M.S. Rau Fine Art

M.S. Rau Fine Art M.S. Rau offers original works by history's most renowned artists including Monet, Picasso, Renoir and others.

In the dreamlike language of Marc Chagall, the artist is always present.Peintre à la veste rouge et le nu vert (circa 19...
06/18/2026

In the dreamlike language of Marc Chagall, the artist is always present.

Peintre à la veste rouge et le nu vert (circa 1960) is a deeply autobiographical self-portrait in pastel, India ink and graphite — one of the most personal mediums through which Chagall worked. Here, he places himself at the center of his own symbolic world: a red jacket, a floating green n**e, a yellow-headed goat, a golden orb and the rooftops of Vitebsk — the Russian village he left behind but never forgot. The work dates to his "Mediterranean Renaissance," a period in which Chagall completed stained-glass windows for Jerusalem's Hadassah synagogue and was commissioned to paint the ceiling of the Paris Opéra. Accompanied by its certificate of authenticity issued by the Comité Marc Chagall.

Discover this piece on our website. Item No. 32-2450.

Happy Father's Day from M.S. Rau!Some of art history's most celebrated artists didn't learn their craft in academies alo...
06/16/2026

Happy Father's Day from M.S. Rau!

Some of art history's most celebrated artists didn't learn their craft in academies alone — they learned it at home. From the Brueghels of the Northern Renaissance to the Wyeths of American realism, the bond between father and child has produced some of the most enduring works in the Western canon. Talent runs in families. So does vision.

This Father's Day, we're celebrating the dynasties that shaped art history — one generation at a time.

Before paparazzi, there were painters.Long before cameras, artists immortalized the performers who captivated the public...
06/12/2026

Before paparazzi, there were painters.

Long before cameras, artists immortalized the performers who captivated the public — dancers, actresses and cabaret stars whose presence commanded attention both on stage and on canvas. From Renoir's intimate studies of Jeanne Samary to Sargent's electric portrait of La Carmencita, the relationship between artist and muse shaped some of the most celebrated works in Western art history.

Who is your favorite artist-muse pairing?

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06/11/2026

Mashallah! — a single word that carries reverence, wonder and gratitude across centuries.

Carl Haag painted this commanding watercolor in 1870, grounded in firsthand travels through Egypt, Jerusalem, Lebanon and Syria. The result is not romantic invention — it is portraiture shaped by direct observation. A seated male figure in traditional Middle Eastern dress meets the viewer with calm authority, a vivid green ho**ah offering the only moment of chromatic tension in an otherwise restrained palette.

Haag — Bavarian-born, later a British subject and elected member of the Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours — was patronized by Queen Victoria herself. Works of this scale and authenticity rarely surface.

Discover this piece on our website. Item No. 32-2060.

Aspen's summer season starts here.M.S. Rau's Aspen gallery at 307 S. Galena Street is open this summer — and this month,...
06/09/2026

Aspen's summer season starts here.

M.S. Rau's Aspen gallery at 307 S. Galena Street is open this summer — and this month, we have three reasons to visit. From a curated exhibition on the history of entertaining to an art and wine pairing and a debut jewelry collection rooted in archaeology, each event offers a different lens into the art of collecting.

Explore the full event schedule on our website. Link in the comments.

In 1938, Paul Klee painted a crowned fool — and hidden beneath the figure were fragments of the era's newspaper headline...
06/08/2026

In 1938, Paul Klee painted a crowned fool — and hidden beneath the figure were fragments of the era's newspaper headlines.

Kronen-Narr (Crown Fool) is a 1938 gouache and ink on newsprint that distills the turbulence of pre-war Europe into a single, deceptively playful image. Rendered in Klee's signature graphic language — bold contour, expressive line and a luminous palette — the crowned figure balances dark irony with whimsy, a hallmark of Klee's late period. The newsprint ground is no accident: headlines of the day lie beneath the surface, implicating the fool's crown in the political theater of the moment. This was Klee's final era of production, marked by sharpened symbolism and the looming diagnosis that would take his life in 1940.

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Jean-Léon Gérôme painted what he could never witness firsthand.Le Marabout: In the Harem Bath (c. 1889) draws on Gérôme'...
06/05/2026

Jean-Léon Gérôme painted what he could never witness firsthand.

Le Marabout: In the Harem Bath (c. 1889) draws on Gérôme's 1879 visit to the Turkish baths of Bursa, where he conducted meticulous studies of light, architecture and atmosphere. The result is an Orientalist masterwork of luminous flesh tones and quiet theatrical tension — anchored by the marabou stork standing sentinel over the scene. As the foremost French Academic painter and professor at the École des Beaux-Arts, Gérôme shaped the careers of over 2,000 students, including Mary Cassatt and Thomas Eakins.

Few works of this scale and subject remain in private hands.

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06/04/2026

Light doesn’t just illuminate this painting — it is the painting.

In Evening Sun, Ivan Fedorovich Choultsé captures a sunlit rock face rising from still water, its pale surface ablaze with the last rays of day. Painted in 1921 and acquired directly from the artist in Arcachon-Gironde in 1929, this oil on panel reflects the atmospheric mastery that earned Choultsé recognition from the court of Tsar Nicholas II to the Salon des Artistes Français in Paris. Rich impasto, commanding composition and a rare provenance chain make this one of the more exceptional Russian landscape works to come to market.

Discover this piece on our website. Item No. 32-2321.

06/02/2026

Few artists captured the energy of the sea like Raoul Dufy. Painted circa 1929, Départ des régates à Cowes translates the chaos and exhilaration of an English regatta into pure visual rhythm — sailboats surge across choppy water, flags snap in the wind and Dufy’s signature fluid line makes the whole canvas feel alive with motion.

Cowes held a special significance for Dufy. During his travels to England between 1925 and 1935, he rediscovered the maritime spirit of his Norman childhood. Born in Le Havre, the sea was never far from his imagination — and works like this one show why. The canvas is included in Maurice Laffaille’s catalogue raisonné and carries distinguished provenance, including the collection of Ali Khan.

Discover this piece on our website. Item No. 32-1823.

Beneath the silver, a painting waits.This circa 1899 Russian icon of Christ Pantocrator layers two extraordinary objects...
06/01/2026

Beneath the silver, a painting waits.

This circa 1899 Russian icon of Christ Pantocrator layers two extraordinary objects into one: an oil painting of the "Ruler of All" and an elaborate gilt and enameled silver oklad that covers nearly the entire composition. Only the face and hands of Christ remain visible — a deliberate theological choice, focusing the viewer's devotion on the most sacred passages of the image. The oklad bears the kokoshnik hallmark, indicating .875 silver and placing its production at the close of the Imperial era. Church Slavonic inscriptions drawn from the Gospel of John complete the work. What does it mean to honor a sacred image by concealing it?

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