Once again Baldwin Hill Art & Framing is pleased to be a  dropoff location for Toys For Tots.  Every year Toys for Tots collects and distributes toys as Christmas gifts for needy children in communities across the U.S.  New, unwrapped toys suitable for children up to age 13 may be dropped off in the collection box at our shop during regular store hours.  Toys for the 0-2 age range are especially needed.  More information about the program, including toy selection guidelines, can be found here.  Help make a needy child’s Christmas a little brighter!

For your convenience, Baldwin Hill Art & Framing is now open Sundays from 12-4PM through Christmas.

Don’t wait till the last minute to have that Christmas framing project done! Orders must be placed by Wednesday, December 16 in order to guarantee delivery by December 24.

Baldwin Hill Art & Framing will celebrate the 100^th anniversary of the birth of Irish/English painter Francis Bacon with a reception Thursday, October 29 from 5:00 to 8:00PM. Reproductions of a number of Bacon works will be on display. The event is open to the public.

Francis Bacon (1909-1992) was one of the most important and influential painters of the 20^th century. An admirer of Picasso and friend of Lucien Freud, he took abstract expressionism in a new direction, emphasizing the raw physicality of his subjects and the emotional intensity of the artist. His over-sized paintings often depict human and animal subjects in altered and distorted poses. Perhaps his best-known work is Study after Velasquez’s Portrait of Pope Innocent X, which is commonly referred to as “The Screaming Pope”.

Three of the reproductions available are from the estate of Dr. Saul Gurevitz of Brookline and Wellfleet. The late Dr. Gurevitz, a psychoanalyst, particularly enjoyed the nightmarish imagery of the Bacon works in his varied fine arts collection. “We are proud to be able to offer these works to the public”, says gallery owner James Paradis. “The Study for a Bullfight #1, featured prominently in our gallery, never fails to elicit a reaction from viewers”.

Click on the “Our Store” link for a map and directions to our gallery.

Baldwin Hill Art & Framing is proud to feature works from the collection of Dr. Saul Gurevitz of Brookline and Wellfleet

Dr. Gurevitz (1920-2001) was a psychoanalyst, artist, art collector, and Holocaust survivor.

Join us for a gallery talk this Thursday evening by his daughter, Tamara Gurevitz.  She will discuss the life and work of her father and how these influenced the art he collected.

A reception will be held at 6PM and the talk will begin at 7.  Please come by, view the artwork, and hear stories about the man behind the collection!  Click here for map and directions.

As the days grow shorter and summer gives way to fall, Baldwin Hill Art & Framing would like to invite you to a gathering of friends and art lovers at our Fall Reception Thursday, September 24 fomr 5:00PM to 8:00PM at our Natick gallery.  At this reception we will introduce the latest works from the estate of Dr. Saul Gurevitz, including signed lithographs and exhibition posters by Marc Chagall, Alexander Calder, Joan Miro, and Mikhail Chemiakin.  In addition, we are especially pleased to feature a  signed lithograph by Francis Bacon, “Study for a Bullfight # 1″.  This large, powerful piece is signed by the artist and numbered 133/150.

Chase away the autumn chill with a glass of wine or a cup of tea, and enjoy the company of good friends and fine art!

The following Thursday, October 1, we will be hosting a gallery talk by Tamara Gurevitz, daughter of Dr. Gurevitz.  She will discuss his interests as an art collector and what led him to collect these particular pieces.

We will also be hosting an event towards the end of October showcasing Francis Bacon on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth.

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Beat the price increase! Order your digital prints by September 15!

We at Baldwin Hill Art & Framing pride ourselves on giving you value for your dollar. Our prices for digital prints have remained unchanged since 2006. Unfortunately, increases in the prices of media and ink leave us no choice to bring our prices current with our costs. As of September 16, 2009, we will raise prices on digital printing by approximately 15%. The new pricing will be as follows:

As always, there is a 20% discount for 2-4 copies of the same print and a 30% discount for 5 or more.

Orders placed by September 15, 2009 will receive our current, lower pricing! Get your prints done today!

Earn Cash! Save Money On Custom Framing and Digital Printing!

In these economic times every business can use an additional revenue stream. Baldwin Hill Art & Framing offers a generous business referral bonus program! For every customer referred to us, participating businesses receive a referral bonus based on the customer’s first invoice: your choice of 5% cash (paid monthly) or 10% in store credit (companies who do significant business with us often opt for the latter option).

• To earn a referral bonus, your customer must state that you referred them.
• Bonuses are based on the total, excluding sales tax, of the customer’s first order for custom framing, in-stock merchandise, or digital imaging services. Bonuses do not apply to purchases of consignment items or special-order merchandise.
• Cash bonuses will be paid by check on the last business day of the month
• Store credit bonuses will be paid in the form of a Baldwin Hill Art & Framing Gift Card. Bonuses earned in any calendar month will be added to the card’s balance on the last business day of the month.

Click here to enroll in the business referral program today!

Miro: "Vent Parmi Les Roseaux" Plate 3

Baldwin Hill Art & Framing will be holding a reception Thursday, August 13 from 4 to 8PM to showcase new arrivals from the estate of Dr. Saul Gurevitz. Works include lithographs by Joan Miro and Marc Chagall and paintings by Xavier Gonzalez.

Dr. Saul Gurevitz (1920-2001) was a painter, sculptor, and psychoanalyst. He was born in Vilna, Poland (now Vilnius, Lithuania). He was a Holocaust survivor, having lost his entire family during World War II. While he was encouraged to take art lessons as a child, his primary interest was in the human mind and the developing field of psychoanalysis. After acquiring a PhD at the University of Zurich, he came to the United States in 1948, began practicing analysis in New York City and also began painting and sculpting. Later he moved to Wellfleet and then Brookline, Massachusetts where he began collecting art. He collected mainly 20^th-century abstract art including works by Joan Miro, Marc Chagall, Xavier Gonzalez, Alexander Calder, and Francis Bacon.

Upcoming items from his collection include lithographs by Francis Bacon, Alexander Calder, and Mikhail Chemiakin. Works from this collection will be on display and available for sale through the end of 2009.

This is one of our more ambitious projects to date, incorporating shadowbox mounting, heavy objects, and electronics.

The final result!

This customer had a number of memorial plaques from the family synagogue that he wanted to incorporate into a display for his father’s 80th birthday. There were two styles of plaques: brass and plastic. The brass plaques were 1/4″ thick and rather heavy, requiring special mounting considerations.

The customer had devised an overall layout for the plaques but left the details to us. We used our visualization system to mock up a design for his approval. The customer wanted the overall background to be black. While from a design standpoint black was an excellent choice for the brass plaques, we believed it provided insufficient contrast for the black plaques. The solution was to use a double mat: black on top, metallic gold underneath. We would cut openings for the black plaques, leaving 1/2″ of gold around each set.

The other requirement was that we incorporate a yahrzeit lamp into the design. By Jewish custom, special “yahrzeit” (anniversary) candles are lit on the anniversary of a loved one’s death and at other high holidays. In modern times electric lamps have been used in place of candles. We chose to incorporate a circular light with a Star Of David motif above the plaques. We used a super-bright LED rather than a conventional bulb for long lamp life, low heat, and low power consumption. The LED is powered by four AA batteries built into the frame.

Here is how we put it together:

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