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.

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Bizarre Barbieri artwork finally displayed to the public

02 September 2024

Modern British Art Gallery has just launched an online exhibition that explores the legacy of Willem and Pauline Barbieri.

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On an original visit to Busytown

02 September 2024

The children’s author Richard Scarry (1919-94) was at the peak of popularity when he published 'Nicky Goes to the Doctor' in 1972.

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Look through the keyhole courtesy of a grand picture book

02 September 2024

The 504-lot book sale at Potter & Potter (20% buyer’s premium) in Chicago on July 25 was topped by a four-volume set of one of the great records of the Gilded Age.

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Album evokes memories of Ulysses S Grant

02 September 2024

The top lot in the American Historical Ephemera and Photography Online sale at Freeman’s Hindman (27/21/15% buyer’s premium) in Chicago was an album published in 1886 to mark the death of President Ulysses S Grant.

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Sir Kyffin back in peak condition

02 September 2024

First sale held at new venue achieves renowned Welsh artist’s highest price at auction for two years

Lucas Cranach the Elder portrait

Christie’s to sell Cranach portrait after US museum and Jewish heirs make agreement over restitution

30 August 2024

A portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) and his workshop which has been in an American museum since the 1960s will be offered at Christie’s New York in January following an agreement between the institution and the heirs of a Jewish collector.

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POSITIONS Art Fair brings fresh focus to Berlin

30 August 2024

This year’s POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair (September 12-15) will showcase works brought by 111 galleries from 24 countries

Arthur Hughes seascape

Why two coastline views made contrasting prices at Canterbury auction

28 August 2024

Two views of the same stretch of Cornish coastline by Arthur Hughes (1832-1915) both attracted interest but made contrasting sums at a recent sale at Canterbury Auction Galleries (25% buyer’s premium).

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Soho gallery celebrates 50th anniversary of David Bowie album

28 August 2024

David Bowie's 'Diamond Dogs' was released in 1974 and Muphoria in Soho is marking the occasion with a Pop Art show

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Mayfair dealer Lyndsey Ingram launches new gallery

27 August 2024

Lyndsey Ingram spent the last year restoring an Edwardian stable and is launching the new Mayfair space with a Georgie Hopton show

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Boxing clever for the Aubreys saleroom debut in Surrey

27 August 2024

The inaugural Aubreys (25% buyer’s premium) live auction was held in the grounds of Loseley Park in Guildford.

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Take a dive into the prints world of sought-after artist Ravilious

27 August 2024

Small group of wartime lithographs that surfaced in a Scotttish saleroom provided a market test

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Piech’s Welsh national anthem print is the pick of his work

27 August 2024

The printmaker Paul Peter Piech (1920-96) was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Ukrainian immigrants.

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Lowry and reverend friend go to church together

27 August 2024

A joint artwork by LS Lowry and lifelong friend Rev Geoffrey Bennett is among the 1750 lots offered in Mitchells’ three-day Antiques & Fine Art Sale from September 11-13.

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Hockney prints at five and four figures

27 August 2024

Two works representing different ends of the David Hockney (b.1937) prints market came up at Chiswick Auctions’ (26% buyer’s premium) latest sale of Modern & Contemporary Prints and Multiples.

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Surrealist’s revival rolls into Wiltshire

27 August 2024

After a lively sell-out exhibition at London’s Maas Gallery, Winsor Birch is about to unveil the second part of Cosmos of Dreams: Rediscovering the Locked Up Genius of Henry Orlik.

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Captain must have made a packet to live in a Falmouth house that grand

27 August 2024

Two religious works were among an intriguing archive of items relating to a famed Falmouth packet ship commander and family that impressed at Lay’s (21% buyer’s premium) auction in Lanner, Cornwall, on August 8.

The Adoration of the Magi

Old Master flies to over 60 times estimate after 45 minute bidding battle

22 August 2024

Following a contest involving hundreds of bidding increments, an early Netherlandish panel painting of ‘The Adoration of the Magi’ hammered for $332,000 (£256,000) at an auction in upstate New York this month.

Austin Wright, Hammerhead, 1956, Bronze, 12 12 X 6 X 5 78 In, 31.9 X 15.2 X 14.9 Cm

Dealer stages Austin Wright show at sculpture garden in North Yorkshire

22 August 2024

Thirsk Hall Sculpture Garden in North Yorkshire is hosting an exhibition of sculpture and works on paper by Austin Wright (1911-97).

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Close friends Prunella Clough and Keith Vaughan are focus of London dealer's show

21 August 2024

A forthcoming exhibition explores the rich legacy of Prunella Clough and Keith Vaughan who broke with the conventions of post-war Britain

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