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.
![Harold Cohen AARON drawing](/media/106355/harold-cohen-aaron-drawing-2658am03a-14-08-2024.jpg?rxy=0.407673860911271,0.4217252396166134&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=133680305680000000)
Example of early AI art in demand at Chiswick Auctions
14 August 2024As with most other areas of life, it remains difficult to say at present whether artificial intelligence will end up having a transformational effect on the art market or not.
![Hop Picking by Dame Laura Knight](/media/106352/2658am03a-kinghams-laura-knight-lot-266.jpg?rxy=0.43884892086330934,0.42178217821782177&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=133679510390000000)
Bidders pick out a Laura Knight painting in Gloucestershire
13 August 2024A painting by Dame Laura Knight (1877-1970) depicting hop pickers more than doubled estimate when it appeared at Gloucestershire saleroom Kinghams (25% buyer’s premium) last month.
![Zoe Grey 17 Imagecredit Rosiehastie](/media/106047/zoe_grey-17_imagecredit_rosiehastie.jpg?rxy=0.58273381294964033,0.37410071942446044&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=133679350400000000)
Tasmanian artist scoops the AUS$100,000 Hadley's Art Prize
12 August 2024Zoe Grey's depiction of Preminghana, a seaside mountain in her home town, secured two cash prizes and critical acclaim
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Menzel pastel benefits from provenance
12 August 2024In recent years, there has been an upsurge in interest for works by Adolph Menzel (see also ATG No 2649), whose works often go way above the guides and achieve unexpected six-figure prices.
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‘Compositions of real class’ strengthen their appeal
12 August 2024Leading several modestly pitched highlights at Ewbank’s (25% buyer’s premium) in Surrey last month was this signed charcoal portrait of a girl by Welsh painter Augustus John (1878-1961).
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Works by Swiss artists tempt Swiss collectors
12 August 2024Swiss collectors were in a generous mood at Koller’s (25/22/15% buyer’s premium) recent Zurich auction.
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Bellmer’s descending nude hammered down at £95,000
12 August 2024German artist Hans Bellmer (1902-75) explored themes of desire, sexuality and the subconscious mind through his surrealistic sculptures, drawings and photographs.
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Drawing result is a surprise even for Klimt in Austria
12 August 2024Works on paper by Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) are regularly strong sellers at Austrian auctions, but even so, the result for one of his coloured pencil drawings at a Dorotheum (30/25% buyer’s premium) sale in Vienna was quite a surprise.
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Sir Alfred Munnings work trots back to rostrum 20 years later
12 August 2024Oil sketch appears at auction two decades on but overall the artist’s premium works are in short supply
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Surrealist star wows London after 50-year absence
09 August 2024Henry Orlik was celebrated alongside Salvador Dali and René Magritte before he withdrew from the art world. A new show at Winsor Birch is bringing him back into the spotlight
![Rogers Jones auction at Gregynog Hall](/media/106005/rogers-jones-gregynog-hall-saleroom-2658am01a-07-08-2024.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=133675185440000000)
Sir Kyffin Williams dominates at Rogers Jones’ inaugural sale at Gregynog Hall
07 August 2024Welsh auction house Rogers Jones said its first sale in mid-Wales at Gregynog Hall in Powys experienced a greater turn out of room bidders than for any Welsh Sale since before covid.
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Medieval oak roof angels fly above estimate in Devon
06 August 2024The first lot offered in the latest Fine Art, Antiques & Collectors’ Items sale held at Adam Partridge (20% buyer’s premium) in Devon was simply described as ‘a group of five 16th century carved oak figures of saints …’.
![William Orpen portrait of Evelyn St. George](/media/105780/william-orpen-portrait-2655ne-02-08-2024.jpg?rxy=0.53014184397163122,0.30705882352941177&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=133670806750000000)
Orpen portrait of muse and lover brings serious interest in New Jersey auction
05 August 2024The love affair between painter Sir William Orpen (1878-1931) and Evelyn St. George has always been a subject of great public interest.
![Pink and gold by Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell](/media/105768/pink-and-gold-by-francis-cadell-b-2655ne-05-08-2024.jpg?rxy=0.53666666666666663,0.35839598997493732&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=133670014360000000)
Paisley Art Institute consigns 100 works to auction after withdrawing collection from host museum
05 August 2024A selection of 100 paintings from the collection of the Paisley Art Institute in Scotland has been consigned to Lyon & Turnbull.
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Street view and galleon at sea surface in same south London sale
05 August 2024In a fortuitous coincidence, two Old Master drawings linked to leading Netherlandish painters emerged in the same auction at Roseberys (26/25/20% buyer’s premium) in south London.
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Future French king portrayed by female painter ‘Madame Tott’
05 August 2024Born in Constantinople, the daughter of a French nobleman of Hungarian descent, painter Sophie-Ernestine de Tott (1758-1848) spent more than two decades in London as an amateur painter and musician.
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St Agnes sparks a bidding battle
05 August 2024Overseas buyer emerges victorious as Old Master generates fierce competition in an Oxford sale
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London gallery sells feminist masterpiece to Manchester Art Gallery
02 August 2024Martin Beisly Fine Art has sold a major work by a female Victorian artist to Manchester Art Gallery.
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Five Questions with Church Street dealer Nick Jones
31 July 2024Nick Jones has been a dealer for over 30 years. His shop at 34 Church Street in north London is a magnet for stylists, interior designers and celebrities.
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The perennial power of Picasso on show at London dealership
31 July 2024In 1973, celebrated artists took part in ‘Hommage à Picasso’, a project launched to celebrate the artist's 90th birthday. Gerrish Fine Art are revisiting that collective response
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