Tanjore paintings make a comeback

The Hindustan Times;  May 8, 2006 ;     585 words ......F Hussain's creations. But these paintings sure make a mark when it comes to traditional Indian art. Tanjore paintings, from Thanjavur (now Tanjore) in...Chennai, who have made traditional paintings for generations. After the abolition...

MPS says two paintings belong to School Board; Art was sent to Connecticut...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  January 14, 2005 ;     700+ words ...MPS says two paintings belong to School Board Art was sent...Milwaukee Public Schools officials want two paintings, believed to be worth about a half...Connecticut where they had been sent. The paintings, which had been stored in an old furnace...

Hiawatha district looks to sell paintings ; Hiawatha School District's...

St. Joseph News-Press;  June 4, 2008 ;     581 words ......the Hiawatha School District three of his oil paintings at the discount price he offered schools, probably...years later, the district is trying to sell the paintings. The three landscape paintings could earn the district at least $600,000. Those...

Customs wrecked my paintings, says dealer

Sunday Star-Times;  March 3, 2002 ;     700+ words ......out of pocket after Customs seized five paintings he was trying to send to their overseas owner. The paintings were returned after a year long battle...and Heritage had no right to seize the paintings which included Gottfried Lindauer's Ana...

Ex-lawyer found guilty in stolen art trial ; Had discovered paintings in...

The Boston Globe;  August 19, 2008 ;     700+ words ......yesterday of possessing six Impressionist paintings that he knew were stolen in what is believed...Mardirosian guilty of taking the six paintings, which had allegedly been stolen by one...to sell millions of dollars worth of paintings, including a major Cezanne piece called...

MPS art featured; on auction block; Dealer's Internet site offers...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  April 2, 2005 ;     514 words ...Two valuable paintings that were found in storage at Milwaukee...a dispute over what to do with the paintings. Shannon's Fine Art Auctioneers places...150,000 to $250,000 for each of the paintings by Swedish-born artist Birger Sandzen...

Astute art dealer spots paintings taken in 1980

The Boston Globe;  November 10, 1995 ;     700+ words ...In 1980, two 19th century paintings mysteriously disappeared from the...Brockton art dealer returned the paintings -- valued at $125,000 at the time...recent purchases and was told the paintings were stolen. "We're obviously delighted...

MPS Board votes 6-0 to demand return of paintings; Move should keep...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  March 2, 2005 ;     606 words ...Give us back those paintings that's the firm message the Milwaukee...almost surely will mean that two paintings from Washington High School that are...possibility of a drawn-out dispute over the paintings could mean they won't be sold for...

Lawrence paintings to stay at MFA

The Boston Globe;  September 8, 1999 ;     618 words ......ruled yesterday that three masterpiece paintings willed to the people of Lawrence nearly...ruled that the fate of the remaining 14 paintings in the art collection bequeathed to Lawrence...permanent possession and control of the paintings," Hinkle wrote in her 12-page ruling...

MFA fights sale of paintings loaned by Lawrence minister.

The Boston Herald;  August 20, 1999 ;     342 words ......the people of Lawrence want to see the paintings bequeathed to them by a local minister...block the proposed sale of some of the 17 paintings they have had in their possession since...Field of Poppies, near Giverny, and two paintings by Camille Pissaro are on display, the...

FBI recovers three paintings taken from Germany during WWII

AP Worldstream;  December 7, 2005 ;     482 words ......Federal investigators have recovered three paintings stolen from a German museum near the...were among a group of about four dozen paintings stolen on March 22, 1945, as Allied forces...auction six weeks ago. The FBI said the paintings belonged to the city museum in Pirmasens...

Picasso's Fuzzy Period; Authenticity of Paintings Questioned

The Washington Post;  March 6, 2001 ;     700+ words ......consider the case of Turkey, where unclaimed paintings supposedly by the renowned Spanish master...a telephone interview that two of the paintings are "crude" forgeries of originals that...Police investigators, who recovered the paintings by posing as shady art dealers willing...

Judge rules three paintings will stay at Boston museum.

The Boston Herald;  September 8, 1999 ;     378 words ......yesterday decided the best place for paintings to hang is on a museum wall rather than...the power to cash in on the bequeathed paintings. The phrase 'permanently and inalienably...permanent possession and control of the paintings, Hinkle wrote. Nothing in the will permits...

Art-loving Afghan doctor saved paintings from Taliban with some...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  January 2, 2002 ;     700+ words ......spent three months last year doctoring paintings _ instead of patients _ in a locked room...otherwise have slashed or smashed the paintings, as they destroyed thousands of other...watercolors, Asefi saved more than 100 paintings from destruction by the puritanical regime...

The Berkowitz Gift That Keeps Giving; Cache of Early Paintings Offers Hope...

The Washington Post;  May 22, 1992 ;     700+ words ......during their marriage. More than 100 paintings ended up with a studio assistant named...After she died, Leon just wanted all the paintings from their years together out of the...years later at age 75. Monroe kept the paintings, his favorites on the walls of his home...