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.
![Golden Hours by Frederic, Lord Leighton](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/7257/leighton-golden-hours-2241ne09a-03-05-16.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462557040000000&updated=08%2f03%2f2017+16%3a41%3a44)
Christie’s to stage themed evening sale of British Art in London this summer
03 May 2016Christie’s have announced details of their latest ‘themed’ sale – an evening sale of British art which will take place in London on June 30.
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Climbing the ladder is harder than ever, says Richard Green
25 April 2016Dealers starting out today will struggle to replicate the success of established Old Master dealers, according to Richard Green.
![David Tindle painting at Grand Auctions](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/7234/david-tindle-grand-auctions-2240pv08a-21-04-16.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462557030000000&updated=08%2f03%2f2017+16%3a41%3a43)
Tindle paintings trundle into Folkestone saleroom
21 April 2016A selection of works by David Tindle (b.1932) will be offered at Grand Auctions in Folkestone on May 9.
![Eugène Delacroix portrait of George Sand](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/7233/delacroix-portrait-of-george-sand-2239ne06a-21-04-16.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462557030000000&updated=08%2f03%2f2017+16%3a41%3a43)
Musée Delacroix buys portrait of George Sand at Fontainebleau auction
21 April 2016A portrait by Eugène Delacroix redolent with associations to Nineteenth century French Romanticism has been secured by the Paris museum dedicated to his work.
![Edgar Degas drawing acquired by Pallant House Gallery](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/7226/pallant-house-edgar-degas-2238ne02a-18-04-16.jpg?center=0.38,0.41025641025641024&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462557020000000&updated=08%2f03%2f2017+16%3a41%3a42)
Pallant House Gallery acquire Degas drawing in deal brokered by Sotheby’s
18 April 2016A large drawing by Edgar Degas (1834-1917) which has never been exhibited before has gone on display at Pallant House Gallery after being acquired by the Chichester gallery via the Acceptance in Lieu scheme.
![Cedric Morris still life](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/7334/cedric-morris-henry-adams-2239am01b-15-04-16.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462557020000000&updated=08%2f03%2f2017+16%3a41%3a42)
Cedric Morris blossoms in the saleroom with two auction records set in 48 hours
15 April 2016In the space of just 48 hours, two paintings by the self-taught Welsh artist and horticulturalist Cedric Morris (1889-1982) raised the auction bar for his work to a new level.
![Eric Ravilious watercolour at Sworders](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/7205/eric-ravilious-sworders-2238ne07a.jpg?center=0.59666666666666668,0.44875346260387811&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462556990000000&updated=08%2f03%2f2017+16%3a41%3a39)
Ravilious watercolour makes £85,000 at Sworders
13 April 2016A watercolour by Eric Ravilious (1903-1942) drew serious bidding at Sworders this week, overtaking a £40,000-60,000 estimate before it was knocked down at £85,000.
![Paolo Veronese drawing](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/7146/veronese-the-triumph-of-venice-2236ne05a-31-03-16.jpg?center=0.37333333333333335,0.52173913043478259&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462556950000000&updated=08%2f03%2f2017+16%3a41%3a35)
Veronese drawing blocked from export after £15m sale
31 March 2016An important drawing by Paolo Veronese (1528-1588) that changed hands in a major private sale has been temporarily stopped from leaving the UK.
20/21 British Art Fair to be relaunched at new venue in June 2017
30 March 2016The 20/21 British Art Fair will be relaunched next summer at the newly refurbished Mall Galleries in St James’s.
![Colnaghi's stand at TEFAF 2016](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/7137/tefaf-2016-colnaghi-2236dd06a-24-03-16.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462556950000000&updated=08%2f03%2f2017+16%3a41%3a35)
TEFAF 2016: final reports indicate solid sales overall
24 March 2016The 29th staging of TEFAF Maastricht will go down as a good edition of the fair with dealers reporting decent sales overall and the changes made for this year’s event meeting general approval among the standholders.
![Eric Ravilious watercolour at Sworders](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/7132/eric-ravilious-sworders-2235pv03a-24-03-16.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462556950000000&updated=08%2f03%2f2017+16%3a41%3a35)
Ravilious watercolour leads Sworders’ dedicated Modern British art auction
24 March 2016An Eric Ravilious (1903-42) watercolour has emerged at Sworders of Essex and will be among the star lots at their first dedicated Modern British Art sale next month.
