Modern British Art

Paintings, sculptures and prints made by 20th century British artists. Big names in this sector include Stanley Spencer, Paul Nash and LS Lowry.


Turner

Late Turner masterpiece to appear on the market for the first time in 50 years at Sotheby’s London auction

04 April 2017

A large, late masterpiece by JMW Turner (1775-1851), one of few such works still in private hands, appears at Sotheby’s this July with an estimate of £15-25m.

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Piper plays an East Anglian tune

25 March 2017

Mod Brit artist who produced many local scenes is subject of Suffolk gallery show

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Lamorna Birch coastal scene takes £3400

25 March 2017

Among the picture highlights of Peter Wilson’s (24% buyer’s premium) Fine Art Sale on March 2 in Nantwich was a coastal sunset scene by prolific Birkenhead artist Samuel John Lamorna Birch (1869-1955).

Robert Eagle

5 Questions - Robert Eagle

25 March 2017

Robert Eagle started his business specialising in less well-known Modern British artists over three years ago. He will appear at his first fair, the Cotswolds Antiques, Decorative & Art Fair, at the end of March. He started dealing when he bought a David Rolt landscape for £250 and then acquired the whole estate of the artist.

Harold C. Harvey portrait

Charity shop find bought for 50p gets £8000 estimate for Christie’s South Kensington auction

21 March 2017

A 50p charity shop find has been identified a Harold C. Harvey (1874-1941) portrait and given a £8000 high estimate at Christie’s South Kensington sale tomorrow.

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Generating younger buyers

18 March 2017

Attracting new and younger buyers is the thinking behind Tennants’ (18.5% buyer’s premium) modern and contemporary art sales. Held three times a year, the auctions offer art by a range of painters and sculptors at affordable levels to encourage new buyers into the market, while also appealing to established collectors.

Henry Moore maquette

Henry Moore maquette comes to auction from collection of the dean of American art patrons

17 March 2017

Two fresh-to-the-market examples of Modern British sculpture are coming up for sale in New York state.

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Sim Fine Art sells domestic painting of lazy Sunday to London's Geffrye Museum

13 March 2017

Sim Fine Art has made its second sale to a major London institution in two years with the sale of a painting the Geffrye Museum.

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Rupert Maas offers Glyn Philpot's Little Dancer at TEFAF

04 March 2017

Rupert Maas describes The Little Dancer by Glyn Philpot (1884-1937) as “a haunting masterpiece of figure painting in which a tense drama of maternal love and of awakening independence is played out before us”.

Paul Nash

Provenance of Paul Nash painting sold at auction disputed

17 February 2017

The sale of an early 20th century artwork attributed to Paul Nash has been cancelled after recent tests have thrown doubt on its origins.

Mary Potter

Police appeal for information on stolen Mary Potter painting

16 February 2017

Police are appealing for information after a painting by British artist Mary Potter was stolen at a recent fair in London.

Shaun Greenhalgh painting

Bolton saleroom offer convicted faker’s ‘Lowry’ imitations

10 February 2017

Three paintings by Shaun Greenhalgh, the faker who was sentenced to four years in prison in 2007, are being offered at Bolton Auction Rooms later this month.

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Paul Nash book designs go on show in London and offered for sale

08 February 2017

Followers of Paul Nash (1889-1946) are getting another opportunity to view his works in London this month.

Faker of Norman Cornish pictures sent to prison

04 February 2017

A man from Sunderland who forged the work of local artist Norman Cornish (1919-2014) was jailed for three years and seven months last week.

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London’s Scottish art showcase launches on Burns Night week

24 January 2017

Panter and Hall’s annual show of Scottish art opens the day after Burns Night this week in London.

Ceri Richards

Man charged in north London gallery theft

20 January 2017

A man has been charged in connection with the theft of a painting by Welsh modern artist Ceri Richards from Belsize Park gallery Sylvester Fine Art and will be tried later this month.

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Celebrating Japanese woodblock artists and the Brits they inspired at galleries and auction

18 January 2017

The beautiful Japanese woodblock prints created by artists such as Hokusai and Hiroshige inspired similar works across the world and most famously the paintings of Van Gogh.

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Record for Ben Nicholson rounds off record year for Mod Brits at Christie’s

25 November 2016

Christie’s auctions of Modern British & Irish art this week helped lift their annual total in this category to £68m, the highest figure the firm has ever posted.

Christopher Wood

Christopher Wood painting takes £220,000 at Chorley’s

23 November 2016

A painting by Christopher Wood made more than seven times its lower estimate when it was knocked down for £220,000 at Chorley’s yesterday.

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Huge Hepworth bronze leads Sotheby’s Modern British art sale at £3.2m

22 November 2016

A large-scale sculpture by Dame Barbara Hepworth led Sotheby’s evening sale of Modern British art tonight.

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