Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Women war artists in the frame
21 May 2018Barbara Jones joins a growing band whose peacetime work is also now in strong demand.
Cartoon and dreamlike scenes surface in Surrey
21 May 2018Private buying carried away two top-selling works at John Nicholson’s (24% buyer’s premium) in Haslemere, Surrey.
Pair portrays elegance of Yorkshire nobility
21 May 2018Guided at £200-400, a pair of 17th century British school portraits (one pictured below) went on to fetch £1150 each at Halls (20% buyer’s premium) of Shrewsbury.
Saleroom selection: three artworks under £500 including a George Faulkner Wetherbee landscape
21 May 2018Three modestly valued works in regional sales.
Oriental art experiences West to East buyer shift
14 May 2018Exotic visions are Orientalist art’s stock-in-trade. Bustling bazaars and colourful mosques, lavish harems and sun-drenched deserts populate the canvases in this field.
Egyptian art is a modern highlight
14 May 2018Modern Egyptian art emerged as a stand-out sector during Islamic Week. The leading lot of Sotheby’s 20th Century Art/Middle East sale was a work by pioneering painter Mahmoud Said (1897-1964), dubbed the father of Egyptian modernism.
Miller duo displays strong Hamburg link
14 May 2018An early German whaling scene took top honours at marine specialist Charles Miller’s (20% buyer’s premium) May Day sale in West Kensington.
Saleroom selection: Three pictures under £500, including Hevezi's townscape of Stoke
14 May 2018Three modestly valued works in regional sales.
