TONY SCHERMAN "EAGLE" SILKSCREEN, 2012 Automatistes Doig became a household name

Doig became a household name when his painting “White Canoe” sold for $11

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Dehner's legacy was overshadowed for many years by her ex-husband

Sherman is one of the most successful living female artists with nearly 20 works that have achieved more than $1 million at auction

made up the quartet of American abstract painters that radically defined Modern painting and established New York City as the center of the art world for the second half of the 20th century

TONY SCHERMAN "EAGLE" SILKSCREEN, 2012 Automatistes Doig became a household nameTony Scherman (1950 2023) is one of the most collected and cherished Canadian artists. He is renowned internationally for his work, typically executed in encaustic, a mix of wax and oil (one of the most difficult mediums to work in). Scherman frequently alludes to the grandeur of past centuries, both in his subject matter and his technique of painting with encaustic. The artist is continuing a tradition, of working with this material, that has been