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Antiques Roadshow guest refuses to give painting back to owner after staggering valuation
Antiques Roadshow guest refuses to give painting back to owner after staggering valuation

The woman appeared on Antiques Roadshow with no idea how much the Earl Moran painting was worth

An Antiques Roadshow guest refused to return a painting she had been given by her mother after realising what it was worth.

The woman appeared on the show with an Earl Moran painting, having no idea just how much the iconic piece was worth.

The show, which was filmed in Idaho, saw antiques expert Colleene Fesko examining the Earl Moran pin-up girl painting.

The owner explained that the piece of art had spent over a decade in her mother’s house, after she bought it for around $200 (£157).

The guest explained she had had her eye on the painting ever since it arrived at her mum’s and after recently remodelling her home, her mum ‘finally’ let her have it for her own house.

“As much as I can remember, it spent 10 to 15 years at my mum’s house,” she told Colleene.

“She bought it at an estate sale and she paid I think around $200 for it.

“I’ve just remodelled my house and I made it all 1950s. I kept telling my mum, ‘So can I have the picture now?’ So finally she gave it to me.”

Examining the painting, Colleene explained that it was during the mid 1950s that Moran found ‘fame and fortune’ with his artwork, specifically in Los Angeles where his work focussed on pin-ups.

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Colleene explained: “This was probably done as an advertisement for a car company or even a sporting company because you also have the sailboat and the motorboat but its real appeal is in being a pin-up.”

The guest confessed she had never had the painting valued, adding: “I have

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Giant painting brightens up square in Eindhoven
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The Ketelhuisplein in Eindhoven will be brightened up in the coming weeks with a huge painting of more than 1,200 square metres. It is a project by artist Cox Janssens: “The paint is everywhere, but I don’t mind.

A year after artist Toscana Banana was given the honour of creating a huge floor painting, it is now Janssens’ turn. “She said to me that while she was painting, a lot of people  walked right through through the paint. I wanted to do something with that. In my painting, all the people are playing with paint.”

She herself is covered in paint. “I think adults are allowed to play and get dirty a bit more. I don’t mind being covered in paint. It’s part of it. I am not embarrassed to get back on the train back with paintall oer my clothes”, she says laughingly.

 It’s a lot of work

The huge artwork will be on Ketelhuisplein, the central spot of Strijp-S. Since the turn of the century, the old Philip site has been transformed into a special place to live and work.

“First we numbered the squares on the square. Then we started looking at what to put on each tile and painted the lines and now we are colouring it in,” she says enthusiastically. “It’s a lot of work, though. It’s a painting of about 35 by 35 metres. I am very happy and satisfied so far. I am  especially pleasd with all the help and the reactions are cool.”

It’s not something she does every day as an artist. “Normally I work in my studio in Rotterdam. I make drawings for animation films, for example, which go all

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New Artworks In The Spanish Gallery 661e65a6ad280

With the return to New York of eight of the loan paintings from the Hispanic Society of America, the Spanish Gallery is delighted to announce the display of seven new paintings and two new sculptures.

We have two new paintings by the Seville artist, Murillo, whose beautiful images of the Holy Family and idealised images of street urchins were particularly popular with British collectors in the 18th and 19th centuries. One is the Mater Dolorosa – the traditional name for images of the Virgin Mary grieving over her dead son, representing every mother grieving over her son. The other is The Virgen de la Faja, a beautiful domestic image of the Virgin, surrounded by angels and changing her baby son’s clothes. This painting has long been regarded as one of Murillo’s finest works.

In neighbouring galleries, there are two paintings of the Immaculate Conception, both by the important artist, sculptor and architect, Alonso Cano. Cano who was a lifelong friend of Velázquez. He trained with him in Seville, worked with him at Court in Madrid and acted as godfather to two of his grandchildren. The Immaculate Conception is the belief in Catholicism that the Virgin Mary was born without the stain of the Original Sin imposed on all mankind after Adam and Eve ate the forbidden apple in the Garden of Eden.

A second Spanish Landscape is now on display by Madrid artist, Francisco Collantes. Collantes is one of the only known Spanish artists who painted Spanish landscapes and who excelled in this genre of painting.

A new artist to the Gallery is Bartolomeo Cavarozzi, an important and very influential Italian artist who came over to the Spanish Court in the early 1600s, and brought with him the influence of Caravaggio’s style of painting still life painting. He stayed

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Longtime Journalist Bob Schieffer Bares His Soul in a New Art Exhibition

Bob Schieffer retired from the anchor desk nearly a decade ago, but he never walked away from the news.

