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Three cherubic faced children
fly colorful kites, a girl carries a cat, and another group of children play
different kinds of horns. In the Newbury Fine Arts Gallery, Graciela Rodo Boulanger's brilliant palette portrays the spirit of delight that is the
essence of this high-energy gallery.
Robin and Anthony Parrella collected
their own art for years. When they opened their gallery on the first
block of Newbury Street, it was created out of a love for art. Moreover,
it wasn't just a desire to show fine works, but to offer a bit of education,
as well.
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Artists who exhibit here know their work will not only be seen, but
also understood and appreciated by collectors due to the commitment the owners
and staff make to the artist and collector. Many of the artists have
been with the gallery since it opened in 1984 and this is a unique opportunity
for the repeat visitor to see an evolution of the artists' work.
For instance, in 1987, American artist Jim Buckels started to work
with Newbury Fine Arts, and today he is still represented. Buckels,
a Neo-Surrealist of a particularly American breed - a creator of dream-like
images, rendered in meticulous, modern airbrush technique - created
the official painting for the 2003 Christmas Pageant of Peace, the
lighting of the National Christmas Tree in Washington, D.C.
This commemorative painting, titled "The Final Touches,"
celebrated the eightieth anniversary of the tree lighting. Buckels'
original paintings and limited editions of Boston Public Gardena and
other local landscapes are showcased in the gallery on a regular basis.
Newbury Fine Arts is know for its exhibition of artists from around the world,
and its ability to show many different styles from colorist to figurative,
from the famous to the emerging.
It has also brought a bit of star power to
Newbury Street by frequently exhibiting and holding openings for celebrity
artists. Singer Tony Bennett showed his paintings in his first solo show
in Boston at Newbury Fine Arts. The photos of the Police guitarist Andy
Summers were exhibited in the summer of 2007 during the reunion tour of the
Police at Fenway Park, and Rolling Stones lead guitarist Ron Wood chose
Newbury Fine Arts as the only place for him to exhibit on the East Coast in
1987. He also returned in 2005, with Boston as the first stop of the
Rolling Stones World Tour.
That year, Wood felt at home at Newbury Fine
Arts, conducting interviews during his one-man show. Flanked by portraits
of bandmates, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Charlie Watts, Wood held court
at the gallery, seated on a leopard-print chaise lounge, answering questions
from art journalists and mainstream media alike. Wood spoke to The
Boston Globe about his exhibition, and to mark the occasion, his entrance
to gala reception was filmed by the BBC, which was documenting the Rolling
Stones World Tour.
It was Wood, too, who introduced Newbury Fine Arts to
German artist Sebastian Kruger, an artist whose works the guitarist himself
collects. Well-known as a leading contributor to European Rolling
Stone magazine, Kruger is revered by artists and art aficionados for his
consistent ability to capture the true nature of his subjects, using precision
in the details, most famously exaggerated features and an uncanny use of light
and shadow to capture his subjects' personal aura. Below is a current
"News and Events" image and excerpt featured on Sebastian Kruger's own
website:
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"This is
what everyone sees when walking down Boston's most famous
historic shopping streets. Newbury Fine Arts gallery
continues to count Sebastian Kruger as one of their favorite
artists. Kruger's original paintings and latest
printmaking are available at this location. With a
staff that hails from art historical education, the gallery
has been around for 25 years and is one of the leading
galleries in contemporary fine art in the United States.
During an enormously successful show with Sebastian in 2006,
Sebastian was surrounded with over 100 gallery guests
including Stones' guitarist Ronnie Wood, Bluesman James
Montgomery, Bernard Fowler, and Blondie. Artists and
collectors alike flocked to meet Sebastian. Talks of an
upcoming event in 2010 are underway." |
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Newbury Fine Arts has established a reputation for mounting incredible art
events in Boston and consistently showing some of the finest contemporary
artwork in the city.
Elizabeth Novick, gallery manager for twenty
years, says: "Perhaps it is really just the deepest devotion to artists that
exhibit with us and the work they bring to the public that draws collectors to
Newbury Fine Arts. That's where our love is. It is bring our
clients something amazing, educating them a little bit, and really letting
them see past our front window into our love for and of fine art."
For local people we also offer personal home
consultations. Please enjoy the site and
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