July 14 – August 26, 2012
Opening Reception Sunday, July 15th, 2012 1:30pm-3:30pm
Virginia Artists 2012 Juried Exhibition at the Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA
and Daniel Robbins: Recent Paintings (Virginia Artists 2011 First Place Award Winner)
This annual competition will showcase the talents of many of Virginia’s finest artists and craftsmen and features over ,750 in total cash and purchase awards, including a,500 Best in Show, as well as eight media awards.
Over 115 artworks in all styles, genres and media including, drawing, painting, watercolor, printmaking, photography, sculpture and crafts will be represented.
Caroline Cobb Wright, Curator of The Visual Arts Center of Virginia, will serve as the juror to select art works to be included and choose the awards.
This was an amazing show last year. Please mark the date on your calendar. Opening Reception Sunday, July 15, 2012 1:30-3:30pm. Awards at 2pm.
Late actress Elizabeth Taylor’s artwork sold for far more than expected when her unsigned Vincent Van Gogh piece “Vue de l’Asile et de la Chapelle de Saint-Rémy” sold for $16 million at auction at Christie’s in London.
The $16 million price was double the painting’s estimate and was sold to a mystery buyer. Taylor purchased the Van Gogh painting in 1963 and kept it all her life, hanging it above her mantle.
View of Asylum and Church at St. Remy was painted by Van Gogh in 1889. Ths painting is of the asylum Vincent stayed during his recovery after his ear incident and where the diagnosis of temporal lobe epilepsy was first mentioned. It was a sanctuary of sorts–where he painted two masterpieces, Starry Night, and Irises.
