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27 August 2018ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Simeon Solomon turns from tragedy to triumph
20 August 2018Pre-Raphaelite artist shunned and persecuted in his time is now a popular auction choice.
Faed feeds into genre theme
20 August 2018This small scene by Scottish genre painter Thomas Faed (1826-1900) shown below sold for a quadruple-estimate £8500 at Brightwells (22% buyer’s premium).
Rudolf Ernst takes precise view
20 August 2018Spurred on by Middle Eastern demand, Orientalist art came out top at Christie’s 19th century European & Orientalist Art auction in London.
John William Waterhouse makes siren call
20 August 2018Works by the Pre-Raphaelites and their followers continued to outperform the rest of the Victorian art market during the latest round of sales in London. Topping the auctions at both Sotheby’s and Christie’s were two ‘jeune fille fatale’ creations by Pre-Raphaelite latecomer, John William Waterhouse (1849-1917).
Serious story from the Scilly season
13 August 2018From 1936-45, St Ives artist John Wells (1907-2000) embarked on a series of labour-intensive creations while working as a GP on the Isles of Scilly.
Fairies emerge at auction out of dealer’s estate
13 August 2018A sale of books, maps and ephemera at Bellmans (22% buyer’s premium) included more than £17,000 worth of 19th and 20th century watercolours and drawings from the stock of a dealer.
Madonna viewed across centuries
13 August 2018Two depictions of the Madonna painted some 400 years apart were among the highlights of a dedicated sale of pictures at Dreweatts (24% buyer’s premium) in Donnington Priory in Berkshire.
Priestman river flows to new high
13 August 2018Tennants (20% buyer’s premium) of Leyburn claimed a new auction record for Bertram Priestman (1868-1951) when it sold a painting of an extensive river landscape by the local artist.
Indian stunners as folk art thrills in Cirencester
13 August 2018Cirencester saleroom Moore Allen & Innocent (20% buyer’s premium) enjoyed a taste of India’s fast-growing art market when three pictures by the Indian folk artist Jamini Roy (1887-1972) were scooped up for a total of £24,500.