Family unknowingly had rare, valuable painting for 150 years
A painting hanging in a French family's living room turned out to be far more valuable than just another trinket or heirloom.
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New Exhibition Highlights the Radical Last Years of Austrian Expressionist Egon Schiele
Reformed by war and marriage, Schiele all but abandoned his wild earlier style, searching for a new future in a broken Europe ...
Huka Lodge reopens after $22M renovation: New Zealand’s luxury lodge evolution
As New Zealand’s Waikato River speeds from Lake Taupo to the dazzling Huka Falls, it passes by arguably the loveliest riverbank in the world. Sparkling tourmaline-green waters rush over rocks shining ...
The Lion Painting Hanging in a Family’s Living Room? It Was a Rare Delacroix All Along
An original oil painting by Eugène Delacroix was hanging in French home for over 150 years—it's now expected to fetch ...
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Lilian Holt (1898-1983) Retrospective In Charcoal And Oil
Lilian Holt studied at the Putney Art School and was a founding member of the Borough Group, a collective of painters ...
Painting Hung in Family Home for 150 Years—Then They Discovered Its Value
The piece, titled Study of Reclining Lions, had been in the same family's possession for 150 years since the posthumous sale of the artist's studio in 1864. The work is set to go to auction where it ...
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Butler acquires two Alfred Leslie paintings
Youngstown, Ohio” now has a permanent home in the city where it was created. The Butler Institute of American Art purchased the massive Alfred Leslie work, which was painted in Youngstown in 1977-78, ...