Thursday, December 4, 2008

Visiting Christies

Christies Auction house is only 5 blocks from GCA and this week there were a bunch of great 18th / 19th century drawings & paintings there. These are some (unprofessional) photos I took the other day.


A cast drawing by Thomas Eakins when he was a student in 1869!




These drawings were done by Lilian Wescott Hale (1881-1963) She was the sister of Robert Beverly Hale, who was curator at the Met & teacher of artistic anatomy at the Art Student's League before he died in 1985.

Joseph Henry Sharp (1859-1953) Aspen in Twining Canon

Childe Hassam (1859-1935) , 5th Avenue Evening

Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902) Mont Blanc

Andrew Wyeth Race Bridge

Andrew Wyeth Cider Barrel
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2 comments:

  1. Saad AmirNovember 29, 2011 at 4:12 AM

    Really the great art of the 19/20 century very informative article for the peoples.
    Thanks.........
    regards, saad from
    Education

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  2. NickDecember 31, 2011 at 1:32 PM

    I don't think Lilian Westcott Hale was Robert Beverly Hale's sister. She was born as a Westcott in 1881 (20 years before RBH), and married artist Philip Leslie Hale in 1902. None of her biographies online mention RBH. I think this is just a misunderstanding.

    Lovely drawings though.

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