Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Top Mod Brits show global appeal
09 July 2018More than £47m of Modern British art changed hands in a bumper series held in London, as buyers competed fiercely for blue-chip pieces and lots offering best value.
Two Scottish Colourist records tumble in a week
09 July 2018New auction records were achieved for two of the four Scottish Colourists in the space of a week.
Period portraits and equine oil study
02 July 2018The latest batch of period portraits to pass through Cheffins featured several from a late-16th century property in Great Chesterford, Essex. Passed by descent, the quartet was led by an attractive English School portrait of Queen Mary I (1516-58), an oil painted on an oval 2ft x 21in (62 x 53cm) canvas.
Devon views are cream of the crop
02 July 2018British watercolours depicting the beautiful county of Devon and painted during the medium’s golden age drew eager bidding at Cheffins of Cambridge (22.5% buyer’s premium).
Henry Moore’s hands grip bidders in Glasgow
02 July 2018Like many artists, hands held a strong fascination for British sculptor Henry Moore (1898-1986), and he came back to the subject numerous times in his career.
Late Victorians in time for Surrey sale
02 July 2018A good helping of late Victorian pictures featured among the top prices on June 6 at Lawrences (20% buyer’s premium) of Bletchingley in Surrey.
Saleroom selection: three artworks under £1000 including a painting by an Iraqi pioneer
02 July 2018Three modestly valued works in regional sales including a painting by a pioneer of Iraqi modern art.