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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Helleu portrait emerges at Sworders
07 December 2015Paul César Helleu (1859-1927) is best known for his Belle Epoque portraits of beautiful society women.
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Modern masters head to Tajan’s sale in Paris
03 December 2015This 11 x 7in (29 x 20cm) Tête de Femme by Alexej Von Jawlensky is one of over 170 works by a roster of some of the biggest names in modern and contemporary art that will feature in a two-part single-owner sale to be held by Tajan in Paris next week.
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Spanish royalty on offer in Madrid
01 December 2015A pair of royal portraits by the Spanish artist Miguel Jacinto Meléndez (1679-1734) go on sale at auction in Madrid this month.
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Modern British greats in focus: Freud archive and Bacon catalogue
30 November 2015An archive comprising Lucian Freud’s sketchbooks, drawings and letters has been acquired by the nation from the estate of the artist through the Acceptance in Lieu Scheme.
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Nazi looted Houdon bust returns to Poland
20 November 2015A late 18th century bust of the Goddess Diana which was looted from the Royal Lazienki Palace in Warsaw by the Nazis has been returned to Poland after emerging at auction in Vienna.
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Whip-round proves fair gain for Lyon
17 November 2015When two academics spotted a work on the stand of the Lyons dealer Galerie Michel Descours on the opening night of the dedicated Old Masters fair Paris Tableau last week, they immediately felt it was a work that should be in the Musée des Beaux Arts in Lyon.
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Major lots help generate over $2bn total in New York auction fortnight
16 November 2015The large sums of money changing hands at the top end of the Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary art market was underlined at the latest auctions in New York.
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Modigliani tops Christie’s ‘Artist’s Muse’ sale in New York at $152m
12 November 2015Christie’s latest cross-category sale entitled The Artist’s Muse set the second highest ever auction price for a work of art when Amedeo Modigliani’s Nu couché (Reclining nude) sold at $152m (£104.8m).
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Lichtenstein’s Nurse sets artist’s record
12 November 2015A new auction record came for American pop artist Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) when 'Nurse' was knocked down at $85m (£58.6m) at Christie’s cross-category sale entitled The Artist’s Muse earlier this week.
Colnaghi: a new gallery and succession plan
05 November 2015Colnaghi, the venerable London Old Master dealership, is to merge with art dealers Coll & Cortés (London and Madrid).
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No cut-price deal as £35m Rembrandt stays in UK
02 November 2015A Rembrandt portrait sold in a £35m private sale negotiated by Sotheby’s will be staying in the UK after the overseas buyer withdrew their application to export the painting.
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Phillips migrate Martinware to New York while Greenslade’s gourds surface at Salisbury auction
29 October 2015Two single-owner collections of Martinware – each exceptional in their own way – will appear for sale on either side of the Atlantic this autumn.
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Hepworth’s Orkney sculpture heads to its ‘natural home’
26 October 2015A small Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975) sculpture bought at a Christie’s auction by The Pier Arts Centre in Orkney has now gone on display.
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Power of the Penn second time around
21 October 2015As part of their latest 20th Century & Decorative Art auction in Stansted Mountfitchet, Sworders sold this still life by the influential American photographer Irving Penn (1917-2009) for £61,000.
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Constable sketch brings £252,000 in Exeter
13 October 2015A John Constable (1776-1837) oil sketch drew prolonged competition at the latest auction held at Exeter saleroom Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood.
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A shock to the senses: New Jersey sleeper thought to be early Rembrandt
07 October 2015This painting, found by John Nye of Bloomfield, New Jersey saleroom Nye & Company Auctions leaning up against a cellar wall, became one of the sleepers of the year on September 22.
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A second turn of The Lock – Constable heads to Sotheby’s with £8-12m estimate
06 October 2015Three years after Christie’s sold an earlier version for £20m, a second version of John Constable’s (1776-1837) The Lock is being offered at Sotheby’s Old Master & British Paintings Sale on December 9.
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Exeter salerooms to offer John Constable oil sketch of Suffolk
10 September 2015Exeter saleroom Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood will offer a well-provenanced oil by John Constable (1776-1837) in their October 6 fine art sale.
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Modigliani nude to be auctioned at Christie’s New York pitched at $100m
07 September 2015Christie’s have announced a major highlight for the upcoming New York auction series. They are offering Amedeo Modigliani’s Nu couché (Reclining Nude) which they have estimated at in excess of $100m.
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Rediscovered portrait of Churchill by his pal Sickert offered at 20/21 fair
03 September 2015This recently rediscovered painting of Sir Winston Churchill by Walter Sickert (1860-1942) will be offered for sale for the first time at the 20/21 British Art Fair.
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