An affecting 'Lear' at Shakespeare's Globe May 6, 2008
", Calder's Lear reaches out and hugs this "poor Tom" in disguise: a vision of compassion amid a volatile sea of suffering of which one gets a hint earlier on when Lear snaps at his daughter Goneril (Sally Bretton), his brusqueness followed seconds later by an impulsive embrace. That other, scarcely less despicable daughter, Regan (Kellie Bright), may describe her father as "the lunatic king," but Calder charts a careful movement away from irascibility - he is seen early on taking a knife to his... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Looted paintings go on show in Israel Mar 22, 2008
On show is a painting called Woman Drinker, by the Dutch artist Pieter de Hooch, an indoor scene bathed in light of a woman drinking with a pair of men. It was confiscated from Edouard de Rothschild - whose family's collections were systematically looted - and ended up in the hands of Hermann G. (Guardian Unlimited)
* [ ART JOURNAL ] Looted by Nazis and unclaimed, art goes on display in Jerusalem Feb 20, 2008
"Our feeling about them is that our job is to hold them in custody, in a way, as a kind of memorial to their loss, and when the opportunity arises to return a work we are happy to do so,'' Snyder said. The exhibit of art the museum received from JRSO includes a 19th-century wedding portrait of the beautiful Charlotte de Rothschild, scion of the wealthy Jewish banking family, along with one of her husband and cousin Lionel. The paintings hung in a Jewish nursing home in Frankfurt before they were... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Art in search of owners Feb 20, 2008
zanne, Manet, Degas, Chagall, Delacroix, Egon Schiele, Monet, Alfred Sisley, Max Liebermann, Pieter de Hooch and others. Some of the French-held art was ordered taken by Hitler himself, for the Third Reich. (International Herald Tribune)
Nazi-looted art goes on display Feb 20, 2008
Several pieces on display were returned to their owners, like "La Buveuse," a 1658 painting by Dutch master Pieter de Hooch that hung in the salon of financier Edouard de Rothschild in Paris before the war. "This painting was coveted by Hitler. He knew about it, he wanted it, and he made every effort to get it," said Shlomit Steinberg, one of the exhibit's curators. (CNN -- World)
Art Museum to show works of 17th-century Dutch artist Jul 14, 2006
Included in the show will be 14 pieces by Rembrandt and others by such well-known artists as Franz Hals, Gerard Ter Borch, Jan Steen and Pieter de Hooch. . (KOLD.com, AZ)
