Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Maastricht Art Fair Showcases Some Old And New Artwork

Maastricht Art Fair Showcases Some Old And New Artwork


Maastricht 2011 is supposed to be the world’s leading art and antiques fair and there are more than 30,000 works of art showcased by 260 exhibitors at The European Fine Art Fair Maastricht that will be held from 18th March 2011 to the 27th of March 2011 in Netherlands at the Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Centre.
The Maastricht Art Fair will also showcase six upcoming and new established art dealers and galleries of 2011. The six creators are the and Elle Shushan Fine Portrait Miniatures gallery in Philadelphia, Sophie Scheidecker , a modern and contemporary Parisian art dealer, Gibson Antiques based in London, a Parisian gallery specializing in pre-Colombian and Colonial American Art and Master Drawings specialist Crispian Riley-Smith from the UK; Galerie 1492.

The Maastricht Art Fair will also showcase six upcoming and new established art dealers and galleries of 2011. The six creators are the and Elle Shushan Fine Portrait Miniatures gallery in Philadelphia, Sophie Scheidecker , a modern and contemporary Parisian art dealer, Gibson Antiques based in London, a Parisian gallery specializing in pre-Colombian and Colonial American Art and Master Drawings specialist Crispian Riley-Smith from the UK; Galerie 1492.


Some of the intriguing art works that will be on display are by Rembrandt and El Greco. Spanish dealer Deborah Elvira will be exhibiting El Greco’s Ecce Home, the only known sculpture that has been signed by the artist, and dating way back to the end of the 16th century, and Gallery Otto Naumann Ltd. is offering Portrait of a Man with Arms Akimbo (1658). This is one of the last privately owned works by Rembrandt, and known from the artist’s late period.