Oil Paintings

World's Oldest Oil Paintings Found In Afghanista

admin_huliq — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:20:17 -0500

Scientists said that they have proved the world's first ever oil paintings were in caves near two destroyed giant statues of Buddha in Afghanistan, hundreds of years before oil paint was used in Europe.

Stolen Strindberg Painting Found

seher — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:40:53 -0600

A stolen painting by the giant of Swedish literature, playwrite August Strindberg, has been found in a residential building north of Stockholm.

Stolen paintings found

seher — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:12:56 -0600

Swiss police has found two Impressionist paintings stolen in one of Europe's largest art thefts. The paintings were found in an abandoned car near Zurich mental hospital.

Major Paintings Stolen From Swiss Museum

seher — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:33:52 -0600

Police say robbers have stolen paintings by Cezanne, Degas, Van Gogh and Monet - worth more than $91 million from a museum in the city of Zurich, Switzerland.

The Ashmolean Museum acquires two Pre-Raphaelite masterpieces

seher — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:16:40 -0600

Two major paintings by the artists Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti have been saved for the nation through the Government’s Acceptance in Lieu (AIL) scheme and will be permanently allocated to the Ashmolean Museum.

Pablo Picasso's paintings stolen

seher — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:24:40 -0600

Police reported that Pablo Picasso's paintings were thieved. Two painter's works worth millions of dollars were stolen from a Swiss exhibition.

Museum of Fine Arts seeks to get Kokoschka's ‘Two Nudes’

seher — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 10:12:50 -0600

The Museum of Fine Arts has filed a federal lawsuit to retain ownership of a 1913 oil painting sold during the Nazi occupation of Austria.

Nanomagnetic sponges to clean precious works of art

harminka — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 13:37:08 -0500

Chemists in Italy are reporting “a real breakthrough” in technology for cleaning and conserving priceless oil paintings, marble sculptures and other works of art in an article in the Aug. 14 issue of ACS’ Langmuir, a bi-weekly journal.

Exhibition Devote To Salvador Dalí's Sister

ruzik_tuzik — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 00:56:45 -0500

As from today, the three oil paintings from the private collection can also be seen in the Dalí Foundation’s on-line Catalogue Raisonné, thus fulfilling one of the main objectives of the Gala-Salvador Foundation, consisting in cataloguing the artist’s entire production, a task being carried out by the Centre for Dalinian Studies.

Exploratorium Presents Oil Paintings By Theo

ruzik_tuzik — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 02:15:10 -0500

Spanish artist Theo depicts the mystery of mathematics and the seemingly endless expansion of fractals in oil paintings on display at the Exploratorium from September 14, 2007 - January 7, 2008.

Oil Paintings In Public Ownership In The Imperial War Museum

ruzik_tuzik — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:58:31 -0600

Delaware Art Museum Announces Display Of Tissot Paintings

ruzik_tuzik — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 02:49:42 -0600