The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) Maastricht 2011 Promises An Outstanding Event With The Best Choice Of Fine Art

Written by Marijke Goossen Monday, 17 October 2011 21:13

Maastricht, The Netherlands.- The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) Maastricht, the world’s most influential art and antiques fair opens its doors at the MECC (Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Centre) in the Netherlands from 18-27 March 2011. As a visitor to TEFAF Maastricht you will be present at an outstanding event, one that offers the best choice of the very best in fine art. You will have a unique chance to view and to buy paintings from Bruegel to Bacon as well as objects reflecting 6,000 years of excellence in the applied arts. Nowhere else will you find such an elegantly displayed selection of genuine masterpieces from 263 of the world’s most prestigious art and antiques dealers from 17 countries. Nowhere else will you find such rigorous investigation of their quality, condition and authenticity. Every item is checked by one of 26 vetting committees made up of over 155 internationally respected experts. And nowhere else will you find yourself in such a distinguished and stimulating company of dealers, academics, art critics, and collectors. During the week of the fair, anyone who is anyone in the field of fine art will be at TEFAF Maastricht.

TEFAF Maastricht 2011 will include great rarities and recent rediscoveries among more than 30,000 works of art. Highlights include the last fragment of an Egyptian water clock still in private hands (Galerie Harmakhis), a painting containing one of the few self-portraits of Bernardo Bellotto (Otto Naumann), and a bronze by Gustave Courbet rediscovered after being lost for more than a century (Richard Feigen). TEFAF Paper will have an important loan exhibition in 2011. Wim Pijbes, Managing Director of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, will bring his personal choice of late 15th century works on paper from the museum’s collection to TEFAF. Director’s Choice: The Happy Hunter will show prints and drawings with a hunting theme. “TEFAF is the best hunting place for private and professional collectors,” says Wim Pijbes. “I am honoured to be able to present an exquisite selection of the best and rarest works on paper from our own collection.”

From the outset TEFAF has been world famous for Old Masters. The fair offers an extensive collection of Flemish, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, French, German and English paintings, prints and drawings from the 13th to the 19th century.

Art experts estimate that seventy percent of all the top quality Old Masters for sale in the world can be seen at TEFAF. Private collectors and professional art buyers make TEFAF a fixed date in their diaries. Major museums come to TEFAF to find works to add to their collections.

Source: http://www.tefaf.com/

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