Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Moonlight artist John Atkinson Grimshaw in the spotlight
14 January 2019A trademark nocturnal scene by Victorian painter John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-93) got away on low estimate for £80,000 at John Nicholson’s (25% buyer’s premium) of Haslemere in Surrey.
Beer’s racing pigeons take flight
07 January 2019Portraits of prize-winning racing pigeons are the latest must-haves in decorative collecting circles, judging by a recent spate of high prices in the regions.
Waterhouse name boosts oil sketch
07 January 2019This unfinished oil sketch of a tree was kept by pre-Raphaelite painter John William Waterhouse (1849-1917) until his death and sold in his last major studio sale, held in 1926 at Christie’s.
Affordable art: three works priced under £1200 in regional sales including a Robert Tavener print
07 January 2019A selection of three works priced under £1200 at UK regional auctions.
Bird oil panels from Tim Wonnacott collection pose a puzzle
07 January 2019Four works sold in Essex auction could be part of Marks’ Eaton Hall commission.
Six highlights from the Modern British art market in 2018
27 December 2018ATG selects six stand-out lots of Modern British art that sold in London and across the UK in 2018.
‘The first female Cubist painter’
21 December 2018Early works from artist known as Marevna is key feature of family collection sold in London.
Hartigan's art is on the rise
21 December 2018More female talent emerged at Roseberys in the form of this fiery piece of Abstract Expressionism below by American painter Grace Hartigan (1922-2008).
Buyer hunts down Charles Lutyens hounds
21 December 2018The Victorian Conservative politician Lord Coventry is believed to have commissioned this portrait of favourite hounds Rambler and Marksman.
Local Cumbrian scene skates to £3600
21 December 2018This seasonal watercolour of figures ice skating in the Lake District (below) sold for a mid-estimate £3600 at local Cumbria saleroom Mitchells (20% buyer’s premium) on November 28.
Affordable art: three works priced under £800 including a mini-sleeper at an Essex auction
21 December 2018Three modestly valued works in regional sales, including a mini-sleeper at an Essex auction.