When confronted with the startling global and political developments of the past several years, the television journalist who spent more than a half century at CBS, including almost 25 years as the moderator of “Face the Nation,” took to a different medium — oil paint.

The resulting 25 works of art are featured in an exhibition set to open on Saturday at the American University Museum in Washington. The title, “Looking for the Light,” is inspired by the poem that Amanda Gorman recited at President Biden’s inauguration, but it also reflects what Mr. Schieffer sees for the nation’s future despite paintings that depict some of the darkest moments in recent history.

The paintings, a mix of images and text ripped from the headlines, include depictions of the assault on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the Covid-19 pandemic and the 2020 protests after the death of George Floyd.

This is the first solo exhibition for Mr. Schieffer, 87. He has had little formal training but has had years of practice since his talent was first nurtured by his grandmother. As a child, he would sit with her on her front porch in Texas and draw the cows.

His recent work was painted from a tarp-covered corner of the sunny dining room that his wife, Patricia, allowed him to claim as his studio early on in the pandemic. During an interview in that makeshift studio in his art-filled condominium in Northwest Washington, Mr. Schieffer acknowledged that some of his most evocative work might be seen as provocative.

But Mr. Schieffer, who spent 23 years as the anchor of the Saturday edition of the “CBS Evening News,” said he still thought

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Art and Fashion: Andrea Bogdan’s studio offers T-shirts, artistic apparel | Business

Andrea Bogdan, an artist who also has a background in business and graphic design, for a longtime focused on paintings and prints. For the last few years, she has started to enter new realms with her art, and her newest endeavor has been art T-shirts based on her dream journals. 

Her first T-shirt in the collection says, “I live in a fairy tale land where I can taste the day as if it were candy.” The “Taste the Day” art T-shirts were printed by a local company called V.S. Tees. 

Bogdan keeps a dream journal by her bed and writes down what she remembers from her dreams. Many of her dreams are darker in nature. The one that the T-shirt was based on stood out because of its positive message. 

“Sometimes when I wake up, and I remember a dream, I can remember the details. I can remember the smells. I can remember every little thing I see and touch in the dream. They’re not always pleasant. Sometimes, they’re stressful. And then, all of a sudden, here’s this entry where I clearly didn’t remember the details of the dream, I just remembered the idea of the dream. And it just made me feel optimistic,” Bogdan said. “It made me happy to know that I was having that feeling, even though it was in my dreams, even though it was in my subconscious, mixed in with all of these other more apocalyptic types of dreams I was having. That stood out.” 

Like her other artwork, she used a freestyle process when creating her T-shirt design. Often with her paintings, she creates in the moment and is inspired by what is going on around her. 

“When I’m painting, and somebody walks into my studio, sometimes what they’re wearing, their cologne,

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The Painting Behind the Meme: the Reluctant Bride

In November 2023, TikTok user @adownif3rta posted the first known ‘Reluctant Bride’ meme: “literally me when i’m right”. The still image was accompanied by Verdi’s brooding Dies Irae (meaning day of wrath) from his Requiem of 1874. The post built up over 1 million likes in 10 days, and the trend quickly picked up speed, with the painting becoming representative for all women who have been spoken over, aggressively flirted with, or had their intuition questioned.

The captions added over the top of the image included “learn how to forgive and forget” replied with “eldest daughters: never” , “why is somebody like you single?” answered with “you’re gonna see in a minute, hold on.” , and “you look so unapproachable” “and yet, here you are”.

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The Reluctant Bride – “literally me when i’m right” – @adownif3rta, 2023

But who is the woman who has become a spokesperson for women’s experiences of everyday sexism? The painting La Fiancée Hésitante (1866), known as the The Hesitant Fiancée or The Reluctant Bride was created by French Academic genre painter Auguste Toulmouche. The painting is thought to have been exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1866 and the Exposition Universelle in 1867.

The bride is sat in her wedding gown with her bouquet in her lap, attended by two women who hold her hands, one of whom kisses her forehead. To the right, a younger girl looks in a mirror and holds the bridal orange blossom headdress. The work is interpreted to take place in the moments before the bride’s arranged marriage – a common practice in 19th century France among the wealthy classes – and the women are her bridesmaids, encouraging her to go through with it.

