Questroyal Art Blog
Why Lake George? An Essential Site for the Hudson River School
By Katie Siede, Research Associate Nicknamed the Queen of American Lakes, Lake George became an important site for many Hudson River School painters, including Thomas Cole, John Frederick Kensett, David Johnson, and Richard William Hubbard. The serene topography offered artists numerous vantage points while the green peaks of the Adirondack Mountains created a natural framing…
QR Weekly Art News Recap 3/24/23
Welcome to the Questroyal Fine Art weekly news recap! Here we will be sharing relevant articles about the art world each week. Please enjoy and check back weekly for the latest art news and events. 1. Georgia O’Keeffe’s former Santa Fe home hits the market for $15 Million Georgia O’Keeffe’s former Santa Fe home,…
Paths Taken: Reflecting on Sanford R. Gifford and My Early Career
By Chloe Heins, Director of Questroyal Fine Art I’m here…I’ve made it. On a loop, those thoughts echoed in my mind that evening. They drowned out the drone of hushed voices beneath louder bursts of enthusiasm. Walking over to the Metropolitan Museum of Art from the gallery, swiftly crossing Fifth Avenue, climbing the Museum’s…
QR Weekly Art News Recap 3/18/23
Welcome to the inaugural Questroyal Fine Art weekly news recap! Here we will be sharing relevant articles about the art world each week. Please enjoy and check back weekly for the latest art news and events. 1. See the Canvas. Get the T-shirt. by Louis Wise Fashion designers have been inspired by painters for…
The Hot List
A number of exciting recent acquisitions by Questroyal Fine Art, with works by Albert Bierstadt, Childe Hassam, Edward Moran, and more.
LIBRARY MUST-HAVES: “Joseph Stella: Visionary Nature,” by Stephanie Mayer Heydt et al.
Joseph Stella: Visionary Nature explores the artist’s life-long fascination with the natural world. The catalogue accompanies an exhibition organized by the High Museum of Art and the Brandywine River Museum—the first major museum exhibition devoted to Stella’s nature-themed works. The book includes 137 plates filled with brightly colored flora, landscapes, and fruits, while the text…
An Excerpt from Lou Salerno’s essay “The Hudson River School: The Genius of a Uniquely American Art”
A Creative Truth Today we marvel at the evolution of our nation’s art, its astounding transitions to abstraction and beyond, often without recognizing the essential contributions born from the free and defiant mindset of our Hudson River School painters. In their willingness to immerse themselves in nature and to allow their creativity to supersede convention,…
THE ABSTRACTION OF REALITY: STILL-LIFE AND INTERIOR PAINTINGS BY BENJAMIN HAZEN
Questroyal is pleased to be exhibiting paintings by emerging artist, Ben Hazen. Abstraction of Reality: Still-Life and Interior Paintings by Benjamin Hazen will be on view from October 18th to November 5th. Hazen creates contemplative paintings, depicting familiar objects and spaces from unusual perspectives that evoke themes of loneliness and disorientation. He is a graduate…
AMERICAN MASTERS 2022
New York (October 15, 2022) – Questroyal Fine Art welcomes visitors this fall to view The American Masters, an exhibition and sale opening Thursday, October 13. The exhibition offers a window into facets of American life throughout the late-nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Over forty distinctive works will be on display, each created by historically significant…
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