Paul Durand-Ruel and the Impressionists
Here’s a rather fascinating article on the importance of the art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel to the Impressionist movement – long story short, he basically created the market for Impressionism and risked everything in doing so, and was sole supporter of…
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Stolen Masterpieces Burned to Ashes
If you follow art news, you may already know that a rather daring heist occurred in Rotterdam last year. Paintings by Picasso, Matisse, Gauguin, Meyer de Haan, Lucian Freud and two by Monet were stolen on Tuesday from a gallery in Rotterdam…
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Claude Monet – Ice Floes
It looks like we’re getting a good start to winter here in Montreal, with a record snowfall yesterday of 45 centimetres – when you factor in the snowdrifts, that’s a pretty impressive one-off, the snow was up to mid-thigh in…
