Thursday, March 04, 2010

Art Thefts, Franz Marc, Architecture Book Sale


IN THE NEWS-

* The FBI hopes new DNA technology can yield clues in 1990 Gardner Museum theft case. The heist, which included three Rembrandts and a Vermeer, remains the world’s largest art theft in dollar value. http://tinyurl.com/ya75c5l

* A New show at the Louvre features rare Russian icons that have never left Russia before - http://tinyurl.com/yjgarlv


ARTS ALMANAC -

* 1756 – Sir Henry Raeburn, Scottish painter, was born.

* 1916 – Franz Marc, German artist and founding member of the Blue Rider Group is killed by a shell splinter during the Battle of Verdun.


IN OUR STORE -

* ARCHITECTURE BOOKS SALE! - http://tinyurl.com/yk6za42

* FEATURED BOOK-

"American Silver Collected by Philip H. Hammerslough. Volume IV" By Philip H. Hammerslough. Privately Printed: 1973. Edition limited to 350 copies. http://tinyurl.com/yz4sbla



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