Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Pre-Raphaelite followers take the limelight
10 February 2020Drawings by two later followers of the Pre-Raphaelites drew competition at separate regional salerooms.
French artist's view of Normandy in the snow makes ten-times estimate in Sussex auction
10 February 2020This early-20th century snow scene, below, was painted by the French artist Paul Elie Gernez (1888-1948). He was primarily a naturalist painter of still-lives, landscapes and seascapes, and spent much of his life in Honfleur in Normandy.
Lowry drawing of bearded man with walking cane sells above hopes at Capes Dunn
10 February 2020This pencil drawing of a bearded man with a walking cane by LS Lowry (1887-1976) is typical of the stylised figures based on the men and women the artist passed in the street.
Affordable art: Three works sold for under £2000 including a Walter Greaves Thames work on paper
10 February 2020Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales including a Walter Greaves Thames scene.
Sickert shows his lighter side at Lawrences' auction
03 February 2020Late work by the pivotal avant-garde painter belies the dark nature of earlier works
Grotesque figures on 16th century engraving delight a buyer
03 February 2020Populated with grotesque figures, this 16th century engraving after the early Flemish painter Hieronymus Bosch (c.1450-1516) sold for £16,000 at auction in London.
Affordable art: Three works sold for under £2000 including an Ernest Procter watercolour
03 February 2020Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales including an Ernest Procter watercolour.
Burmese watercolours find admirers in a south coast saleroom
03 February 2020Two large watercolours painted by Y Ba Nyan (1897-1947), one of Burma’s most influential Modern artists, emerged for sale in Folkestone at the end of last year.
Portrait of the ‘ablest man in the army’ makes over 60-times estimate at Hansons
03 February 2020This 19th century half-length portrait right depicts the Anglo-Irish soldier and politician William Carr Beresford (1768-1854) who fought alongside The Duke of Wellington.
Affordable art: Three works sold for £1500 or under including a John Cyril Harrison watercolour
27 January 2020Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales including a John Cyril Harrison watercolour.
Sporting art collectors take to the field again
27 January 2020Hopes are high that the market for traditional British sporting paintings could experience a boost in demand after a single-owner collection racked up over £2m at auction in London.
Tennants go under starter’s orders for a new sporting art sale
27 January 2020North Yorkshire saleroom Tennants (20% buyer’s premium) got its inaugural sale of sporting art off to a good start, selling just over £100,000 worth of pictures and sculpture.
Dead pheasant study attributed to Turner draws interest at Perth auction house
27 January 2020A watercolour study of a dead pheasant attributed to JMW Turner (1775-1851) was taken to £14,000 at a Scottish auction house.
The dog found in an attic: Charterhouse sells Maud Earl painting
27 January 2020Found in the roof space of a Devon cottage, an oil painting of a pointer dog in an open field sold for £3400 at Sherborne saleroom Charterhouse (25% buyer’s premium).
Victorian artist William Mitchell impresses at Mitchells’ auction
20 January 2020A harbour view of Maryport in Cumbria by Victorian artist William Mitchell (1806-1900) topped the lots at local saleroom Mitchells (20% buyer’s premium).
Affordable art: Three works sold for under £2000 including a Henry Moore etching
20 January 2020Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales including a Henry Moore etching.
Bidders show a homing instinct
20 January 2020Private domestic demand rather than trade drives bidding at Scottish and Irish art auctions.
Sensitive portrait of ‘quiet Ulsterman’ grabs the attention
20 January 2020A sensitive portrait of a First World War soldier by the Irish painter William Orpen (1878-1931) was among a series of valuable lots chased by bidders at art sales in Dublin.
Pick up a penguin picture
20 January 2020The English artist and poster designer Alfred Thomson (1894-1979) painted this eye-catching depiction of the famous penguin pool at London Zoo.
Old Masters – it’s a world of finite resources
13 January 2020Dearth of fresh works coming to the market is a challenge for Old Master auction series.