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Baterbys Art Auction Gallery showcases Florida impressionist.

Talking fast is an occupational hazard for Richard Hart. The owner of Baterbys Art Auction gallery in Pointe Orlando comes by it honestly. He has been involved with fine art auctions most of his adult life. But this time, the words tumbling out aren’t bid prices; they’re appreciation for the Florida Impressionist painter William Vincent Kirkpatrick. Born in St. Augustine in 1939, Kirkpatrick studied at the Maitland Art Center with the legendary painter Lois Bartlett Tracy.

Hart is excited because he has just written a book about Kirkpatrick and because he has acquired the artist’s estate – all of his remaining canvasses – a number of which will be offered at auction on May 2. The auction is significant in part because Kirkpatrick’s family has kept these paintings, about 200 of them, off the market since his death in 2004. Kirkpatrick traveled extensively and spend time in Taos, New Mexico, with his mentor, Alfred Morang, another noted American Impressionist. Some of Morang’s paintings were part of Kirkpatrick’s collection and also will be auctioned.

The arrival of Baterbys Art Auction gallery in Pointe Orlando is an important title in the vibrant artistic mosaic that’s growing in Central Florida. Hart is a native Londoner who has discovered a new venue for his passion – collecting and finding good homes for some of his favorite things – in Orlando.

“We decided to open our first retail gallery in Orlando because the city has a community of art collectors and because of the other people who come here,”
he says.

Recently, Hart added another artist he’s personally excited about: “I was in New York and met with Peter Max. He’s the only living artist we’ll represent, but he’s onboard and has agreed to supply Baterbys as a gallery dealer.”

Some of Max’s works will be available at the May 2 auction where Hart will donate the auctioneer’s premium to the nonprofit Give Kids The World.

A preview of the work to be auctioned will be held 7pm-8pm May 2 at Baterbys Art Auction Gallery in Pointe Orlando with the auction immediately following.

– Steve Blount
April 2009
Orlando Home & Leisure

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		Bringing It All Back Home Baterbys Art Auction Gallery showcases Florida impressionist. Talking fast is an occupational hazard for Richard Hart. The owner of Baterbys Art Auction gallery in Pointe Orlando comes by it honestly. He has been involved with fine art auctions most of his adult life. But this time, the words tumbling out aren’t bid prices; they’re appreciation for the Florida Impressionist painter William Vincent Kirkpatrick. Born in St. Augustine in 1939, Kirkpatrick studied at the Maitland Art Center with the legendary painter Lois Bartlett Tracy. Hart is excited because he has just written a book about Kirkpatrick and because he has acquired the artist’s estate – all of his remaining canvasses – a number of which will be offered at auction on May 2. The auction is significant in part because Kirkpatrick’s family has kept these paintings, about 200 of them, off the market since his death in 2004. Kirkpatrick traveled extensively and spend time in Taos, New Mexico, with his mentor, Alfred Morang, another noted American Impressionist. Some of Morang’s paintings were part of Kirkpatrick’s collection and also will be auctioned. The arrival of Baterbys Art Auction gallery in Pointe Orlando is an important title in the vibrant artistic mosaic that’s growing in Central Florida. Hart is a native Londoner who has discovered a new venue for his passion – collecting and finding good homes for some of his favorite things – in Orlando.

	“We decided to open our first retail gallery in Orlando because the city has a community of art collectors and because of the other people who come here,” he says.	Recently, Hart added another artist he’s personally excited about: “I was in New York and met with Peter Max. He’s the only living artist we’ll represent, but he’s onboard and has agreed to supply Baterbys as a gallery dealer.” Some of Max’s works will be available at the May 2 auction where Hart will donate the auctioneer’s premium to the nonprofit Give Kids The World. A preview of the work to be auctioned will be held 7pm-8pm May 2 at Baterbys Art Auction Gallery in Pointe Orlando with the auction immediately following. – Steve Blount April 2009 Orlando Home & Leisure
“At Pointe Orlando we’re right in the middle of a lot of nice hotels filled with visitors from all over the world. And we’re across the street from one of the largest convention centers in the U.S. Plus we have some very nice restaurants, like Cuba Libre and The Capital Grille, just next to us as well.” Baterbys is both a retail gallery, stock-ing works by the likes of Dali, Chagall and others, and an auction house. Why both? “People like bidding, they like the excitement,” Hart says. “That’s why eBay is so popular, and the Barrett-Jackson car auctions.”