opinion, Fine Art Registry, General Art Interest
George Segal, Pop Artist?
George Segal was born in the Bronx in 1924. His parents arrived from Eastern Europe and operated a butcher shop. They moved to New Jersey where they opened a chicken farm. George worked on the farm but was accepted into Stuyvesant High School in New York forcing George to move in with an aunt who lived in Brooklyn. Stuyvesant was an elite school for those proficient in math and science. George found that more than math and science he was attracted to art. George attended New York University where he secured a teaching degree in art. As soon as his works began to sell he left teaching to join the artist ranks in New York focusing on abstract expressionism.
Read the entire article at Fine Art Registry: George Segal, Pop Artist?
