MIR Appraisal

JUNE 12, 2019

In 2017 the Tate Modern held the exhibit The Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power 1963-1983, and the exhibit has since been traveling around the United States. Another factor in the surge in demand on the art market is museums are rushing to catch up and diversity their collections as well.

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Michael Rose Fine Art

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

From the urban explorations of John Sloan or Edward Hopper to the more nuanced and human-focused prints of artists like Elizabeth Catlett or Sister Corita Kent, printmaking experienced something of a long golden age. Her prints also appear regularly at the market and at a variety of price points.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Breuer s dream, however, was to put his architectural designs into practice so in 1928, aged 26, he left to establish his own office in Berlin, supported by royalties from the sale of his chairs.

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WorthPoint

OCTOBER 4, 2024

In 1971, the Museum of Modern Art held a retrospective of Hunt’s work, the first for an African-American sculptor. Lot 1589 is an assortment of Shiny Brite Atomic-age ornaments, some of which have glittery mica flakes meant to mimic snow. Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers, estimate: $2,000-$3,000.

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JULY 10, 2024

Famous Color Field Painting Artists Color field painters are the quiet residents in the abstract expressionist neighborhood, especially when compared to the loud action painters of the age, like Jackson Pollock.

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WorthPoint

OCTOBER 14, 2024

When he returned to Copenhagen in 1945, he took a job with the Jensen workshop at the age of 27. When he was younger, Koppel studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and the Academie Rancon in Paris, where he concentrated on drawing and sculpture. After a long and prosperous career, he died in 1981 at the age of 63.

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APRIL 14, 2024

Carl Andre died aged 88 in 2024 and his legacy remains one of pure Minimalism and controversy. Known for his large public sculptures and ‘pile of bricks’ at the Tate that led to vigorous debate about what constituted art. Carl Andre (1935–2024) Carl Andre, Pyre (Element Series). Sold for $1,762,500 via Sotheby’s (November 2011).

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APRIL 24, 2024

At the same time, though, his sculptures took on an almost historicizing totemic quality, a combination of past and present that perhaps contributed to Edmonson’s solo showcase in 1937 at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, the first retrospective held at the lauded museum to honor an African-American artist.

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APRIL 24, 2024

At the same time, though, his sculptures took on an almost historicizing totemic quality, a combination of past and present that perhaps contributed to Edmonson’s solo showcase in 1937 at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, the first retrospective held at the lauded museum to honor an African-American artist.

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Mark Hill

MAY 3, 2023

Despite being cheap, cold, draughty, damp and largely rat-infested, they became a crucible of modern art and central to the hugely influential School of Paris movement. So, Lilian seemed to enjoy the height of her career in the 1920s & 30s, when she was aged in her 50s & 60s. 14) also containing studios (below right).

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NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The Modern Art movement changed that, often detaching artwork from specific or implicit meaning and leaving greater interpretation in the hands of the audience. Yet even Abstract or Modern Art can convey a mood or a message, albeit without defined storytelling.

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MARCH 4, 2024

Fuelled by a love of absinthe, they ushered in a new liberal age of avant-garde art from the salons, cafés, and brothels of Montmartre that provided an exciting departure point for Modern Art. Sources: TheCultureTrip.com | WideWalls.ch – Did Impressionist Painters Inspire the Bohemian Lifestyle?

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MARCH 24, 2025

Frames in the Modern Age Just as modern art broke from tradition, so too did frames. Georges Seurat, for example, specifically chose a simple white frame for A Sunday on La Grande Jatte (1884-1886; Art Institute of Chicago) to let his Pointillist technique shine without distraction.

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Sarasota Antique Buyers

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Many late 19th- and early 20th-century icons have been falsely aged in the 90’s, in order to imitate older icons. Frequently this is done by expert Russian icon painters, who can not only paint astonishing works of art, but they also are able to “age” the icon.

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MARCH 19, 2025

And this was achieved with unvarnished honesty, as these new buildings stripped away ornamentation, blurred interior and exterior space, and celebrated the buildings construction in a glorious nod to a new machine age. Bauhaus: Bauhaus School, Dessau. Sold for 900 EUR via Bassenge Auctions (June 2020).

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NOVEMBER 27, 2024

As the 20th century dawned in Brazil, so too did a new modern art that would not only redefine the country’s artistic landscape, but also build cities in its own image. This was a new art for a new Brazil. Roberto Burle Marx – Abstract serigraph print.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The name of German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe is synonymous with modernism and the International Style of architecture. In Berlin, he worked among artists and craftsmen who envisaged new forms of expression for the machine age.

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