![Gluck Sussex landscape at Mallams auction](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/7113/mallams-gluck-sussex-landscape-2236am07a-18-03-16.jpg?center=0.66666666666666663,0.44144144144144143&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462556940000000&updated=08%2f03%2f2017+16%3a41%3a34)
Gluck’s Sussex landscape brings demand at Mallams
18 March 2016Among the lots drawing competition at the latest picture sale held by Mallams of Oxford was a hilltop view of the Sussex landscape by Hannah Gluckstein (1895-1978).
![Lot and his Daughters by Sir Peter Paul Rubens](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/7112/rubens-lot-and-his-daughers-christies-2234ne05a-16-03-16.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462556940000000&updated=08%2f03%2f2017+16%3a41%3a34)
Major Rubens to headline London summer sales
16 March 2016An important work by Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) will be among the leading lots on offer at this summer’s auction series in London. Lot and his Daughters from c.1613-14 will be the centrepiece of Christie’s newly launched ‘curated’ week of sales branded Classic Week in July.
![Roelandt Savery at Colnaghi TEFAF](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/7105/savery-still-life-colnaghi-2233ne07a-11-03-16.jpg?center=0.47333333333333333,0.44075829383886256&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462556940000000&updated=08%2f03%2f2017+16%3a41%3a34)
TEFAF 2016: dealers report museum purchases among string of sales on opening day
11 March 2016The aisles were busy at the opening of the 29th edition of TEFAF Maastricht 2016 and a decent stream of sales to private buyers added to the buzz created by some significant museum acquisitions.
![Dr Clare McAndrew TEFAF Report](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/7104/dr-clare-mcandrew-tefaf-2233ne06x-11-03-16.jpg?center=0.46333333333333332,0.49111111111111111&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462556940000000&updated=08%2f03%2f2017+16%3a41%3a34)
TEFAF 2016: “The bubble has not burst in art market values,” delegates told
11 March 2016The global market for art and antiques may have dropped by seven per cent in sales by value last year, but this is “not a signal that the bubble has burst”, the art market’s leading economist told TEFAF 2016 delegates this morning.
![Tibetan statue Bellmans auctions](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/7078/tibetan-statue-bellmans-2232ned04a-07-03-16.jpg?center=0.28,0.5&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462556930000000&updated=08%2f03%2f2017+16%3a41%3a33)
From £25 to £15,500 – the boot fair bronze
11 March 2016A 16th century Tibetan gilt-bronze figure of the Buddhist deity Green Tara sold to an international bidder for £15,500 at Bellmans in Wisborough Green – a coup for the vendor who had paid just £25 for it at a car boot fair.
![Pulman Photographic Studio prints](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/7018/16-03-02-2231ne04a-elizabeth-pulman-photos-new-zealand.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462556900000000&updated=08%2f03%2f2017+16%3a41%3a30)
Images from New Zealand’s first female photographer appear at Shropshire auction
02 March 2016Originally from Lymm in Cheshire, Elizabeth Pulman (née Chadd) (1836-1900) is regarded as the first professional female photographer in New Zealand.
![Alberto Giacometti plaster sculpture](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/7015/16-03-01-2231ne06a-femme-alberto-giacometti.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462556890000000&updated=08%2f03%2f2017+16%3a41%3a29)
Nicholson’s plaster Giacometti given export bar
01 March 2016A temporary export bar has been placed on Femme, a 15in (37cm) plaster sculpture made by Alberto Giacometti c.1928-29.
Modern British art fair launched in London
25 February 2016Following the cancellation of the 20/21 British Art Fair, a new event has been announced that intends to fill the gap left by the loss of the established September fixture.
![Artists Resale Right royalties](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/7009/16-02-24-2230ne04a-artists-resale-right-statistics.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462556880000000&updated=08%2f03%2f2017+16%3a41%3a28)
£50m collected in decade of Artist’s Resale Right
24 February 2016A decade on since Artist’s Resale Right (ARR) was launched in the UK, over £50m has been collected from auctions and dealers for artists and their heirs.
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