Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Tudor manor houses artistic gems from across the centuries
28 October 2019The old-fashioned country house sale hardly ever fails to cause excitement. The on-the-premises sale of contents from Athelhampton House, a Tudor manor house in Puddletown, Dorset, was no exception.
Affordable art: Three works sold for under £3000 including a Peter Blake fictitious wrestler work
28 October 2019Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales for under £3000 including an unusual Peter Blake work printed on tin.
Apollo heads over to Staffs saleroom
28 October 2019Dominating a grand lecture hall of one of France’s oldest universities is a classical fresco of the god Apollo and the Muses on Parnasses, created at the turn of the 20th century by French artist Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret (1852-1929).
The sound result of the suburbs
28 October 2019Classic summer scene by artist known for neighbourhood views makes rare appearance
Guinness is toast of Irish sales
21 October 2019Cubist work by often-overlooked artist fuels keen bidding before heading to California.
Ornithological auction flyers from renowned masters
21 October 2019Two modestly estimated watercolours by the Victorian ornithological painter Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935) emerged as the star sellers in an auction in South Yorkshire.
View of Indian procession marches onwards at auction
14 October 2019Views of processions, pageants and parades tend to attract special interest at auction, such as this view of an Indian procession bid to £6800 in Gloucestershire.
Paula Rego prints bring success stories
14 October 2019Much of Paula Rego’s (b.1935) work is concerned with narrative, as seen in this limited-edition lithograph of a girl reading a book.
Two Mod Brit works back on market in Dorset saleroom
14 October 2019Oil paintings by two significant names in Modern British art made their first appearances on the market in decades at an auction in Dorset.
Affordable art: Three works sold for £1250 or under including an Agnes Miller Parker woodcut
14 October 2019Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales for £1250 or under, including an Agnes Miller Parker woodcut.
Patrick Procktor works prove popular at auctions thanks to Redfern provenance
14 October 2019A near sell-out show at The Redfern Gallery in London in 1963 immediately established Patrick Procktor (1936-2003), the Dublin-born painter, as a star of the London art scene at the age of just 27.
Key secures demand at Cheshire auction thanks to broad appeal
14 October 2019“Although hailing from the north west of England and having close ties to many of the important Northern artists, Geoffrey Key (b.1941) has never really strived to be associated with this school and as such has a more universal, broader appeal and freedom to expand his painting horizon.”
Becker depicts reality of rural life
07 October 2019For a number of years, the Colchester-born artist Harry Becker (1865-1928) followed the conventional path of a professional artist, achieving significant success and exhibiting regularly at the Royal Academy. But a growing disenchantment with London led to his ultimate departure in 1913 to Suffolk.
Frith stands out from the crowd
07 October 2019Artist famous for his busy panoramic scenes also profited from intimate female portraits
Avant-garde artist Dismorr at the forefront of demand
07 October 2019In a sale of Modern and Contemporary British art in south London, this undated work House and Trees below sold for a multi-estimate £5800.
Livestock painter Boultbee shows his natural attraction
07 October 2019Many figures involved in the booming 19th century art industry of livestock portraiture had no formal training.
Affordable art: Three works sold for £3000 or under including Walter Shaw coastal scene
07 October 2019Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales for £3000 or under, including a coastal view by Walter Shaw.
Sri Lankan scenes emerge in Essex saleroom
30 September 2019Auction includes collection of Modernist works breaking away from south Asian tradition
Becker price is a cut above
30 September 2019Harry Becker (1865-1928) is not well known outside East Anglia but he is much admired both for a skilled grasp of Impressionism and his choice of subject matter.
Take a trip to Scarborough
30 September 2019Before he learnt to paint, Sheffield-born artist Joe Scarborough (b.1938) was a laboratory assistant at Batchelors, the processed food company, then a face worker at the Thorpe Hesley colliery.