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Giovanni Battista Gaulli (8 May 1639 – 2 April 1709), also known as Baciccio or Baciccia (Genoese nicknames for Giovanni Battista), was an Italian Baroque painter working in the High Baroque and early Rococo periods. He is best known for his grand illusionistic vault frescos in the Church of the Gesù in Rome.
Adriaen Hanneman (1603–1671), 2 paintings : Portrait of a Woman, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York ; Anton Hansch (1813–1876), 1 painting : The Grossvenediger, Residenzgalerie, Salzburg ; George Henry Harlow (1787–1819), 2 paintings : Robert William Elliston, National Portrait Gallery, London
The Art of This Century gallery was opened by Peggy Guggenheim at 30 West 57th Street in Manhattan, New York City on October 20, 1942. The gallery occupied two commercial spaces on the seventh floor of a building that was part of the midtown arts district including the Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Non-Objective Painting, Helena Rubinstein's New Art Center, and numerous commercial galleries.
"Above Ground" the new exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York, showcases graffiti, that was once confined to the streets, now globally recognized. From the streets to art galleries: New NYC ...
New York Society of Women Artists (NYSWA) is a group of women that aims to provide support and opportunities to New York-based female professional artists. The society was founded in 1925 by 26 women ( 23 painters and 3 sculptors). NYSWA organizes exhibitions and events featuring female artists living and working in New York only. [1] [2] [3]
In 1990, the gallery teamed up with Sotheby's auction house, to form Acquavella Modern Art, a subsidiary of Sotheby's Holding Company. The subsidiary paid $143 million for the contents of the Pierre Matisse Gallery in Manhattan, which included about 2,300 works by such artists as Miró , Jean Dubuffet , Alberto Giacometti , and Marc Chagall ...
C24 Gallery is a contemporary art gallery located on West 24th Street in Chelsea, Manhattan, New York City. The gallery was founded in 2011 by Emre and Maide Kurttepeli and partners, Mel Dogan, and Asli Soyak. [1] [2] David C. Terry is the gallery’s director and curator. [3]
Giovanni Battista Gaulli owes a great deal of his success on the ceiling fresco to Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Several other artists were considered for the job of painting the ceiling. Gian Paolo Oliva relied on Bernini's opinion when selecting the artist for the ceiling.