Fine Art
Fine art is a staple of the dealing and auctioneering industry, featuring works ranging from Medieval art to traditional Old Masters, and right through to cutting-edge Contemporary art.
While oil paintings represent a large part of the sector, other mediums adopted by artists across the ages include drawings, watercolours, prints and photographs.

Nelson portrait in ‘warts and all’ fashion generates an extraordinary bidding battle
29 May 2023Despite being a copy by a little-known Norfolk painter, ‘authentic’ portrait makes remarkable price

Expressionists emerge together
29 May 2023Van Ham of Cologne is offering a work by the German Expressionist Otto Mueller on the occasion of its 500th sale: the painting Frau und Knabe (Woman and Boy) from 1922.

Galizia heads a selection of ‘Old Mistresses’ on offer at Vienna auction
29 May 2023A previously undocumented painting, bought from an English dealer by a European collector in 1995, shines at Vienna sale.

Naval artist and shipbuilder go into battle together
29 May 2023Bonhams’ (27.5/26/20/14.5% buyer’s premium) latest Marine sale was led by an elegant depiction of a famous naval battle between British and French ships that took place towards the end of the American War of Independence.

Hungary's Munkácsy bid to more than three times estimate at Swiss auction
29 May 2023Like many of his colleagues, the Hungarian painter Mihály Munkácsy (1844-1900) visited the major art centres of his day, such as Munich and Düsseldorf, before finally settling in Paris in 1871.

German artist Scholz's 'scandalous' picture takes six-figure sum at auction
29 May 2023Berlin is obviously a good place to sell paintings by the German artist Georg Scholz (1890-1945), one of the leading representatives of Neue Sachlichkeit (new objectivity).

Beckmann's depiction of friend’s family comes to Munich auction
29 May 2023Known for his countless self-portraits, second only in number to Rembrandt, and a distinctive style often with somewhat sinister undertones, Max Beckmann also created some surprising works.

Art dealer Moore-Gwyn takes radical approach for latest exhibition
29 May 2023'A Wagon on the Street at Kingston, Sussex', c.1906, is one of two pictures by Robert Bevan (1865-1925) included in Harry Moore-Gwyn’s latest exhibition.

Franco-Turkish artist Hamdi Bey's 'fashionable' picture takes €1m at auction
29 May 2023Top lot of Dorotheum’s (25/20.84% buyer’s premium) Viennese sale of 19th century paintings on May 2 lived up to its expectations.

Back down to reality for Modern and Contemporary art sales
22 May 2023Judging by the overall totals, the latest Modern and Contemporary art auctions at Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Phillips in New York were something of a bump back to reality after the last two sales series posted the highest grossing totals on record.

Pick of the week: Bread and salt charger is welcomed on second visit
22 May 2023It is traditional in Russia for important, respected or admired guests to be greeted with an offering of bread and salt.

Gallery holds Giambologna extravaganza
22 May 2023Stuart Lochhead Sculpture will offer a group of five Mannerist bronzes by Florentine sculptor Giambologna (1529-1608) and his pupils as part of the summer edition of London Art Week.

Debut sale boosted by Egyptian art collection
22 May 2023A group of 25 works by Egyptian artists drew notable interest at the inaugural sale of Modern & Contemporary African and Middle Eastern art at Olympia Auctions.

Vesta micromosaic panel lights up a sale
22 May 2023Popular since they were first bought by Grand Tourists visiting Italy, this early 19th century micromosaic panel was a particularly fine example.

Post-war & Contemporary art: Rich pickings down south London
22 May 2023High-value Post-war and Contemporary art is increasingly on offer beyond Mayfair and the centre of the capital

Buffet treats keenly contested at Drouot
22 May 2023Art from the collection of Christine Poirot-Delpech was the object of a sell-out single-owner sale at Art Valorem (28.8% buyer’s premium inc tax) at Drouot on April 6.

Calder on a roll at auction
22 May 2023One of the top-priced lots in a recent sale held by CRN Auctions (22% buyer’s premium) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on April 23 was this work on paper by Alexander Calder (1898-1976).

Small Afnan works fly to four figures
22 May 2023Flying over a £200-300 estimate at a recent sale at Dawsons (25% buyer’s premium) in Maidenhead were two small mixed-media works by Maliheh Afnan (1935-2016).

Gorky work from late on
22 May 2023This late untitled drawing by Arshile Gorky (1904-48) in pencil and crayon on paper was the highlight of a sale of Modern and Contemporary paintings held by Digard (25/20/14% buyer’s premium) on March 28 at Drouot in Paris.

Certainly worth a handshake at £23,000
22 May 2023The artist Júlio Pomar (1926- 2018) is considered one of the most important modern Portuguese painters.

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