Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
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.
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.
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.
Artists brush up on their military skills
06 August 2018A very suitable buyer emerged for an 19th century picture of The Artists Rifles by John Evan Hodgson (1831-95) offered in Exeter.
Mill in splendid isolation sails to high price in Chichester
06 August 2018A sweeping landscape by John Arnesby Brown (1866-1955) made a multi-estimate sum at Henry Adams (20% buyer’s premium), the second time in four months a work by the painter has done so at the Chichester firm.
Sketchbook seals bidder interest
06 August 2018Demand for Scottish artist with a ‘distinctive personality’ drives a good auction result in Somerset.
Saleroom selection: Three modestly valued works in regional sales including Bush Hardy river scene
06 August 2018A trio of works in regional auctions which sold under £300, including a watercolour of the River Dart in Devon by Thomas Bush Hardy.
Search for promised land in Wales
06 August 2018This small 7 x 91/2in (18 x 24cm) oil on panel Biblical scene by the Victorian artist William Edward Frost (1810-77), below, doubled its top guide at Peter Francis (20% buyer’s premium) of Carmarthen on July 11.
Rembrandt and Turner lead London's works on paper offerings
23 July 2018Two high-quality works on paper made their presence felt at the top end of the Old Masters market during the latest series in London.
