Modern British Art

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

London portrait agency Fine Art Commissions is celebrating the work of British war artist and society portraitist Simon Elwes (1902-75) and his great, great nephew Jamie Coreth (b.1989) with a new exhibition.

Among a glut of upcoming single-owner collections on offer from Scottish and Irish salerooms, Glasgow firm Great Western Auctions will sell items from the estate of curator, dealer and writer William ‘Bill’ Hardie (1941-2021) later this month.

Pre-1950s Mary Fedden works are stylistically different to her later still-lifes and coastal subjects

A couple of Modern British works on paper drew keen attention at a recent West Sussex auction.

Exhibition showcases work inspired by artists’ colony of Kirkcudbright and surrounding area

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week

The latest Welsh sale at Rogers Jones in Cardiff – topped by a record price for a Sir Kyffin Williams picture – included this remarkable early 19th century Ewenny pottery slipware wassail bowl and cover.

Dramatically lit above a Windsor armchair, 'Up and Across' by St Ives artist Trevor Bell (1930-2017) is a dynamic work of abstracted shapes in fiery red, browns and gold.

A high price for Scottish painter Ethel Walker (1861-1951) came at Sworders’ (25% buyer’s premium) sale of the Sally Hunter and Ian Posgate collection.

Rare market appearance by a Sir Henry Raeburn work heads a special report on recent Scottish highlights

Vibrant colours, good subject and intriguing composition helped to spark a bidding competition for a painting by George Leslie Hunter (1877-1931).

Growing collector interest in the work of musician-artist Herbert Whone (1925-2011) has meant his auction record price has been beaten on an almost annual basis in recent years.

View of George III’s new wife’s journey shows departure instead of the usual arrival.

A large 18th century watercolour of a Scottish loch by William Turner of Oxford (1789-1862) emerged as a star lot at Parker Fine Art (25% buyer’s premium).

Exhibition showcasing work of Joan Eardley takes place at gallery which championed her

Pictures by two women artists depicting the landscapes and flora of Scotland are the focus of a new exhibition at Thompson’s Gallery.

Works by the Zinkeisen sisters continue to bring demand at auctions around the country.

William Black is a little-known member of the St Ives artist group who, having been an architect after the Second World War, worked as an artist in the town following an inheritance in the early 1950s.