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Despite Personal Tragedy, Lisa Mee Continues To Bring “Class” To The World Of Fine Art

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Lisa Mee with one of her popular paintings. Relevant Communications. By Thomas Leturgey Lisa Mee continues to find catharses in painting. It’s always been that way for the New York artist, but it has been an emotional challenge since the passing of her husband, iconic artist Wayne Ensrud late last year. “We’d been together for a while,” she said in a telephone interview recently. “Thirty years.” Despite that devastation, and some reflective time alone, then with friends and family, one can really feel Mee’s enthusiasm and zest for art and life. She continues to feel Ensrud’s presence any time she paints but uses that energy in a positive way. Mee will bring that earnestness and passion when she returns to Atlanta and the Fine Art Auction on May 17th 18th and 19 th to showcase 12 new paintings. “It’s been a couple of years since I was there,” she said. “It’s Spring in Atlanta and they have all been so supportive over the years.” Mee is bringing two larger—48” by 36”—paintings...
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Raphael Sanzio da Urbino, Dali, Chagall and KeF! Highlight Friday and Saturday’s Fine Art Auction

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Urbino from the Fine Art Auction catalog By Thomas Leturgey Ray Taylor, Richard English, Mitch Carter and the gang at the Fine Art Auction always promise exciting inventory, and this weekend is no exception. From Taylor’s Henri Matisse Original lithograph in black Signed Femme Dans Un Fauteuil from 1943 to kick of Friday’s showcase, to English’s Marc Chagall Original etching with hand coloring Hand Signed David's Funeral Song 1958 Example 56/100 on Saturday night, the early catalogs are incredible. A “small room” for bidders will work on key art collectors on Friday, and Taylor will also boast a Christine Oberthür Original oil painting on canvas Signed Le Vase Bleu, 2023. It is a very colorful, floral work that may just steal the show. The Salvador Dalí Original woodcut engraving in colors Cerberus 1964 is another spectacular work of penmanship that must be seen. The Vincent Van Gogh Lithograph in colors Vegetable Gardens 1937 is a work that would perform well on any wall...
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Impressive First Night On The Fine Art Auction For KeF!

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Simon Rohlen, aka KeF!, with Fine Art Auction host Richard English prepare to drop the gavel on a Louis Vuitton handbag. By Thomas Leturgey The spectacular German artist KeF! experienced a good first night this weekend on the Fine Art Auction. Simon Rohlen, aka KeF! met with auction host Richard English in the Atlanta, Georgia home of the Fine Art Auction, a few minutes before 11 p.m. on Saturday night to talk about his metal sculpture, an experimental proof that made its debut on American television. English called the piece “substantial.” “They are all slightly different,” commented Rohlen on the first sculpture of the evening. The work, the only of its kind, immediately kicked off with a $1,500 bid, and then $1,800. “I’m excited to see this one,” said Victoria, British Columbia’s Nino Barrette, an art historian and expert. While Barrette commented about the piece, bidding shot up to $3,500 and then $3,800. Barrette and English discussed how this work wasn’t canvas, but...
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Sarah Wall Wows The Fine Art World

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Artist Sarah Wall explains her "Ride The Wave" on Saturday night.  By Thomas Leturgey Young prodigy artist Sarah Wall had an incredible debut on Saturday Night’s edition of The Fine Art Auction. In her first live television appearance, the 17-year-old North Carolina native sold six pieces (along with a gifted #1 proof) for $29,700. Wall was the featured guest of auctioneers Richard English and Mitch Carter. Bids came from all over the country, including North Carolina, Texas and even Maui. Fine Art Auction host Richard English talks with guest Sarah Wall. The daughter of the famed Chinese immigrant artist Daniel Wall had pledged to donate the full 10% buyer’s premium of the sales to her philanthropic endeavor, the Art to Heart Foundation . With day one sales, Wall has raised $2,970 for the charity that assists autistic children. “So, I am 17 and I’ve been selling art for 4 years,” she told English before successfully auctioning off her first work, the color-splashed...
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