Portuguese architect Souto de Moura wins PritzkerLOS ANGELES (AP) – Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura, whose buildings are praised for their careful use of natural materials and their unexpected dashes of color, has won the 2011 Pritzker Architecture Prize, the prize’s jury announced Monday. Souto de Moura, 58, joins Frank Gehry, Tadao Ando and Renzo Piano in receiving the top […]
Austin Auction Gallery to sell Indo-Portuguese boxes, Feb. 27AUSTIN, Texas – Austin Auction Gallery will conduct an eclectic auction Sunday, Feb. 27, beginning at 1 p.m. Central. The auction will feature over 400 lots of antiques, fine art, jewelry, sterling silver and collectibles from the 17th through the 19th centuries. LiveAuctioneers will provide Internet live bidding. An important group of 17th-century through 19th-centuy […]
Wintry Landscape Painting by Ivan Fedorovich Choultse leads our five auction highlightsWintry Landscape Painting by Ivan Fedorovich Choultse, $46,125 BEACHWOOD, OH – Like many Russian academic painters, Ivan Fedorovich Choultse (1874-1939) experienced great uncertainty during the revolutionary years and, following a lengthy trip to Europe from 1917 to 1919, chose to emigrate to France in 1921. During the late 1920s and early 1930s he held several […]
Decorative arts to beautify the home sail into Jasper52 March 27NEW YORK — Decorative arts to beautify the home come to Jasper52 on Wednesday, March 27. The complete catalog is now available exclusively at LiveAuctioneers. A top-featured lot is this 20in-long Portuguese caravel, an exploration ship from the 16th century, made by hand from sterling silver. Boasting very rich and detailed silver filigree work, only […]