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    1. Picasso, Monet, and Miró Paintings by celebrated artists such as Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, and Joan Miró were snapped up by wealthy buyers in a US$190 million auction at Sotheby’s in London last night.  A 1932 Picasso painting of his lover Marie-Therese Walter, Femme Assise Pres d’une Fenetre, was the centerpiece of the auction, selling for 28.6 million pounds (US$44.8 million).  Picasso, Monet, and Miró Paintings by celebrated artists such as Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, and Joan Miró were snapped up by wealthy buyers in a US$190 million auction at Sotheby’s in London last night.  A 1932 Picasso painting of his lover Marie-Therese Walter, Femme Assise Pres d’une Fenetre, was the centerpiece of the auction, selling for 28.6 million pounds (US$44.8 million). 

      February 06, 2013

      Picasso, Monet, and Miró

      Paintings by celebrated artists such as Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, and Joan Miró were snapped up by wealthy buyers in a US$190 million auction at Sotheby’s in London last night. 

      A 1932 Picasso painting of his lover Marie-Therese Walter, Femme Assise Pres d’une Fenetre, was the centerpiece of the auction, selling for 28.6 million pounds (US$44.8 million). 

      Tags: Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, Joan Miro, price database, auctions,

    2. Record for Kandinsky Christie’s kicked off New York’s major fall auction season Wednesday by selling its top lot, Claude Monet’s Nymphéas, to an anonymous American collector for US$43.8 million.  Wassily Kandinsky’s 1909 Study for Improvisation 8 was sold to a European collector for US$23 million, a new record for Kandinsky.  Check out more results from Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale. Record for Kandinsky Christie’s kicked off New York’s major fall auction season Wednesday by selling its top lot, Claude Monet’s Nymphéas, to an anonymous American collector for US$43.8 million.  Wassily Kandinsky’s 1909 Study for Improvisation 8 was sold to a European collector for US$23 million, a new record for Kandinsky.  Check out more results from Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale.

      November 08, 2012

      Record for Kandinsky

      Christie’s kicked off New York’s major fall auction season Wednesday by selling its top lot, Claude Monet’s Nymphéas, to an anonymous American collector for US$43.8 million. 

      Wassily Kandinsky’s 1909 Study for Improvisation 8 was sold to a European collector for US$23 million, a new record for Kandinsky. 

      Check out more results from Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale.

      Tags: wassily kandinsky, claude monet, impressionism, modern art,

    3. Nymphéas Estimated at US$30,000,000 to 50,000,000, Claude Monet’s gorgeous Nymphéas is the top lot in Christie’s major Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale this Wednesday! Preview the entire Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale.  Nymphéas Estimated at US$30,000,000 to 50,000,000, Claude Monet’s gorgeous Nymphéas is the top lot in Christie’s major Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale this Wednesday! Preview the entire Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale. 

      November 05, 2012

      Nymphéas

      Estimated at US$30,000,000 to 50,000,000, Claude Monet’s gorgeous Nymphéas is the top lot in Christie’s major Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale this Wednesday!

      Preview the entire Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale. 

      Tags: claude monet, artworks, auctions, price database,

    4. October 16, 2012

      The Stolen Work

      Seven priceless artworks by artists including Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, and Lucian Freud were stolen from the Kunsthal Museum in Rotterdam last night. 

      Flip through the album to get a visual of what was ruthlessly stolen from the Dutch museum. 

      Tags: claude monet, pablo picasso, paul gauguin, artworks, artists,

    5. Priceless Artworks Stolen Seven priceless artworks by artists including Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, and Lucian Freud were stolen from the Kunsthal Museum in Rotterdam last night.  “An initial investigation suggests that the robbery was well prepared,” reads a statement from the Dutch police. Among the stolen works were Picasso’s 1971 Harlequin Head, Monet’s 1901 Waterloo Bridge, London, Henri Matisse’s 1919 Reading Girl in White and Yellow, and Lucian Freud’s 2002 Woman with Eyes Closed. Priceless Artworks Stolen Seven priceless artworks by artists including Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, and Lucian Freud were stolen from the Kunsthal Museum in Rotterdam last night.  “An initial investigation suggests that the robbery was well prepared,” reads a statement from the Dutch police. Among the stolen works were Picasso’s 1971 Harlequin Head, Monet’s 1901 Waterloo Bridge, London, Henri Matisse’s 1919 Reading Girl in White and Yellow, and Lucian Freud’s 2002 Woman with Eyes Closed.

      October 16, 2012

      Priceless Artworks Stolen

      Seven priceless artworks by artists including Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, and Lucian Freud were stolen from the Kunsthal Museum in Rotterdam last night. 

      “An initial investigation suggests that the robbery was well prepared,” reads a statement from the Dutch police.

      Among the stolen works were Picasso’s 1971 Harlequin Head, Monet’s 1901 Waterloo Bridge, London, Henri Matisse’s 1919 Reading Girl in White and Yellow, and Lucian Freud’s 2002 Woman with Eyes Closed.

      Tags: artworks, artists, pablo picasso, claude monet, lucian freud,