Art for Sale, Baltimore
Where to find art for sale, Baltimore
Fells Point is has a compelling mix of restaurants, bars, clubs, and galleries. Galleries we recommend include:
Established in 1980, this not-for-profit organization exhibits work from local artists. The art is a mix of mediums and is rotated each month.
The Gallery specializes in contemporary landscape paintings from mid-career to established artists. There is an emphasis on both representational and impressionist styles.
Other galleries we would recommend include:
Originally founded in Boston in 1976, before relocating to Baltimore in 1996. The colleciton is comprised prominent artists, and for collectors with a large budget.
Craig Flinner Gallery
There is something for every budget from this gallery, which offers classic art, including antique prints and posters.
Art Events in Baltimore
Baltimore describes its event “Artscape”, as America’s largest free public arts festival. Held in Mount Royal, it draws in a crowd of 350,000 visitors, all there for the music, food and the wide variety of art. Many people return each year.
Well known galleries in Baltimore
Baltimore Museum of Art has over 90,000 pieces of art on display, works by Picasso, Matisse and Renoir. The sculpture garden is also excellent. We definitely recommend a visit.
Baltimore’s Contemporary Museum is known for attracting artist-in-residence from all over the world, who come to work with local artists and institutions. Their collaborated exhibits focus on social and political issues, and are reknowned for the ability to provoke thought.
The Maryland Art Place goal is to make art more accessible, and to nurture the local art scene. To this end, it has a strong focus on supporting contemporary artists, and offers free access to the public.
The Walters Museum holds work from throughout the ages, including from: ancient Egypt, Asia, Islam, Europe, and America; medieval; renaissance and baroque; and the 18th and 19th century. The Museum is comprised of three buildings and set in the luxurious backdrop of Mount Vernon’s architecture. The pieces of art in the new Palazzo building are deliberately selected to fit in with the museum’s surroundings, quite often representative of the environment that they were originally created for.
Artists from Baltimore
Jane Frank (1918-1986) is best known for her landscape-like, mixed-media abstract paintings, some of which are included in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Jeff Koons’ work often divides art critics’ opinions, but his commerical credentials cannot be challenged. He is known for his giant, often brightly colored reproductions of prosaic objects such as hearts and balloon animals. Interestingly, Koons denies there is any hidden meaning behind his art.
Married to Precisionist artist Elsie Driggs, Lee Gatch (1902-1968) was known for his abstract works inspired by nature. He also worked as a muralist for the Work Projects Administration under the Federal Art Project (FAP). FAP had been set up after the Great Depression to support artists. His work is featured in many museums including the Guggenheim, the Smithsonian and the Baltimore Museum of Art.