Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Harold Harvey's Kit keeps her intense appeal
02 December 2019When this portrait of a young woman was first exhibited in the early 1930s, critics remarked on its “intensity and vital quality”, “the charming head” and the “wonderful life-like expression”.
Moulton Foweraker’s light of the moon
02 December 2019Albert Moulton Foweraker’s (1873-1942) main interest as a watercolourist was the effect of blue moonlight on the landscape.
St Ives influence strong in Lyon & Turnbull's London sale
25 November 2019Group of works from the Cornish school underpins a positive Modern British offering
‘Exceptional’ wartime sketches bring high demand at Dominic Winter
25 November 2019A group of “historically important” watercolour and pencil drawings of the London Blitz sparked a bidding war at Cirencester saleroom Dominic Winter (20% buyer’s premium).
Collectors wake up to Michael Ayrton painting talent
25 November 2019As his reputation began to grow in the early 1940s, Michael Ayrton (1921-75) embarked on a series of melancholic paintings in the Neo-Romantic style.
Affordable art: Three works sold for under £3000 including a John Varley watercolour
25 November 2019Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales including a John Varley watercolour.
Royal yacht which sailed into obsolescence
18 November 2019This oil below depicts the Victoria & Albert II, the largest royal yacht of the Victorian era which remained in service until the end of Queen Victoria’s life.
Brews news: British Museum buys 19th century print
18 November 2019The British Museum has added this rare hand-coloured lithograph to its two-million-strong print collection after securing it at an auction in west London.
Marine sale that stays buoyant
18 November 2019Appetite remains for biannual specialist auction which is still a stalwart of the calendar.
Napoleon rides high in the Cotswolds
18 November 2019Robert Hillingford (1826-1904) was a Victorian painter of historical scenes, whose subjects included the Duke of Wellington and Napoleon, as well as scenes taken from Shakespearean plays.
Affordable art: Three works sold for under £3000 including a Sara Wells Page portrait
18 November 2019Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales including a Sara Wells Page portrait.
Canine study makes tidy sum
11 November 2019A flurry of bids emerged for this late-17th century canine study at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood of Exeter (23% buyer’s premium).
Affordable art: Three works sold for under £2800 including a Graham Sutherland watercolour.
11 November 2019Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales including a Graham Sutherland watercolour.
Female artists in the frame
11 November 2019The growing demand in recent years to own pictures by women artists has brought this long-overlooked area of the art market to the fore. In an auction at Cirencester auction house Dominic Winter (20% buyer’s premium) two works by women painters stood out.
Stannard stands out in saleroom
11 November 2019Focus on one of only two notable women painters to be associated with the Norwich School.
Rossetti depicts father and son
11 November 2019A crayon portrait by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-82) surfaced at Oxford saleroom Mallams (22.5% buyer’s premium) together with another of the sitter’s father.
‘One of the best’ by Arnesby Brown
11 November 2019Like John Constable before him, the 19th century painter John Arnesby Brown (1866-1955) found endless inspiration in the low horizons and expansive skies of East Anglia. He was also interested in light and atmosphere and the effect of sunshine and shadow on the landscape.
Affordable art: Three works sold for under £3250 including a Stanley Spencer sketch
04 November 2019Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales including a Stanley Spencer sketch.
View of Swansea street before the bombs
04 November 2019A 1940s view of Swansea described as ‘historically important’ by the auction house which sold it featured among some good results for 20th century Welsh art in the regions.
Nicholson lights up Somerset sale
04 November 2019Simple still-life of flowers showcases the Mod Brit artist’s love of colour and luminosity