Welcome to our weekly art collector Blog/Newsletter; For the Week of March 17th, 2011

At Art Collector Blog we list information about the visual artists, listed below, whose works we own/sell. The artists' news, reviews, auctions & auction results, latest market prices, exhibitions and related stories. We search the web daily.

• This issue covers pictures and details of our artists' works  in upcoming auctions.

• We have also begun to catalogue (Index) the various works of each artist to enable you find the art you are looking for by the name of the work. The first Catalog (Indexes) completed are those of Marc Chagall at "Chagall Price Index" and Pierre Bonnard at "Bonnard Price Index", and Peter Max at "Peter Max's Price Index", Ernest CARRIER-BELLEUSE at Ernest CARRIER-BELLEUSE Index, Erté at Erté's Price Index

• Auction Schedules, Auction Results, & Price Estimates  for our artists.

• Art for sale on the web; Artists' prices & Lot descriptions.

• Upcoming Exhibitions that include our artists..

This week at Auctions:

• Sold at Bukowskis, Stockholm, March 15, 2011  Salvador Dalí - Femme ŕ l 'escargot,  POČMES SECRETS D'APOLLINAIRE, and ADAM AND EVE

• Sold at Pacific Galleries, March 13, 2011 Frederic Remington - SCALP, Salvador Dalí - Tienda De Espana and 2 other lots

• To be sold at Ivey-Selkirk, March 12, 2011 Auguste Renoir - LE CHAPEAU EPINGLE , Pierre-Jules Mene - Standing stag with long antlers,

• Sold at Cowan's, March 12, 2011 ,Frederic Remington - The Old Dragoons and 2 other lots, Joan Miró - Untitled ,   View all lots

• Sold at Doyle New York, March 9, 2011 Henri Matisse - LE PONT SAINT-MICHEL and PORTRAIT OF APOLLINAIRE,  Joan Miró - Composition Marc Chagall - ADAM AND EVE AND THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT and 2 other lots View all lots

• Sold at Glerum Auctioneers, March 7, 2011 Joan Miró - Le Lézard aux Plumes d'Or, Salvador Dalí - Carmen-Castanets and Don Quixote Seated

• Sold at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Naples, March 6, 2011 Pablo Picasso - Peintre Devant Son Chevalet and Exhibition of Ceramics

• Sold at Bloomsbury Auctions, London, March 3, 2011 Henri Matisse - Teeny (D. 723) and Monsieur Loyal, Joan Miró - 2 works: Le Lezard aux Plumes d'Or and Untitled, Marc Chagall - Self Portrait with easel and lovers and Nu Devant la FenÓtre (c.90), Pablo Picasso - Hibou au Fond Blanc (Block 408) and 2 other lots, Peter Max - Angel with Heart, Salvador Dalí - The Twelve Tribes of Israel - the... and 12 other lots View auction results

• Sold at Swann Auction Galleries, March 3, 2011 Auguste Renoir - Étude de femme nue, assise and 8 other lots, Henri Matisse - Grande Vierge and 5 other lots, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec - Luce Myrčs, de face and 9 other lots, Honoré Daumier - Celui-lŕ, on peut le mettre en liberté!, Joan Miró - Le Chasseur de Pieuvres and 17 other lots, Louis Icart - Speed and 2 other lots, Marc Chagall - L'Écuyčre and 20 other lots, Pablo Picasso - Homme ŕ la fraise and 32 other lots, Pierre Bonnard - Paysage du Midi and 2 other lots, Salvador Dalí - 13 works: Alice's Adventures in... and 3 other lots  View auction results

• Sold at Christie's Paris, March 1, 2011 Pablo Picasso - Vase aux chčvr and Autographe dans J. Cassou 'Picasso',...

• Sold at Bonhams Knightsbridge, March 1, 2011 Thomas Bush Hardy - Portsmouth Harbour

• Sold at Pook & Pook, February 25, 2011 Ernest Albert - Winter Brook

• Sold at Historia Auktionshaus, February 25, 2011 Pablo Picasso - To leaf 33 from the Vollard Suite, Salvador Dalí - From the cycle of Dante's Divine Comedy

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• To be sold at Cottone Auctions, March 25, 2011 Rembrandt - Clement de Jonghe

• To be sold at Cowan's, March 25, 2011 Frederic Remington - Broncho Buster Estimate 200,000 - 300,000 USD

• To be sold at Dorotheum, March 24, 2011    Rembrandt - Christ Disputing with the Doctors and 9 other lots View all lots

• To be sold at Bonhams Knowle, March 22, 2011 Ernest Albert - At the beach

• To be sold at Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, March 19, 2011 Salvador Dalí - Etching of a flower and a horse

• To be sold at Bloomsbury Auctions, London, March 17, 2011 Rembrandt - Portrait of a bearded old man

Our Artists' News:

• Pablo Picasso - Discussed at  Vik Muniz's Oscar Film Trashed by Co-Directors, NEA-Killing Republican Congressman Asks Kids for Free Art, and More Must-Read Art News / ARTINFO,  News & Market Round-Up of the Week that Was (Feb 28-March 7) / MutualArt, Why Picasso has his finger on the 21st century's pulse / The Guardian

• Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí - Discussed at  Slim Unveils $34 Million Museum With Fine Art, Free Admission / Bloomberg, London art auctions show rise on 2010 totals / Reuters

