500 Years of Female Portraits in Western Art
Spectrum 18 competition
Spectrum is an annual publication, which seeks “To promote the fantastic arts and provide an annual showcase for contemporary artists.“
One of our most talented local artists and fine art instructor Mark Miltz was honored to have two works included in the Spectrum 18 book featured here. The selected works are “Rising Muse” from the Muse series gallery, and “American Otaku” which can be found in his Current Works gallery at http://www.miltzfineart.com/portfolios.htm.
If you are viewing the video his work comes at the 5:38 and 5:41 mark.
Both works have recieved awards in juried exhibitions as well. Mark Miltz interview here.
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.
