This is the December 1948 Edition, Volume XLVII, Number 8, of ARTNEWS Magazine. Founded in 1902, ARTNEWS is the oldest and one of the most popular art magazines for artists, collectors, dealers, historians, and enthusiasts. A copy of a painting by the Kurt Seligmann is on the cover.
Articles:
Classical order for today’s chaos
Classical Pompeii and its impact
Classical ideals never die
Classical affinities for modern art
The Whitney: exhibit Abstract by Thomas B. Hess
Homage to Vincent by Jack Levine
This underestimated giant by Denys Sutton
First Chinese frescoes in America
One art purely English by William Gaunt
70 candles for the dean of drawings by Alfred M. Frankfurter
German drawings in the Backus collection
Spotlight on: Seligmann, Watkins
Art news from London by Copley Sargent
Art news from Chicago by Marilyn Robb
A century of N.Y. celebrities
The Wadsworth auction: ancients and moderns
Feature Illustrations:
Roman mosaic: Atheletes from the Baths of Caracalla
Boscoreale Treasure: Euripedes, detail
Van Gogh: Old Mill, colorplate
Van Gogh: The Road Menders, colorplate
Courbet: Still-life, colorplate
Fourteenth-century Chinese fresco: Goddess
John Sell Cotman: Tintern Abbey
Carpaccio: Two Figures, colorplate
Franco-Flemish: The Death of the Virgin, colorplate
Hirschvogel: Landscape with Figures, colorplate
Durer: Study of Hand, colorplate
Departments:
Editor’s Letters
Art News of America
The Print Collector by Irvin Haas
Coming Auctions
Gift shopping for art
Vernissage
Reviews and Previews
This month in New England by Sydney J. Freedberg
Competitions and Scholarships
Where and When to Exhibit
The Exhibition Calendar
This magazine is used and in good condition. Pages are lightly creased at the upper and lower right hand corners. This magazine is complete and without a label.
Title: Art News
Publisher: The Art Foundation, Inc.
Place: New York
Date of Publication: December 1948
Binding: Softcover
Number of Pages: 66
Dimensions: 9.25 x 12.25 inches
Language: English
Condition: Good
