Fine Art Today

In this ongoing series for Fine Art Today, we take a longer look at the history and features of a soon-to-be-available artwork of note. This week: Sir William Orpen, “Sergeant Murphy & Things.”

Featuring a stunning array of recent works by emerging artists, One Art Space in New York City is poised to open a compelling group show.

Founded nearly 25 years ago by painter Daniel Graves, the Florence Academy has grown into one of the world’s preeminent ateliers by continuing to teach and advance classical realism. The school was overjoyed to recently announce the opening of its lavish new complex.

The Grenning Gallery is overjoyed to be presenting a number of breathtaking works during its Russian-American Alliance Exhibition this month. Initially formed several years ago, the artist group has continued to blossom, and their show is worth your attention.

Frederic Leighton’s “Flaming June” — a sun-drenched, sleeping female wrapped in orange draperies — is one of the most memorable and reproduced images in the history of British art. The work’s fascinating story, from its creation to international fame, is detailed during this exhibition.

Commissioned in 1849 as part of a series of three panels to hang in the Refreshment Room in the House of Lords, London, Sir Edwin Henry Landseer’s “The Monarch of the Glen” is as beautiful and majestic as paintings come — and it’s currently on view at Christie’s, New York.

It’s been one of the most highly anticipated solo exhibitions of 2016, featuring the recent works by contemporary star Brad Kunkle, who explores narratives of being visible and invisible in oil, linen, gold, and silver. We’re just about at a loss for words for how beautiful it is.

Anglin Smith Fine Art in Charleston, South Carolina, seems to be the perfect venue for painter Bill Jameson’s latest solo exhibition. In what is described as a gallery for contemporary realism and color, Jameson’s stunning landscapes are right at home.

The New Britain Museum of American Art in Connecticut is currently showcasing over 80 paintings by more than 30 American artists whose works and careers were championed by Boston-based collectors Ernst and Gail van Metzsch.

Featuring masterworks by Monet, Van Gogh, Winslow Homer, and many more, Norfolk, Virginia’s Chrysler Museum of Art recently opened a major exhibition dedicated to some of the biggest champions of plein air and agrarian idealism.