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Portraits boosted takings at Mallams’ (24% buyer’s premium) latest picture sale in Oxford.

Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty, has been a favourite subject in art since ancient times.

Woman excluded from the guild of artists was nevertheless highly rated by kings and emperor

The city of Liverpool holds a special place in the oeuvre of John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-93).

Traditional high-society portrait by Sir Oswald Birley finds modern-day auction fans including an overseas buyer

Collection in Cheltenham auction is latest in a series of valuable consignments with Ford family distinguished provenance

Quartet of West Country works featured in the same sale as our £105,000 cover star

The highest auction price for 12 years for Beryl Cook (1926-2008) was posted at David Lay’s recent fine art sale.

With ski season on ice for so many, exhibitions offering snowy scenes could fill in

Typical Charles Cooper Henderson coach scene rolls into Cheffins' saleroom

Two paintings by the French artist Albert Marquet (1875-1947) performed successfully at auctions in two different French cities in the space of 24 hours.

In the spring of 1826, artist Richard Parkes Bonington (1802-28) arrived in Milan with his companion and patron Charles Rivet.

Rare auction appearance of market-fresh group of works by Norwich School artists such as Cotman and Chrome

A rediscovered historical portrait by a major name can give a boost to any sale.

Life model depicted by Freud, Auerbach and even Lennon amassed her own art collection

Reappearing in the same saleroom after a six-year interval, a landscape by Edmund Morison Wimperis (1835-1900) attracted attention at Halls (20% buyer’s premium) of Shrewsbury.

An important work by Modern Australian artist Russell Drysdale (1912-81) equalled his auction record when it sold at Deutscher and Hackett (25% buyer’s premium).

An array of affordable alternatives to the blue-chip names in Modern British art generated strong bidding at Roseberys' (25% buyer’s premium) auction.

London dealer takes up task of identifying artist behind views ‘of Oxford and Cambridge’.

Offered with moderate estimates, two Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) etchings from the Vollard Suite drew demand at the recent timed online sale of Modern & Contemporary art at Halls (20% buyer’s premium).