CURRENT EXHIBITION

Matisse Exhibition

Open to the public on April 11th, 2024, the American Fine Art presents Henri Matisse, the Matisse Exhibition. This exhibition will feature over 100 Henri Matisse pieces in a variety of media such as drawings, lithographs, and original works on paper acquired from Pierre Matisse and his publisher. American Fine Art, Inc. is located in Old Town Scottsdale’s Arts District and provides the same brilliance and playful energy that Matisse expresses in his work as they strive to provide clients the one-on-one attention they deserve when building their fine art collections. While calming your mind and delighting your eyes, this collection will leave you feeling invigorated and inspired.

Henri Matisse is widely regarded as the greatest colorist of the twentieth century and rival to Picasso in innovation. He was a superstar of the Paris Art School, indeed of the twentieth century art world, and co-founder of Fauvism. His impact on modern art cannot be overstated. Matisse used pure colors and the white of exposed canvas to create light-filled ambiance in his Fauve paintings, and rather than using shading to lend volume and structure to his pictures, he used contrasting areas of bold, unmodified color. Matisse once said he desired his art to be “of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter.” He wanted his art to be “a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair.” Matisse used strong brushwork, bright colors, and loose structure while focusing on portraiture and landscapes. He became well known for exploring the language of color through his work by pairing conventional subject matter with bright colors and a loose structure, often with patterning detail. Matisse’s work captures moods and feelings rather than a stark, realistic image.

Matisse will be in the canon forever as one of the most prominent, groundbreaking, and influential artists of the twentieth century. His legacy of color and light lives on in his historically transformative modern art masterpieces.

Come and see this spectacular collection for yourself for a very limited engagement. Contact your International Art Consultant today to schedule a preview of the exhibit or receive your custom tailored portfolio.

past exhibitions

atz: out of the box

World premiere of AtZ : Out of the Box unveils the first catalogue raisonné and book on the infamous street artist AtZ. Featuring never-before-seen insights into the life, background, and story of the artist one can see the whole picture from A to Z. This massive, almost five-hundred-page, book will be unveiled to the public on March 7th spotlighting AtZ on the world stage.

Adorning the 12,000 square-foot gallery in Old Town Scottsdale’s Arts District at American Fine Art will be AtZ masterpieces with special collections ranging from “Director’s Cut” to some of AtZ’s surprises on the old-world masters that must be seen to be believed. Hundreds of exceptional AtZ paintings will transform the gallery of international masters into a street art paradise even receiving the blessing of CornBread, the world’s first graffiti artist- tagger, who has also tagged the walls of the gallery. Every era, icon, and style that AtZ works in will be seen, leaving viewers with a unique feeling of awe, happiness, and usually a smile, unlike any other artist in the world. AtZ has reached the world stage and is here to stay.

AtZ is one of only a handful of promising artists that American Fine Art chose to represent believing they were bound for greatness and today they join the most popular artists in the gallery’s storied history. AtZ has mastered the ability to transform common imagery into meaningful and introspective pieces. AtZ works predominantly in acrylics, spray paint, and stencils. Having had no formal training, he looks to his predecessors in the world of street art like Crash, Banksy, and Cornbread, as well as the Pop Art Masters including Warhol and Basquiat. Like these earlier masters, AtZ has developed a signature visual language that is at once identifiable as AtZ.

Miro & Dali: Inventing Surrealism

This exhibition showcases a complete look at the development of Surrealism through the lens of arguably the most renowned masters of Surrealism: Joan Miro & Salvador Dali. Featuring paintings, lithographs, etchings, aquatints, and sculpture by these internationally acclaimed masters in a range of prices for every collector the collection is like no other. At American Fine Art we strive to offer A World of Fine Art Suitable For Every Lifestyle™ and advise all collectors to buy the best they can afford of what they love!

