Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Portrait subject spurs bidder to a high price
08 October 2018Standing proud in full riding wear, this early 20th century portrait of a female rider and her two terriers, below, struck a chord with bidders in Sussex.
Cursiter returns to his Orkney roots
08 October 2018The remote rocky islands of Orkney were a source of continued inspiration for the prolific Scottish painter Stanley Cursiter (1887-1976).
Poignant portrait of ‘doomed youth’ of the First World War
08 October 2018Pictures, trophies and other mementos were among the contents from a historic nursing home in south-west London dispersed at Ewbank’s (22.5% buyer’s premium).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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: Up to £500
24 September 2018ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: £2001 - £5000
24 September 2018ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.