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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Maple cabinet with intriguing artistic collaboration
12 May 2014Mystery surrounds the origin of a maple cabinet designed by Edward William Godwin and painted by James Abbott McNeill Whistler which has been bought by National Museums Scotland (NMS).
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Horst’s perfect storm hits Philadelphia
09 May 2014Alasdair Nichol, picture specialist and vice chairman at Freeman’s of Philadelphia, called the Horst collection “an auctioneer’s perfect storm” – the sale of a previously unknown cache of untouched European and American art exposed to market for the first time in close to a century.
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Hemy’s oyster dredgers head home to Falmouth
02 May 2014Appearing at the latest of the twice-yearly marine sales at Bonhams Knightsbridge was a painting by Charles Napier Hemy (1841-1917) which had local connections helping bring demand.
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Cleveley arrives at Bonhams this summer
01 May 2014Bonhams will be looking for fair winds in July when the John Windeler Robertson collection goes under the hammer in New Bond Street.
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Lottery grant brings in Polar archive from the cold
07 April 2014The Polar Museum in Cambridge has confirmed that it has secured the photographic archive linked to Scott’s last expedition after a public appeal for funds by explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes.
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Stubbs’ big cats to headline Sotheby’s Old Master sale
02 April 2014A rare painting of two big cats by George Stubbs will be offered for sale at Sotheby’s Old Master sale in London on July 9.
Lower price tag for Van Dyck self-portrait
31 March 2014An appeal to buy Van Dyck’s final self-portrait for the nation, painted in England in 1640-41, has been given a boost by the news that a lower price is expected.
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Lowry collection raises £13m at Sotheby’s
28 March 2014The stand-alone evening sale of 15 paintings by L.S. Lowry at Sotheby’s on March 26 raised £13m, with all bar two works getting away.
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Wartime prints marching to the fore
28 March 2014Images and footage of the First World War seem to be featuring prominently on TV at the moment, no doubt part of the extra attention engendered by the marking of the centenary of the outbreak of the conflict in 1914.
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Real interest in a Surrealist Scot
26 March 2014EXHIBITION – Edwin G. Lucas is not a name familiar to most, nor is the phrase ‘Scottish Surrealist’.
HMRC loses capital gains tax appeal over Joshua Reynolds' £9.4m Omai
24 March 2014An appeal court ruling on the tax status of Sir Joshua Reynolds’ masterpiece ‘Omai’ means that a number of very rich people are likely to get a bit richer.
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Fabergé discovery: Wartski win ultimate Easter egg hunt
18 March 2014A previously lost Fabergé egg has been found by Mayfair jeweller Wartski in the American Midwest.
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Lowry’s people on a promenade
14 March 2014A sketch by LS Lowry will be offered at Peter Wilson of Nantwich in Cheshire on May 1.
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Old Master to headline in Shrewsbury sale
14 March 2014A rare early work by the Dutch Old Master painter Dirck Van Delen (c.1605-1671) will be offered at Halls of Shrewsbury on April 16.
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More Lowry print copies emerge – and clues on how to spot them
10 March 2014Recent reports suggest the number of copied Lowry prints in circulation is increasing.
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Nevinson watercolour at fine art sale in Yorkshire
06 March 2014This picture by CRW Nevinson (1889-1946) is being offered at the Spring Fine Art Sale being held by Tennants in Leyburn, North Yorkshire on March 28-29.
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Ivon Hitchens sale is a cut above
05 March 2014EXHIBITION – In 1956, the woodsman Ted Floate met Ivon Hitchens (1893-1979) quite by chance but ended up managing the artist’s estate while also helping with framing and even giving other technical advice.
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Christie’s to offer important Old Master drawings collection
27 February 2014Christie’s has announced a major consignment of Old Master drawings which will be offered over the next two years in a series of sales in London, Amsterdam and Paris.
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Pop in to this Hamilton show
26 February 2014EXHIBITION – As an artist in search of inspiration, the arrest of your dealer might not be your go-to choice of subject matter.
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Bellows paves the way for US artists at the National Gallery
24 February 2014The purchase of a George Bellows painting has signalled a major change in policy at the National Gallery, ending 190 years of showing only European artists.
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