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American Fine Art Magazine 45
May/June 2019
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Points of View, Moments of Art
N.C. Wyeth: New Perspectives explores the breadth and significance of the artist’s illustrious career By James D. Balestrieri
Beauty into Art
A comprehensive look into the life and art of Thomas Wilmer Dewing By Susan A. Hobbs, with Shoshanna Abeles
Window to the Past
This couple’s Connecticut home is a grand display of fine American art and furniture from the 1800s By John O’Hern
Columns
Not “Our Crowd,†Mostly
Making a House a Home
In an upcoming exhibition at Peabody Essex Museum, the eclectic, expert collection of Carolyn and Peter Lynch shines By Erin E. Rand
Gallery Shows
Fresh Views
On the eve of major museum exhibits, a new retrospective on N.C. Wyeth opens June 14 at Somerville Manning Gallery
The Painted Environment
Gerald Peters Gallery presents more than two dozen landscapes and still lifes by Harold Weston
Events & Fairs
Just Off Madison
Madison Avenue’s top art galleries kick off spring with the Just Off Madison art walk
Out and About
The Art Show 2019 was an affair filled with panelists, philanthropy and art lovers aplenty
Museum Exhibitions
An Artistic Union
A new exhibition in Memphis examines the work of married artists William McGregor Paxton and Elizabeth Okie Paxton
Water Works
An upcoming exhibition at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts explores Philadelphia’s impact on American art
Celestial Visions
A new traveling exhibition sheds light on pioneer modernist painter Agnes Pelton
Wet Wash
An exhibition at the Chrysler Museum of Art surveys the rise and growth of the dynamic art form of watercolor
This is the Modern World
The Heard Museum in Phoenix is the last stop for Josef Albers in Mexico
Designer’s Universe
A traveling exhibition for Alexander Girard is the first major retrospective of the celebrated designer’s work
Auctions
Modernist Classics
Examples of American modernism will be highlights in Christie’s May 22 American art sale in New York
Special Examples
Sotheby’s brings works by Milton Avery and Thomas Hart Benton to its May 21 American art sale in New York
In Demand
Bonhams’ May sale of American art features a diverse range of works in both genre and price point
Crossing Categories
More than 220 lots will be available during Heritage Auctions’ May 3 sale of American art
Lasting Impressions
Freeman’s most popular auction, American Art & Pennsylvania Impressionists, returns this June
Diverse Arts
Morphy Auctions’ two-day sale of fine and decorative art features paintings, sculpture, furnishings and more
A Western Legacy
Bonhams’ L.D. ‘Brink’ Brinkman sale February 8 in Los Angeles earns $8.4 million
Joint Auction Preview
Joint Auction Report