One of my favorite movies happens to be The Thomas Crown Affair. The lengths the main character (played by Pierce Brosnan) went to in order to make off with the art work were extreme and very well planned.
This week, 5 works of art from the 20th century, including a Picasso and a Matisse, were stolen [...]
We have added some video testimonials to our site -
http://www.oceansbridge.com/oil-paintings/video-testimonials.php
200 new paintings added to our Fine Arts Budapest collection
A new collection of paintings from the National Portrait Gallery
And 280 New Paintings added to our Saint Louis Museum of Fine Art Collection
Enjoy!
Tony Hart, a TV presenter whose children’s programs inspired millions, passed away at age 83 on the weekend. Programs such as Vision On, Take Hart and Hart Beat made art exciting and reachable, and at the height of his popularity Tony Hart was receiving 8,000 pieces of art a week, sent in by his young [...]
We’re pleased to announce that Art Pursuit is ready for visits!
Art Pursuit showcases exciting up and coming artists. There is also a collection of information and articles on original art and happenings in the art world.
Some of these artists are already attracting attention and winning prizes. Please, drop by and take a look at the [...]
Suffering from back pains, headaches or recovering from an operation? Focusing your attention on a masterpiece such as Starry Night by Van Gogh or Sandro Botticelli’s Birth of Venus (to mention just two examples) can help lessen discomfort and pain.
Research recently carried out by the University of Bari in Italy has proved that Art, Décor [...]
Recently we uploaded a video on to Youtube.com. This was created to show some paintings that perhaps we are less well known for; oil paintings of some our customers’ beautiful homes. The one minute and forty second clip features thirteen remarkable homes. First, the short video clip shows a photo of the house, which then [...]
The Chinese art scene is really taking off with the help of Chinese contemporary artists such as Yue MinJun who shattered records for the most expensive work of Chinese contemporary art ever sold “Execution” which brought in $5.9 million…only to be outdone by Cai Guo-Qiang who took the cake with his 14 screens painting, done [...]
Portraits from the BP portrait competition on display until September 14th.
The grand prize this year of the world’s most prestigious portrait competition, the BP annual portrait competition, received £25,000 pounds as well as a commission at the National Portrait Gallery Trustees’ discretion, worth £4,000.
The lucky and very talented Craig Wylie, a 35 year old London [...]
The Claude Monet painting “Le basin aux nympheas”, seen in public just once in the last 80 years, smashed the previous record of 20.9 million pounds ($41.2 million) when it sold for 41 million pounds ($80.7 million) to a telephone bidder at Christie’s in London.
One of a series of water-lily paintings, this one was described [...]
His paintings appear to have just as mixed reviews as his songs…
Anyone lucky enough to be in London at the moment should head down to Halcyon Gallery to check out works by world renowned recording artist Bob Dylan. The Drawn Blank Series by Dylan consists of 98 paintings based on drawings he produced on the [...]
