Francisco Goya’s passion for his homeland was both a great strength and weakness. It created an intensity in his work  that carried this once scrappy youth from the barren rural outpost of Aragon to a long and illustrious career as the official court painter to the Royal family in Madrid. His powerful depictions of Spanish [...]

A preview of the inaugural Master Paintings week, being held by London’s leading Old Master galleries this July.

Conventional thought can mistake progress in art as linear. It can be confused with the scientific process, where advancements are made by drawing upon the knowledge of past studies. Masterpieces have always been distinguished by their expansion upon the influences of past works to create their own pure and original form of expression. Such [...]

OMNP previews selected lots from Sotheby’s New York sale of Old Master Paintings, European Sculpture & Antiquities on , 04 June 2009

OMNP previews Christie’s Sale 2175 of Old Masters and 19th Century Art, on Thursday, June 4, with commentary from Christie’s specialists James Hastie, and Georgina Wilsenach