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Edward Smith passed away peacefully on January 16, 2023 after a short illness. He will be greatly missed by all of his family and friends

A six-figure sum for Belgian Symbolist Fernand Khnopff was the top lot of Christie’s drawing-focused sale.

Also during drawing week, and on the same day and just around the corner from Christie’s, Artcurial held a related art auction.

The Drouot auction centre was also celebrating drawing week with no shortage of drawings and works on paper on offer.

Demonstrations and the bags of rubbish piled up on the Paris streets were no deterrent for visitors to the Salon du Dessin in March.

‘The Land We Live In’ is a toast that appears on a number of Irish decanters made in Cork and Waterford.

Paris works on paper events draw a line under Covid as attendance figures bounce back

Agnews has launched a new works-on-paper business in Brussels.

Dealers at the Dutch art and antiques fair noticed a welcome trend of more eclectic tastes among younger buyers

Dealers at TEFAF Maastricht welcomed a batch of younger buyers during the most recent staging.

A still-life and the vessel it depicts showed up at the same Maastricht fair unexpectedly this year, as did a painting and its study

For three decades, from the 1950s-80s, a Bavarian connoisseur amassed a collection of clocks, some of which are being sold by Nagel in Stuttgart.

On numerous occasions in the early part of the 20th century, Armand Guillaumin visited the picturesque medieval seaside village of Le Brusc.

William Wauer was a man of many facets.

The Franco-Turkish painter Osman Hamdi Bey bridged the gap between Orient and Occident and is regarded as the first exponent of modern Turkish painting

Zemanek-Münster in Würzburg is holding its 100th auction on April 15 and has taken in some impressive pieces for the landmark