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Tintin Indian ink drawing sold at Paris auction..
Tintin with his faithful dog Snowy, 1939 from the comic album King Ottokar’s Sceptre .. sold for almost $500,000 at auction in Paris, from a collection of Hergé books, sketches and drawings. Tintin is one of the most well-loved comic book characters with the albums recognised for the clean, expressive drawings in ligne claire (‘clear line’) style, swashbuckling adventures, slapstick humour and […]
Red Star over Russia – a Revolution in Visual Culture, 1905–55 – Tate Modern until 28 February 2018
Adolf Strakhov, Emancipated Woman – Build Socialism! 1926. Lithograph on paper. The David King Collection, Tate The Exhibition includes propaganda posters, prints and photographs from the vast collection of David King, photographer and graphic designer, who died last year, including works by El Lissitzky, Gustav Klutsis, Dmitri Moor, Aleksandr Deineka, Nina Vatolina and Yevgeny Khaldei. The collection covers the […]
Impressionists in London, French Artists in Exile (1870 – 1904) at Tate Britain from 2 November 2017
Giuseppe De Nittis Westminster, 1878 Featuring works by Tissot, Pissarro, Dalou, Sisley, Derain, Legros and, most famously, Monet, the exhibition draws together the works of the French artists who fled France in the 1870’s to escape war for refuge in England. Featuring works painted over a 30 year period, the exhibition provides “a fascinating insight into how London […]