By Stephen May
Hardly a familiar name even to devoted art lovers, Luis Melendez (1715–1780) is nonetheless considered one of the greatest Spanish painters of the Eighteenth Century and one of the all-time great still life painters. Yet Melendez’s recognition over the years seems to have been lost in the towering shadow of fellow Spaniard Francisco Goya (1746–1828). In recent years, however, scholars and collectors have taken an increasing interest in the Spanish still life master, stimulated by extensive technical findings about Melendez’s meticulous painting methods. There is renewed appreciation for the sheer beauty of his oeuvre — his remarkable talent for rendering ordinary objects with acute detail, wondrous effects of color and light and subtle variations of texture. This revived appreciation for the artist’s achievements is bound to be enhanced by a superb retrospective, “Luis Melendez, Master of Spanish Still Life,” currently on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, through May 9.
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Good Crowds, Good Sales At The New York Ceramics Fair
With the emphasis on pottery, the 11th annual New York Ceramics Fair welcomed more than 4,000 collectors and curators to its lavish quarters in the National Academy Museum for four days, beginning January 20.
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 Good Crowds, Good Sales At The New York Ceramics Fair With the emphasis on pottery, the 11th annual New York Ceramics Fair welcomed more than 4,000 collectors and curators to its lavish quarters in the National Academy Museum for four days, beginning January 20.
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Sotheby’s Americana Week Sales Total $15 Million
Sotheby’s 2010 Americana Week sales brought a combined total of $15,029,329, with both sales exceeding the high estimate in front of a packed salesroom. Sotheby’s two-day sale of important Americana totaled $13,334,005.
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‘Cezanne And American Modernism’ Will Open In Baltimore February 14
Discover how Cézanne transformed American art at the beginning of the Twentieth Century. “Cézanne and American Modernism,” on view at the Baltimore Museums of Art February 14–May 23, brings together 16 of the French master’s paintings and watercolors with more than 80 works by 33 American artists.
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