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.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir drawing

London Art fair announces string of sales at latest run

24 January 2018

Dealers at the London Art Fair reported a number of notable sales of both Modern British and Contemporary art at its latest run at the Business Design Centre in Islington.

Morris Self-portrait

Mod Brit artist Cedric Morris to be celebrated with two exhibitions in London this spring

23 January 2018

Artist Sir Cedric Morris (1889-1982) is to be the subject of two exhibitions in London to run concurrently this spring – one at the Garden Museum in Lambeth and one at the gallery of dealer Philip Mould in Pall Mall.

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Works on Paper Fair speaks a language both new and old

22 January 2018

Familiarity with the works on paper market means getting to grips with the technical processes behind drawing, painting and printing and learning the requisite vocabulary.

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Rountree Tryon downsizes as St James’s rents rise

22 January 2018

Rising rents and business rates in central London have forced Rountree Tryon Galleries to downsize.

Titian

The plumber’s Old Master: Three reasons the survival of this Titian coming to auction is remarkable

22 January 2018

Tiziano Vecellio, known as Titian, painted ‘Saint Margaret’ with the help of this workshop in around mid-1560s. It depicts Margaret of Antioch, the virgin martyr who escapes from Satan, pictured as a dragon. It is now being offered at Sotheby’s in New York on February 1 with an estimate $2-3m.

Drawings in New York – Big Apple show is larger slice

22 January 2018

Drawings fair now also includes paintings and sculpture to complement the core focus...

Sotheby’s to “vigorously challenge” Russian billionaire over legal action in UK

22 January 2018

Sotheby’s have said they will “vigorously challenge” any attempt by Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev to bring a claim against it in the UK.

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Prints make Edinburgh impression at Fine Art Society's exhibition

22 January 2018

For the Fine Art Society in Edinburgh, the year kicks off with an exhibition of 20th century printmaking.

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David Tunick at Master Drawings New York 2018

22 January 2018

Among the works that David Tunick, a longstanding MDNY exhibitor, will be showing this year at his gallery on East 69th Street is this large 18 x 14in (45.5 x 35.5 cm) watercolour over pencil by John Robert Cozens.

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Jill Newhouse Gallery at Master Drawings New York 2018

22 January 2018

Jill Newhouse, a New York dealer with a gallery on East 81st Street, is a veteran of Master Drawings New York, having taken part for many years.

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High Court rules in favour of Simon de Pury over ‘gentleman’s agreement’

22 January 2018

A precedent-setting legal dispute over a $10m (£7.2m) fee relating to the 2014 sale of a $210m Paul Gauguin painting has been won by auctioneer turned art adviser Simon de Pury.

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Philanthropist’s Paul Cézanne oil up for sale at Freeman’s auction

22 January 2018

London is to host a viewing of a small oil painting by Paul Cézanne ahead of its sale in the US.

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Sporting pictures back in the game

22 January 2018

An extensive collection with Astor family provenance offered at auction was billed as best of its type in more than 20 years.

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Pre-Raphaelites on the crest of a second wave

22 January 2018

Paintings by lesser-known Pre-Raphaelites took the honours at the latest Victorian art sales held at Sotheby’s (25/20/12.9%) and Christie’s (25/20/12.5%).

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Twenty-eight works to wow the drawings world

22 January 2018

An auction series devoted to Old Master paintings, drawings and works of art has long been a feature of the first month of the year in New York for Sotheby’s and Christie’s.

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Previews: £30,000 plus

22 January 2018

Our weekly selection from salerooms and dealerships.

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Pick of the Week: Second wind for Nelson lots

22 January 2018

Sotheby’s sale of 80 pieces of memorabilia relating to Lord Horatio Nelson featured a return to the saleroom of many lots acquired by the ‘Princely’ vendor in 2005.

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Tomasso Brothers Fine Art at Master Drawings New York 2018

22 January 2018

One outcome of Master Drawings New York’s expansion to take in paintings and sculpture as well as works on paper is the inclusion this year of Tomasso Brothers Fine Art, specialist in sculpture and works of art.

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Martyn Gregory at Master Drawings New York 2018

22 January 2018

For Master Drawings New York this year, London dealer Martyn Gregory is focusing on one female artist and her output during her extensive (and, for the time, very intrepid) travels around the world.

Cezanne

Cézanne painting comes to London ahead of US auction

19 January 2018

A small oil by Paul Cézanne, valued at $1.2m-1.8m, will be on view in London later this month.

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