Essays

Published on June 2nd, 2023 by Eamonn Smith

Special Sale Sneak Peek!

Over 150 paintings discounted up to 50%! Here is a selection of some of the works included:
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Published on April 28th, 2023 by Eamonn Smith

QR Weekly Art News Recap 4/28/23

Welcome to the Questroyal Fine Art weekly news recap! Here we will be sharing relevant articles about the art world… Read More
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Published on April 19th, 2023 by Eamonn Smith

New Hope: Inspiration for Artists Past and Present

By Eamonn Smith, Administrator I recently traveled to New Hope, Pennsylvania for a weekend getaway from New York, a trip… Read More
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Published on April 11th, 2023 by Eamonn Smith

Staff Selections – David Wilner

By David Wilner, Administrative Assistant Questroyal Fine Art is continually developing our inventory of artworks. Though dedicated to the everlasting… Read More
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Published on March 29th, 2023 by Eamonn Smith

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… Read More
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Published on March 24th, 2023 by Eamonn Smith

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… Read More
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Published on March 22nd, 2023 by Eamonn Smith

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… Read More
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Published on March 16th, 2023 by Eamonn Smith

The Hot List

A number of exciting recent acquisitions by Questroyal Fine Art, with works by Albert Bierstadt, Childe Hassam, Edward Moran, and… Read More
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Published on March 15th, 2023 by Eamonn Smith

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… Read More
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Published on March 10th, 2023 by Eamonn Smith

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,… Read More
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Published on November 13th, 2020 by Kayla Seifert

Guy C. Wiggins and His Vision of Snow-Covered New York

By Alexandra Kiely of “A Scholarly Skater” A recent acquisition at Questroyal Fine Art, Winter at 57th St and 5th… Read More
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Published on May 22nd, 2020 by Pavla Berghen-Wolf

Artist Spotlight: Ralph Albert Blakelock (1847–1919)

By Nina Sangimino There will soon be held in New York an exhibition of paintings which will be of unusual… Read More
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Published on May 14th, 2020 by Pavla Berghen-Wolf

Take It Personally: Buying Art In Real Life

By Chloe Heins TLDR. I had to Google it. Too long; didn’t read. Clever, I thought, though social media acronyms… Read More
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Published on May 8th, 2020 by Pavla Berghen-Wolf

Art Changes Everything

By Louis M. Salerno There is a charming woman who visits the gallery several times a year; she says that… Read More
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Published on May 4th, 2020 by Pavla Berghen-Wolf

Artist Spotlight: Henry Martin Gasser (1909–1981)

By Alison Kowalski Henry Martin Gasser was an American painter in every sense. From his working-class industrial town, he sought… Read More
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Published on April 29th, 2020 by Pavla Berghen-Wolf

Why Do People Buy Art?

By Chloe Heins This question resurfaces again and again, even though I have an answer in mind. It is hard… Read More
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Published on April 23rd, 2020 by Pavla Berghen-Wolf

Artist Spotlight: Eric Sloane (1905–1985)

By Nina Sangimino To view a painting by Eric Sloane of a quintessential New England covered bridge, with its weathered… Read More
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Published on June 26th, 2019 by questroyalfineart

The Hudson River School is Alive and Well—Rebutting Recent Headlines

Several recent articles discussing the Sotheby’s and Christie’s American art sales last month expressed concern about the Hudson River School… Read More
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Published on July 19th, 2017 by magnetik

Born on this day: Edward Hopper

Born on this day in 1882, Edward Hopper became America’s foremost modernist painter. As a poet of quotidian scenes, he is known as… Read More
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