Figurative works and landscapes led western art sales in the closing weeks of 2018, with images of the region’s storied figures competing with renderings of its storied places. In early November, the Santa Fe Art Auction saw several small-sized yet stunning portraits by Taos Society Artists E....
At a time when a debate rages over the value and the meaning of a painting generated by artificial intelligence — or as international auction house Christie’s described Portrait of Edmond Belamy, “an algorithm defined by that algebraic formula with its many parentheses” — it...
Thought-provoking images of Western lands, figures, and habitations dominated sales as summer wound to a slow end. Auctions saw brisk bidding by collectors arrested by renderings of the places and the peoples that anchor a region with representations tied to both contemporary and historic artists. A...
Singular pieces from high-profile, private collections sold swiftly and well at a series of auctions of American art by Sotheby’s and Christie’s. The latter auction house generated buzz with a beautifully rendered painting by Thomas Hart Benton of the U.S. Southwest and its peoples. Navajo Sand...
The charming tale that emerged from the C.M. Russell Museum’s celebration of its 50th annual auction was tied to a bull rider who was so inspired by artworks offered at the event that he chose to sell his truck to bolster his buying power. The...
Sales of Western and wildlife art continued apace in the early months of 2018, with several auctions and gallerists reporting a strengthening market after the on-again, off-again lull that tends to set in during mid-winter. A painting by James Bama ruled at Altermann Galleries’ Scottsdale Sale...
Art auctions saw resurgent interest in celebrated American illustrators such as Norman Rockwell and Joseph Christian (J.C.) Leyendecker, whose works went for top amounts at sales by Christie’s and Heritage Auctions in the closing weeks of 2017. The uptick in popularity for paintings that provide charming...
In a year that brought social, economic and environmental changes on a grand scale, the range of prices for Western and wildlife art should prompt barely a murmur. Neither the dips nor the arcs were dizzying — a reassuring sign — but the closing months...
Western artists who followed Remington and Russell gain traction in late summer sales...
American and Western artists achieve new highs at spring sales...