​Opening to the public on February 8, 2024. Miro & Dali Inventing Surrealism will give visitors the opportunity to view hundreds of masterpieces spanning the entire careers of these Spanish artists and add their chosen works to their art collection. This spectacular collection will transport you into the Surrealistic vision of Dali and Miro leaving all who encounter it inspired.

Andrew Wyeth: Uncovered

A look into the unseen world of the Wyeth Family.

Open to the public on November 9th, 2023, Andrew Wyeth: Uncovered features an intimate look into the life and surroundings of one of America’s greatest painters through the lens of Newton O. Belt, a hobbyist photographer, artist, and neighbor of the Wyeth’s. Mr. Belt was inspired to be an artist directly by Andrew Wyeth himself. The collection of black and white images dates from the 1950s and has never before been seen by the public. Over a hundred black and white negatives over seventy years old were carefully processed and printed, saving a piece of history. This rare opportunity allows the public to see photos of Wyeth’s family including Jamie Wyeth and John W. McCoy, as well as photos of the surroundings of his home in Pennsylvania where many of his most famous paintings derived.

Many of Wyeth's subjects were neighbors and locals in his surrounding area, as he generally kept close to home. Perhaps some of the most important works from the collection are the photos of his paintings and portraits of H.F. Dupont, Ben Loper, & Crawford Greenwalt, one of the major members of the Manhattan Project. Along with this fantastic collection of photography, the show features over 70 works by Andrew Wyeth in every medium he worked in. Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009) was one of the most popular artists of the twentieth century. He was one of the finest American Scene painters, applauded for his realism in portraiture and life in the country, using radical accuracy and detail. A remarkable aspect of Wyeth’s work is that much of it was from memory and imagination, which is unheard of by most Realist artists, who usually study photographs. His art is recognizable aesthetically through his celebration of the simple life of rural America, his distinctive color palette, and often, the effect of solitude. Wyeth’s work is widely recognized for the quality of realism and detail, often in moody pastorals. Wyeth garnered major acclaim with his painting, Christina's World, featuring a friend and neighbor sitting in a sprawling landscape purchased by the Museum of Modern Art in New York from the artist for $1,800 in 1948. A controversial purchase at the time, the painting has since become iconic for the museum, artist, and a cornerstone of American art.

 People appreciate Wyeth’s vivid landscapes, portraiture, and his fusions of the two. He was a master of various mediums including charcoal, watercolor, dry brush, tempera, and many others. Among the legion of books on his life and work are, The Helga Pictures (1987), Andrew Wyeth: Autobiography (1995), and Andrew Wyeth: Memory & Magic (2005). Wyeth’s art had some of the highest prices ever paid for a living American artist. Now Andrew Wyeth is considered one of the most influential American painters, along with Jackson Pollock, Jasper Johns, Edward Hopper, Georgia O'Keeffe, Winslow Homer, and a few others. His pieces continue to be exhibited and purchased worldwide.

Marc chagall:

What men have forgotten, stones will remember

In an age of constant change, Marc Chagall's single vision was a breath of fresh air. For all the styles and movements, rarely does a single artist defy comparison, fit no mold, and standalone like Marc Chagall. Almost every work of art created by the hand of Chagall reads like poetry. All elements infused into his paintings complement one another to create harmonious, lyrical, and balanced compositions. He worked in practically every medium; he made paintings, illustrations, etchings, glasswork, ceramics, tapestries, and more. Chagall’s artworks, regardless of the media, are filled with the everlasting essence of life. He was both a pioneer of modern art and a major figure in Jewish art. Robert Hughes called him “the quintessential Jewish artist of the 20th century.” One of Chagall’s common themes is love as seen via the romantic love in the Daphnis & Chloe suite, brotherly love in his Bible suite, and his Lovers in Paris.

Chagall was renowned for the rich palette of his paintings (before Matisse’s death in 1954, Picasso said that ‘Chagall will [soon] be the only painter left who understands color’). Lithography offered him the chance to show that same richness in prints, investing the images with a sense of magic that is integral to his visual storytelling.

