AMESBURY, Mass. - BostonChron -- Lovers of fine art and collectors of fine art will be giving thanks to John McInnis Auctioneers on Thanksgiving weekend with a pair of fine art auctions. The Saturday, November 29^th session is an Estate Art Auction featuring over 400 works by Robert Eshoo (1926-2018) and members of his Circle. The Sunday, November 30^th auction will be a Fine Art Auction with 173 important international works of art and additional works to be discovered.

Robert (Bob) P. Eshoo was an accomplished artist and teacher. He lived a full artistic career, working with a variety of media including oil, watercolor and constructions. He was the Director of the Currier Gallery of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire for 37 years. He taught art at several area schools and owned and operated the Hatfield Gallery in Manchester for 30+ years.

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Hyman Bloom (1913-2009) and Varujan Boghosian (1926-2020) were artists in Robert Eshoo's Circle. Varujan and Bob grew up around the same time in New Britain, Connecticut and were close friends. They regularly traded art pieces for their private collections and were featured in a combined exhibition of assemblages, constructions and paintings at the Currier Gallery of Art.

Hyman Bloom met Bob via the Currier Gallery of Art in the 1950s. Close friends, they were known to tour through a slaughterhouse, viewing the surreal beauty of slaughtered animals' cadavers, to influence their drawings and paintings, noting man's predatory nature. The drawings and paintings Bob had (in this sale) were from a trade he made with Hyman of his own artwork.

Early in their careers, Hyman, Eshoo and Boghosian all exhibited artworks at the Swetzoff Gallery in Boston in the 1950's and 1960's. All three have pieces in the permanent collection on view at the Currier Museum in Manchester and in many other prominent galleries nationwide.

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The Fine Art Auction on November 30^th includes work by artists of the past 100 years, from American realists of the early 20^th century to emerging international abstract and representational masters of today. Also up for bid will be Scheier Pottery, Carlo Moretti Venetian Glass, Lalique crystal wares and a Bernardaud Limoges Modernist dinner set.

Previews will be held in the Amesbury gallery Sunday, November 23^rd, thru Wednesday, November 26^th, and Friday, November 28th, from 1pm-3pm Eastern Time; and throughout the day on both auction days starting at 9am.

To learn more, visit www.mcinnisauctions.com.