Fine Art

In the 1870s, French artist Émile-Auguste Hublin (1830-91) made frequent trips to the villages of Brittany, producing a large body of work recording the customs – and costumes – of traditional rural life as the region rapidly industrialised.

Copy of well-known enlightened work featuring portraits and biographies comes to London saleroom

Leading a recent sale at Vogt Auction Texas (25% buyer’s premium) was this portrait of an early 20th century champion homing pigeon.

Recent sale results for the Anglo-Indian artist show a sharp rise as topographical views gain popularity

Two views of the same stretch of Cornish coastline by Arthur Hughes (1832-1915) both attracted interest but made contrasting sums at a recent sale at Canterbury Auction Galleries (25% buyer’s premium).

Guy Peppiatt is holding an exhibition of works by the ‘master of reality’ William Henry Hunt (1790-1864).

Five plates from the series Views of Calcutta underlined the demand for work by Thomas Daniell (1749-1840) when they hammered at £24,000 in Edinburgh on September 4-5.

Lithograph comes from 1920s series made long before Schreyer pledged allegiance to Hitler

Clars (26% buyer’s premium) brought a bronze sculpture by famed 20th century animalier Edouard-Marcel Sandoz (1881-1971) to market in Oakland, California, as part of the Summer Fine Art Sale.

Prices are on the rise for Yorkshire-born painter Anne Brooke (1916-2002).

The only known painting of London by an 18th century Irish female artist came for sale in Salisbury earlier this month.

Top lot at The Magnusson Group (25/15/12% buyer’s premium) at Morristown, New Jersey on July 24, was a 1898 bronze by the Estonian sculptor Amandus Heinrich Adamson (1855-1929).

Modern British trailblazer’s works inspired by a Swiss glacier form centrepiece of event exhibition