@ceraunic #eldestdaughter #thereluctantbride #girls #women #femalerage #attitude #memes #jokes #reluctantbride #reluctantbridememe ♬ sonido original
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The Modern Goddess: Alison Kenyon’s artistic abilities know no bounds | News

Many locals know Alison Kenyon from her many years (28, if you’re counting) as Penney The Clown as well as her appearance on the television reality program Skin Wars, where she placed a close second for her body painting abilities.

About seven years after she was gracing the screens of houses across America, Kenyon has retired Penney and is looking forward to the next chapter of what her career will bring her.

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Pumpkin Painting, Pony Rides, More Fall Fun Planned For Kids In Lisle

LISLE, IL — Pumpkin painting, inflatable haunted houses and the annual Scarecrow Scramble will give kids plenty of ways to get into the festive fall spirit this season. Below is a roundup of some of the fun activities the Lisle Park District has planned for autumn 2023.

Scarecrow Scramble

The Scarecrow Scramble will be held Oct. 14 at Lisle Community Park, inviting residents of all ages to don their best scarecrow outfits, Halloween costumes and other festive duds as they race to raise money for residents in need.

Pumpkin Painting

Head to Lisle Recreation Center at 4 p.m. on Oct. 19 for an all-ages evening spent painting pumpkins. The cost to attend is $10 for residents and $15 for nonresidents and includes paints, supplies and pumpkins. Click the link to register for pumpkin painting.

Monster Madness

A wealth of Halloween-themed activities are slated for the Oct. 21 Monster Madness event at Lisle Community Park. Geared for kids who are two to 10 years old, the event runs from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. and includes a pumpkin patch, an inflatable haunted house, pony rides and a petting zoo, a corn bin and a creepy café selling themed goodies. Registration is $20 per child and the first 300 people to register will get a pumpkin and a bag of prizes. Costumes are encouraged. Click the link to register for Monster Madness.

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Moncton news: Picasso painting on display


It’s not a common sight.


A priceless painting from Pablo Picasso, one the greatest artists of all time, right here in the Maritimes.


‘Lamp and Cherries’ from Picasso’s abstract period is currently on display at Resurgo Place as part of the Moncton Museum’s 50th anniversary celebrations.


Lawren Campbell, the museum’s culture and heritage coordinator, said it’s pretty neat coup to have the work of art here.


But it’s not the first time.


Campbell said ‘Lamp and Cherries’ was part of a travelling exhibit in 1973 and now it’s back, on loan from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.


The Picasso has it’s own room to create an ambience and there’s no doubt the post Second World War painting is being properly taken care of.


“We’re a museum, so we do have security,” said Campbell. “There’s cameras. There’s proximity detectors, so if you get too close to it an alarm will go off. An audible alarm that you can pretty much hear throughout the building.”


It’s also encased in high quality glass to protect it from vandalism and UV light.


“Some of the best glass that I’ve ever seen, on this painting. A lot of people have come and gone and thought, ‘Well that’s odd that it has no glass,’ it actually has glass. It’s just very, very good quality glass,” said Campbell. “I really have to try and find a reflection on that glass. You can see every paint stroke, every detail. It’s pretty incredible.”


A wonderful sight for art lovers and for those who stumbled upon greatness like Serge Levesque who was visiting Moncton from Toronto.


“I think it’s cool. I didn’t expect that when I came here,” said Levesque. “When somebody told me

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Painting event coming to New Leaf UMC | Local News

CONNEAUT — Artist Allison Tisdale Régnier will lead an art workshop, called Paint Your HeArt Out, at New Leaf United Methodist Church on Saturday, Oct. 28, from 9 a.m. to noon.

Régnier, a missionary artist from Nice, France, is spending six months in the U.S. pursing a variety of artistic and development opportunities, according to a press release from New Leaf.

No art skills are required, and participants will create three canvases with personal and symbolic meaning to them. “They will reflect on their lives, learn more about themselves and take stock of their faith journey,” the release states. “Paint Your HeArt Out is a powerful tool for processing strong emotions—from grief to gratitude.”

Régnier has a batchelor’s degree in fine art and interior design from Texas Christian University, and studied the Old and New Testaments at Bodenseehof in Germany, according to the release.

Tickets for the event are $25, and can be purchased at the New Leaf office between 9 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on weekdays.

Painting will start at 9:30 a.m., and refreshments will be served between 9 and 9:30. Participants are encouraged to bring an apron or painting smock, and all other supplies will be included.

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