Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Affordable art: Six works sold or offered for under £900 including watercolour by a Victorian ‘prodigy of manual skill’
03 October 2018Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales below £900, including a Edmund George Warren watercolour of the New Forest, and three upcoming lots offered the next fortnight.
Saleroom selection: three works in regional sales under £900 including Basil Spence's view of the Vatican
01 October 2018Three modestly valued works in regional sales, all sold below £900 including a view of St Peters in the Vatican by Scottish architect Basil Spence.
Sekoto’s sensitivity rewarded at selective South Africa sale
01 October 2018Gerard Sekoto (1913-93) is cementing his place as one of the most bankable names in the field of South African art.
The wife of a Parliamentarian in portrait form
01 October 2018A portrait of a young Stuart woman, below, attributed to the Hungarian painter Johannes Priwitzer (fl.1626-35), topped the picture section in a two-day sale at Cheffins (22.5% buyer’s premium) of Cambridge.
A flight to quality in the Irish art market
01 October 2018Pittsburgh entrepreneur Joseph Calihan and his wife Brenda bought their first piece of Irish art – an oil by Paul Henry – in the early 1990s.
Saleroom selection: three works under £1000 including a watercolour by Hercules Brabazon Brabazon
24 September 2018Three modestly valued works in regional sales, all sold below £1000 including a watercolour of a North African market scene by Hercules Brabazon Brabazon.
Self portrait by Lucia Casalini Torelli tops trio of female faces at £400,000 Salisbury sale
24 September 2018In the past, pictures by talented but obscure female artists were given short shrift on the secondary market. Now all that is changing.
Previews: Up to £500
24 September 2018ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: £501 - £2000
24 September 2018ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
The calm before and after the bidding storm
24 September 2018Two contrasting marine scenes, encapsulating the unpredictable nature of the sea, were offered at a recent sale at Mitchells (20% buyer’s premium) of Cockermouth in Cumbria.
Previews: £2001 - £5000
24 September 2018ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Airfix artwork brings bidding at specialist toy auction house
24 September 2018For most enthusiasts of Airfix’s plastic construction kits, it was the company’s dramatic box artwork that caught the eye when choosing the next model to make.
Previews: £5001 - £30,000
24 September 2018ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Francis Cotes’ archer on target in Essex
24 September 2018A standout portrait entry to Essex saleroom Sworders (23% buyer’s premium) was a 4ft 2in x 3ft 4in (1.26 x 1.01m) oil on canvas portrait attributed to Francis Cotes (1726-70).
Previews: £30,000 plus
24 September 2018Gracing the catalogue cover of Whyte’s Irish & International Art auction in Dublin on October 1 is this work by Séan Keating (1889-1977).