• Rembrandt - Discussed at  Two Complementary Quests / The Wall Street Journal,  The Uncluttered Look Has Its Day / New York Times

• Salvador Dalí - Discussed at  Art exhibition of Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali kicks off in E China / XINHUA, Slideshow: New building that will house collection of Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim unveiled / The Guardian

• Marc Chagall, Rembrandt - Discussed at Masterpieces Appear In The Upcoming Art Revolution Taipei 2011 / artnowMAG

• Auguste Renoir, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso - Discussed at  Accidental Paintings of Hipsters by the Masters / Flavorwire

• Henri Matisse - Discussed at Al Pacino to play Henri Matisse / Saatchi Online

• Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí - Discussed at  This Week's Major Exhibition Openings (March 7-14) / MutualArt

• Auguste Renoir, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso, Pierre Bonnard, Salvador Dalí - Discussed at Old Master, Modern and Contemporary Prints to be auctioned at Doyle New York on April 20, 2011 / MutualArt

• Auguste Renoir, Rembrandt - Discussed at The Art World's Yearly Pilgrimage / The Wall Street Journal

• Joan Miró - artworks showcased in Joan Miró at Musée d'Art Ancien, Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium , March 24, 2011

Art News, For Last Week:

• BERLIN.- UNESCO has designated the year 2010 as Millennium year of the Shahname. The Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin and the Berlin National Library are seizing the opportunity to introduce this literary masterpiece to the public with their world-renowned collections of Shahname manuscripts and miniature paintings. Art Daily

• LONDON.- Sotheby’s London Sale of Old Master, Modern & Contemporary Prints, on Wednesday, 30 March, 2011, will present for sale the earliest printed star charts, in the form of a pair of extremely rare woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer depicting A Map of the Northern Sky and A Map of the Southern Sky. Art Daily

• LONDON.- Visitors to The 19th BADA Antiques & Fine Art Fair, the UK’s premier national art and antiques Fair and showcase for more than 100 members of the prestigious British Antique Dealers’ Association, can expect to see these twenty highlights, plus much more, from 23-29 March 2011. Art Daily

• Abu Dhabi:- Army of International Artists Threatens to Boycott Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Over Labor Abuses Art Info

• Artists and Galleries Around the World Band Together to Send Japan Earthquake Relief. Art Info

• NEW YORK—A current exhibition at the Lower East Side's Allegra LaViola gallery has drawn fiery opposition from some unlikely art critics: Orthodox Jews. Art Info

• British journalist and photographer presents "Against the Wall: The Art of Resitance in Palestine" MONTREAL: Monday, March 28, 2011, 7:30 p.m., OTTAWA: Tuesday, March 29, 2011, 7:30 p.m., TORONTO (DOWNTOWN) : Thursday, March 31, 2011, 7:30 p.m.

• TORONTO, March 3, 2011 – Yvon Deschamps, Margie Gillis, William Shatner, Howard Shore, Leslee Silverman and Paul Thompson have been named the 2011 laureates of the prestigious Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, the ultimate recognition in Canada’s performing arts.

• New York:- Text that Shaped the Course of History, The Book of Calculation, for Sale at Bonhams

• ZURICH.- Like father, Like son: Christie’s spring sale of Swiss art at the Kunsthaus Zurich on 21 March 2011 will bring together outstanding works from famous artist fathers and their equally famous sons. Art Daily

• Rome:- Michelangelo’s statue of David is at risk of being toppled by the construction of a high-speed railway line beneath Florence because of his flimsy ankles. Telegraph

• Cairo:- The New Egyptian Government Can't Fire Zahi Hawass — Because He Quits, Last month, Hawass reported the looting of Cairo's Egyptian Museum somewhat tardily, raising questions of whether he had withheld the information for political reasons.. ArtInfo

• London:- The most expensive painting ever sold at auction, Picasso's Nude, Green Leaves and Bust, is going on display show in the UK for the first time. Telegraph

• Washington:- White House to honor 19 with National Humanities Medal and National Medal for the Arts Washington Post

Our Artists are:

Albert Carrier-Belleuse, Allen Gilbert, An He, Arthur Foster, Ben Kamihira, Benjamin Brown, Chiparus, Demetre, CHRISTOPHE FRATIN, CLARENCE GAGNON, CLEMENT HAUPERS, Elizabeth Spalding, Elizabeth Thompson, Erte, Frederic Remington, Gaugengigl, Ignaz Marcel, Gilles E. Gingras,Giunta, Joseph, HELMUT GRANSOW, Henri Matisse, Hughes Claude Pissarro, Ignaz Marcel Gaugengigl, J W Good, Joan Mirň, Lelia Pissarro, Louis Icart, Louis Muhlstock, Lyonel Feininger, Marc Chagall, MARC-AURELE, FORTIN, NEUMANN, Ernest, Pablo Picasso, PAUL DUBOIS, Paul Neri, PENCKE, Peter Max, Pierre Bonnard, PIERRE-JULES MĘNE, Rembrandt van Rijn, Renoir, Rosa Bonheur, Salvador Dali, Stanley Cosgrove, TETSURO SAWADA, Theo Tobiasse, Willy Biehn NEW: Jeremie All, Favreau, Marcel , Labelle, Vezina Regis, Weber Christian, Windisch Etienne J

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