‘With Chagall, nothing is quite as we expect it's going to be,’ wrote Sorlier in 1974. ‘He has the rare ability to start each morning afresh. For him, each day is the first day, each flower the most brilliant, each fruit the sweetest… With every stone, lithography is born again… I have had the rare privilege of seeing Chagall at work, and it cannot be denied that, at times, it seems as if an angel has entered the workshop.’

As he himself said in the 1960s, ‘Something would have been lacking in my life if… I had not at a certain stage become involved in engraving and lithography… Each time I had a lithographic stone or a copper plate in my hands, I felt that I was touching a talisman to which I could entrust all my sorrows and all my joys.’

American Fine Art, Inc. is proud to feature the original works and limited editions of Marc Chagall. Visit our 12,000 sq. ft. showroom in Scottsdale, AZ or call today. Our website is offered only as a limited place to browse or refresh your memory and is not a reflection of our current inventory. To learn more about collecting, pricing, value, or any other art information, please contact one of our International Art Consultants. We look forward to giving you the one on one attention you deserve when building your fine art collection. We hope you find our website helpful and look forward to seeing you in Scottsdale soon.

Before Banksy:

A Lesson in Art History

An all-star line-up of renowned graffiti and street artists will be featured in the bold and breathtaking Before Banksy: A Lesson in Art History.

Opening to the public on January 13th, 2022, the exhibition will showcase a history of street and graffiti art. Including, of course, Banksy but also those that came before him like Crash and Blek le Rat, and his contemporaries including AtZ and Brainwash.  The unique works in the collection will be available for sale starting January 10th on a first come first serve basis. Contact the gallery to schedule a private viewing before the collection opens to the public.

We are in the festive spirit at American Fine Art, Inc. Whether you’re wrapping up your Hannukah celebration, preparing for Christmas or another we’re here to celebrate with you! Stop by and share in our merriment with the masters!

avenue of expression: chagall, tobiasse, léger

Drawing out emotions from the collector, this spectacular exhibition is a sensory delight.  Take a walk down the Avenue of Expression at American Fine Art, Inc.   Original works are available for purchase on a first come, first served basis, please contact the gallery to schedule an advance showing.

 This collection showcases the ardent passion of both Marc Chagall and Theo Tobiasse whose works are overflowing with rich color and form often presented with a dreamlike whimsy. Juxtaposed with the more abstract approach of Leger whose works are characterized by heavy black line and primary color.  All three artist's emotions speak through their art with subjects ranging from the intimate love of a woman, the enduring warmth of a mother and child, the dedication of an artist to the canvas, the peace found in spiritual teachings, and the imagination fired by a circus performance.

Expressionist art tends to be emotional, even mystical, with clear roots in Cubism. Rather than trying to accurately represent the world, as artists had been doing since the Renaissance, Expressionist artists sought to express their subjective inner emotions, fantasies, or thoughts independent from “reality”. In this way, Expressionism can be seen as a rejection of the Impressionism movement that came before it and a precursor to Abstract art.

The exhibition brings together more than one hundred & fifty paintings, drawings, lithographs, and etchings. A major highlight of the Avenue of Expression: Chagall, Tobiasse & Leger are the original limestones from the renowned publisher who worked with 20th century masters including Chagall, Leger, Matisse & Picasso to create beautiful lithographs. These are seldom ever available to see even in prominent museums - truly a unique glimpse into the medium of lithography and the acclaimed master colorist Marc Chagall.

Street Meets Pop at American Fine Art

The Prince of Pop, Andy Warhol, and the contemporary Street Artist, AtZ, will be featured in the bold and breathtaking American Fine Street Art exhibit of masterworks at American Fine Art in Old Town Scottsdale’s Arts District. 

