There are few events in an artists lifetime that crack the anvil of all her expectations. This is one of them.
To have ones artwork auction beside an old master's work is a milestone I never imagined would be possible, and yet is happening this week. "Melancholy" which was awarded a Purchase Award in the 2021 ARC Salon is going to auction in the Bouguereau and His Circle: Then and Now auction at Sotheby's.
Sotheby's is pleased to present Bouguereau and His Circle: Then and Now, a celebration of works realized and inspired by William Bouguereau, one of the leading Academic painters of the late-19th century. In addition to masterworks by the artist, the auction also includes several portrait and compositional studies from the artist's studio that are fresh to the market.
These works are offered alongside paintings by Bouguereau's students, chief among them his wife, Elizabeth Gardner Bouguereau, who during her 58-year career in Paris participated in thirty Salons with thirty-six works and was the only American woman to receive a medal, as well as contemporary artists working in the realist tradition across continents today, including Tina Garrett (American), Zachari Logan (Canadian), Katsu Nakajima (Japan), Kadir Nelson (American), Odd Nerdrum (Norwegian), Markus Schinwald (Austrian), and Han-Wu Shen (Chinese).
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Thank you from the bottom of my heart to Kara Ross and the Art Renewal Center for their relentless pursuit to lift living realist artists, like myself into the market and the history books.
Thank you as always for following my amazing journey.
Love,
Tina
