Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Filipino Abstract art emerges in Sussex saleroom
02 September 2019An Abstract work by the 20th century Filipino artist Oscar Zalameda (1930-2010) emerged as the star lot in an interiors auction in West Sussex.
Affordable art: Three works sold for under £1000 including a late Ronald Ossory Dunlop work
02 September 2019Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales at under £1000, including a Ronald Ossory Dunlop late work.
How monthly format can be marvellous
26 August 2019Surrey saleroom bucks the trend to hold dedicated picture auctions on regular basis
Southern salerooms awash with varied array of eye-catching maritime art
26 August 2019A clutch of 19th and 20th century marine and maritime pictures attracted competitive bidding in summer sales held at three auction houses in southern England.
Affordable art: Three works sold for £2000 or under including Jacobite portrait
26 August 2019Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales at £2000 or under, including Bonnie Prince Charlie portrait.
Five lots to watch at auction this week including a Doulton brown bear, an oak chest and a Greek bronze helmet
05 August 2019With estimates from £150-50,000, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.
Five lots to watch at auction this week including a Chinese bowl, a postcard from DH Lawrence and a Charles II Scottish silver cup
29 July 2019With estimates from £200-30,000, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.
Five lots to watch at auction this week including a Georgian bookcase, Victorian brooch and a portrait of a poet
22 July 2019With estimates from £200-8000, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.
US artist Eanger Irving Couse makes London auction debut
22 July 2019Eanger Irving Couse oil painting of Native American is his first work to be offered in a British saleroom.
Flemish artist flourishes in Essex sale
22 July 2019The Flemish post-Impressionist Emile Claus (1849-1924) embraced the prevailing taste for plein-air painting when he moved to the village of Astene by the river Lys in 1883.
Haunting Bueno portrait locks in real human hair
22 July 2019In a relatively short period from 1959-64, the Spanish-Italian Realist Xavier Bueno (1915-79) created his most recognisable works: a series of melancholic and haunting portraits of children. For Bueno these ‘Bambini’ portraits symbolised a “humiliated and oppressed humanity”.
Cuneo shows his steel
22 July 2019This rare American scene by noted railway painter Terence Cuneo (1907-96) turned up at Canterbury Auction Galleries (20% buyer’s premium) in Kent.
Affordable art: Three works sold for £1500 or under including an Arthur Gaskin watercolour
22 July 2019Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales at £1500 or under, including a watercolour by a designer better known for Arts & Crafts jewellery.
Five lots to watch at auction this week including a plague plaque, a Willy Wonka golden ticket and a lost Marlborough gem
15 July 2019With estimates from £800-12,000, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.
