Oil, Acrylic paintings & Mixed Media

The French portrait painter Jean Baptiste van Loo (1684-1745) received numerous commissions from European royal families and aristocrats.

A dedicated sale of 117 lots from the collection of the late Teesside art dealers and Staithes Group specialists Tom and Rosamund Jordan was held this summer at Tennants (24% buyer’s premium) in North Yorkshire.

The Americana & International sale at Pook & Pook in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, on October 5-6 includes a collection of art from a Delaware estate.

Since the 1960s, birds have been the main subject matter of New Zealand artist Raymond Ching (b.1939).

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

What’s best to do with unsold lots… offer them again at half the price guide perhaps?

When it comes to historic views of England’s university cities, bidders’ interest is not only determined by the usual factors such as the calibre of the artist and the picture’s condition.

I wondered whether any of your readers can help with this painting, an oil on canvas with signature.

Previously unrecorded view by the Italian scenic painter now joins six others of Naples already known

Family group at auction offered works by several generations including the renowned John Sell Cotman

Signed and dated 'T Beach Pinxt 1793', this portrait depicts the famous Georgian beauty Anne Templar, Lady de la Pole (1758-1832).

This classic example of Venetian vedute was taken to a multi-estimate £34,000 at Gardiner Houlgate (22% buyer’s premium) in Corsham.

Dealers are now facing more competition from collectors as works estimated in the hundreds of pounds range are taken to four-figure prices

A couple of works by leading names in the Modern British art market helped Dreweatts (26/25/20/12.5% buyer’s premium) post a total of over £1m (including premium) at its early spring Modern and Contemporary Art auction.

On Saturday 17 April, 1982, the artist Jonathan Warrender (b.1954) found himself in the back of a Bentley whirling through country lanes towards Chequers.

Recent results for the Bloomsbury Group artist show how his prolific output creates a wide price range