Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Saleroom selection: three modestly valued works including hunting scenes
03 September 2018Three modestly valued works in regional sales, sold for under £900.
Previews: £2001 - £5000
27 August 2018ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: £5001 - £30,000
27 August 2018ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: £30,000 plus
27 August 2018A large oil painting showing a scene from Homer’s Odyssey by the Victorian painter Briton Riviere (1840-1920) will go under the hammer for the first time in a century.
Naval gazing proves profitable
27 August 2018An intriguing portrait by an unidentified hand of a Royal Navy admiral in a wig and blue gilt braided uniform was a star entry at Cotswold saleroom Chorley’s (20/15/12.5/10% buyer’s premium).
Jockeys ride in at £2500
27 August 2018This watercolour, below, by Frederic Whiting (1874-1962) took a multi-estimate £2500 at Thomson Roddick’s (15% buyer’s premium) Edinburgh saleroom on August 9.
Sickert strikes a Venetian portrait pose
27 August 2018The setting for this near-monochrome self-portrait, below, by Walter Sickert (1860-1942) is the Campo SS Giovanni e Paolo in Venice and shows the equestrian statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni and the Scuola Grande di San Marco.
Old Master from ‘snail’ house sets pulses racing
27 August 2018This Old Master painting, above, of The Adoration of the Magi in the manner of Italian painter Vincenzo Carducci (c.1576-1638) led a recent Dorset sale.
Liss lass full of life at auction
27 August 2018Selling above estimate at Jacobs & Hunt (22% buyer’s premium) in Liss, Hampshire, was a life-size bronze by Sydney Harpley (1927-92) titled Umbrella Girl, below.
Sloane Square viewed from Surrey
27 August 2018Unseen on the market since 1946, a view of Sloane Square (below) by Robert Buhler (1916-89) raced to £5000 at Ewbank’s (22.5% buyer’s premium).
Saleroom selection: Three works under £1000 in regional sales, including Samuel John 'Lamorna' Birch watercolour
27 August 2018A selection of three works from UK regional salerooms sold for £1000 or under.
Previews: Up to £500
27 August 2018ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: £501 - £2000
27 August 2018ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Simeon Solomon turns from tragedy to triumph
20 August 2018Pre-Raphaelite artist shunned and persecuted in his time is now a popular auction choice.
Faed feeds into genre theme
20 August 2018This small scene by Scottish genre painter Thomas Faed (1826-1900) shown below sold for a quadruple-estimate £8500 at Brightwells (22% buyer’s premium).
Rudolf Ernst takes precise view
20 August 2018Spurred on by Middle Eastern demand, Orientalist art came out top at Christie’s 19th century European & Orientalist Art auction in London.
John William Waterhouse makes siren call
20 August 2018Works by the Pre-Raphaelites and their followers continued to outperform the rest of the Victorian art market during the latest round of sales in London. Topping the auctions at both Sotheby’s and Christie’s were two ‘jeune fille fatale’ creations by Pre-Raphaelite latecomer, John William Waterhouse (1849-1917).
