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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Fewer European exhibitors to stand at Frieze Seoul Masters section
10 June 2024Frieze Seoul returns for its third edition this autumn at COEX from September 4-7. Once again, it will be showcasing a Masters section dedicated to more historic works.
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Darwin as depicted by the ‘father of art photography’
10 June 2024An autographed photograph of Charles Darwin (1809-82) described as “very scarce” by Hansons (26.5% buyer’s premium) sold for £8500.
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Whether country or town views, Newlyn artists are setting the scene
10 June 2024More paintings on offer in Dorest saleroom from the Cornish ‘school’ show the market strength
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Hey presto, it’s painter Giordano
10 June 2024Exhibition showcases work of Neapolitan Baroque artist who was famed for the speed of his production
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Artist Kathleen Scale's work weighed up by a fresh audience
10 June 2024The opening section of Duke’s latest Art & Design post 1880 sale was devoted to the ‘forgotten’ artist Kathleen Muriel Scale (1913-2006).
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Auction audience avid as Chinese export oil comes to the rostrum
10 June 2024A Chinese export oil showing a Qing emperor at court led a single-owner dispersal at Tremont Auctions (27% buyer’s premium) in Sudbury, Massachusetts, on May 5.
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Bidders spot a Limoges production
10 June 2024A lot catalogued simply as a ’French gilt bronze figure of Madonna and Child’ proved the highlight of the Furniture, Art & Asian auction at Clars (28% buyer’s premium) in Oakland, California, on May 17.
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Portrait of doomed naval commander makes second highest auction price for Oswald Birley
06 June 2024Just three crew members survived out of 1418 after HMS Hood was sunk on May 24, 1941, after a ferocious and brief exchange of gunfire with German battleship Bismarck.
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Newcastle saleroom sets auction record for surrealist Pulham
06 June 2024Pictures by the early English surrealist Peter Rose Pulham (1910-1956) are relatively rare at auction but the interest garnered by a few works that emerged recently suggested they are on the rise commercially.
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Marble reliefs impress at sale of George Farrow collection at Roseberys
04 June 2024The ornate collection of 567 lots including tapestries and bronze sculptures from China, the Middle East and Europe went under the hammer at the London auction house
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Vendor left ‘speechless’ after ‘Ben Nicholson’ mural withdrawn from Lay’s auction
03 June 2024A row over the attribution of a ‘Ben Nicholson’ mural painting that appeared on the BBC’s 'Fake or Fortune?' led to the work being withdrawn at the last minute from an auction in Penzance.
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Swedish portrait of the formidable Ellen soars in Somerset
03 June 2024Strong bidding emerged at Lawrences (25% buyer’s premium) of Crewkerne for a Swedish portrait of Ellen Wester (1873-1930), a pioneering female translator and journalist.
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Bloomsbury Group attracts fresh buyers
03 June 2024Result of select offering in London shows a healthy market which now even includes Asian bidders
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Seago stays close to East Anglian roots
03 June 2024Flooding in the Waveney Valley features among a group of more than 50 paintings by Edward Seago (1910-74) on show at Portland Gallery this month.
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States and dates drive Old Master print market
03 June 2024Impressions of all three of Albrecht Dürer’s (1471-1528) famous Meisterstiche (master engravings) were sold by Grogan & Co (25% buyer's premium) on May 4.
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Five stars for the Aldeburgh fair
03 June 2024After launching last summer with four dealers, the Aldeburgh Art Fair is back this month with five.
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Franklin found in Italy bears striking similarity to well-known portrait
03 June 2024Recently found in Italy, a previously unrecorded portrait of Benjamin Franklin sold at Freeman’s Hindman (27/21/15% buyer's premium) in Philadelphia for $30,000 (£24,000).
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News in brief including two Turner paintings emerging at Dreweatts
03 June 2024A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Dreweatts offering two works by JMW Turner this month
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Newbury sale features collection of well known interior designer, art dealer and collector
03 June 2024Count Manfredi Della Gherardesca 's collection offers old and new mix of more than 400 varied lots
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Five questions with art dealer Simon Lamb
03 June 2024Simon Lamb of The Swan Gallery in Sherborne works with his wife Kristina and their son Chris specialising in oil paintings and watercolours 1800-1950, along with antique prints and early maps.
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