Opening to the public on January 14th, 2020, the exhibition will showcase the world of Street Art using iconic examples from Warhol and AtZ including AtZ’s graffiti girl and Warhol’s soup can. In addition to Warhol and AtZ, American Fine Street Art will also feature the works of such legendary artists as Banksy, Lichtenstein, Brainwash, Crash, Haring, Basquiat and Murakami.  The unique works in the collection will be available for sale starting January 10th on a first come first serve basis. Contact the gallery to schedule a private viewing before the collection opens to the public.

American Fine Art proudly launched the emerging street artist AtZ onto the international art scene and is his exclusive representative. His work, his style, his fresh approach to the old school of back alley graffiti and new highbrow street art has made it to the realm of fine art and his fans and collectors cannot get enough.  AtZ’s works are now in private collections as well as public spaces around the world from New Zealand to New York. An intellectual talent blended with the rare passion and ability to convey a gritty message that covers the world all the way from anarchy to zillionaires - it’s all painted by AtZ.  AtZ works predominantly in acrylics, spray paint, and stencil. Having had no formal art training, he looks to his predecessors in the world of street art like Crash and Banksy as well as the Pop Art Masters including Warhol and Basquiat. Unlike many graffiti artists, AtZ captures an innocence and shares a message of hope and happiness. He continues to grow with each painting considering each work of art created as an integral part of his artistic journey that teaches him something valuable to carry forward.

Battle of the Mustache: Neiman, Dali, and Max

American Fine Art presented art collectors, aficionados and enthusiasts the opportunity to cast their votes in their exhibit an exhibition of artists known for their iconic mustaches – Leroy Neiman, Salvador Dali, and Peter Max. The results were overwhelming, and I must say, a bit surprising. Given that Dali’s mustache has its own Wikipedia page, a book, and a 40-foot-long, 14-foot-tall sculpture outside the Dali museum in Saint Petersburg, Florida as well as the previous title of “most famous of all time” from a 2010 poll I thought him a shoe-in.

However, LeRoy Neiman proved once again to be a fan favorite.  Described as “luxurious”, “instantly recognizable” and “extremely large” LeRoy Neiman’s handlebar mustache was as much a part of his presence as his kaleidoscopic palette.  Both are almost always mentioned when discussing the artist and his work.  While this impressive `stache doesn’t have its own book or reference webpage, it does have a track record of over six decades which helped it claim the first place position in the Battle of the Mustache. 

The first runner up, Peter Max! Bringing with it more of a hippie vibe, Peter Max’s mustache was trimmed down from a full beard.  He has donned his mustache in varying fullness since the 70’s.  His mustache may not be quite as iconic as his colorful cosmic artwork, but collectors who cast their votes at American Fine Art put him in second place with a substantial lead of Salvador Dali in the Battle of the Mustache. 

Despite all of the merchandise as well as tattooed bodies donning this infamous mustache, Salvador Dali came in third in the Battle of the Mustache.  Salvador Dali’s mustache has become a primary part of his carefully crafted persona, which is why a few at American Fine Art were a bit surprised to find time and time again the votes for Neiman & Max far exceeding those for Dali. It turns out that his fantastically surreal visions and artist creations are more favored than his facial hair, at least by those collectors at the Battle of the Mustache. 

Thank you to all those who voted, attended, and collected at the Battle of the Mustache: Neiman, Dali, and Max. The original works of Salvador Dali and Peter Max are also a mainstay at the gallery, if you missed the exhibit and are still interested in acquiring works by these masters contact the gallery for current pricing and availability.

YamagatA: Bubbles & Boulevards

This fantastical exhibit features a stunning collection or original works by two artists of Japanese heritage: Hiro Yamagata and Satobo. We invite you to visit the showroom to see these works in person. The scale of Satobo’s work is powerful and engaging while the whimsical other-worldly details of Yamagata transport you both in brilliant palettes of bold colors.

To request a portfolio of available works from the collection, contact us at 480.990.1200.