Latest News Articles by Anne Crane
Sorolla stars in Madrid sale
30 May 2017The year 1884 was very significant for the Valencian artist Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (1863-1923). Aged only 21, he travelled to Madrid for the third time, where he was awarded a second-class medal at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts for El Dos de Mayo 1808, and he received a grant to study in Rome for four years.
Art Deco designs from luxury liner surface in New York
30 May 2017Many of the most famous artists and designers of the Art Deco era were employed to decorate the interiors of the luxury liner SS Normandie, a virtual floating palace to that most glamorous of inter-war design movements.
Table is Printz charming
30 May 2017The strikingly striated exotic timber known as palmwood was a signature material for the designer and interior decorator Eugène Printz (1889-1948). A characteristic example of the distinctive furniture he created in this medium featured in the decorative arts sale held by Tajan (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) on May 16.
France’s main antiques fair: the 2017 version
30 May 2017The Syndicat National Des Antiquaires, organisers of the Biennale Paris, has announced the latest exhibitor list and progamme details for France’s main art and antiques fair which takes place in September.
Paris Tableau skates over to Brussels
30 May 2017A Parisian fair is ‘exploring new horizons’ with its first international event held at a former royal ice rink in the Belgian capital.
Japanese architect's table on offer at Paris auction
30 May 2017Included in Tajan’s design auction on June 1 is this striking 21st century low plexiglass table created by the Japanese architect Toyo Ito (b.1941).
Shopping for ceramics
30 May 2017Ceramics items on offer in London this summer from auction houses and dealers.
Tribal tempters in new Sussex sale
22 May 2017Summers Place Auctions in Billingshurst is well known for its Garden Statuary and Natural History sales. Now it is adding a new category to the portfolio.
Introduction to a summer of tribal shows
22 May 2017Tribal, non-European or ethnographic art has experienced a huge growth in both general and financial appreciation this century. This boost is partly due to the connections made between indigenous art and its influence on modern and contemporary artists.
Second slice of The Bourgogne Tribal Show
22 May 2017While most tribal art events take place in major cities, the Bourgogne Tribal Show makes the most of its rural location.
When the tribal art world comes to Brussels
22 May 2017'Cultures – The World Arts Fair' is a gallery-based event staged every June in the antique-dealing district of Brussels known as The Sablon.
French auctioneers stage annual charm offensive to promote their industry
18 May 2017‘Journées Marteau’, the annual national initiative aimed at promoting the world of auctions across France, takes place this weekend.
Fresh steps on the summer trail of dealer shows
15 May 2017Two new dealer shows, Kensington – The Heart of Ceramics and A Collector’s Paradise, herald in this year’s high summer art season in London, while Ceramics Mayfair continues to delight in Kent
Dealers join forces for Ceramics Mayfair
15 May 2017A regular selling show in the summer calendar is Ceramics Mayfair which has been going strong for 11 years and features the combined forces of Jupiter Antiques, Mark and Sandra Diamond and Catherine Hunt.
Caughley collection shows the Wright ways to attract buyers
15 May 2017Shropshire auction of wares from short-lived ‘niche’ factory proves to be a good market test...
Delft touch on both sides of the Atlantic
15 May 2017Inscriptions and/or dates add a premium in many classes of ceramics but especially so in delftware. Some afficionados such as the late Syd Levethan made this a particular goal for their collecting.
Private collections yield wide range of ceramics at Woolley & Wallis
15 May 2017Woolley & Wallis holds one of its dedicated English and Continental ceramics auctions in Salisbury on May 23. The wide range of material on offer takes in everything from the major 18th and 19th century English porcelain factories to a group of Italian maiolica.
Sèvres and Vincennes among highlights at Bonhams
15 May 2017Following the glass and British ceramics auction, which takes place in Bonhams’ Knightsbridge rooms this week, the auction house holds its main European ceramics sale of the summer in New Bond Street on June 14.
Painting by Javanese prince emerges at Van Ham in Cologne
08 May 2017On May 19, not for the first time, Van Ham in Cologne is selling a painting by Raden Saleh Ben Jaggia (1811-80), a Javanese prince who made a career for himself during the 22 years he spent in Europe, mainly in The Netherlands and Germany.
Privately printed edition of Lawrence of Arabia's classic at New York auction
08 May 2017One of 170 complete copies of the privately printed Cranwell edition of the 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom, A Triumph', 1926, by TE Lawrence (better known as Lawrence of Arabia) leads the Swann Galleries sale on May 16 in New York.