Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Becker depicts reality of rural life
07 October 2019For a number of years, the Colchester-born artist Harry Becker (1865-1928) followed the conventional path of a professional artist, achieving significant success and exhibiting regularly at the Royal Academy. But a growing disenchantment with London led to his ultimate departure in 1913 to Suffolk.
Frith stands out from the crowd
07 October 2019Artist famous for his busy panoramic scenes also profited from intimate female portraits
Avant-garde artist Dismorr at the forefront of demand
07 October 2019In a sale of Modern and Contemporary British art in south London, this undated work House and Trees below sold for a multi-estimate £5800.
Livestock painter Boultbee shows his natural attraction
07 October 2019Many figures involved in the booming 19th century art industry of livestock portraiture had no formal training.
Affordable art: Three works sold for £3000 or under including Walter Shaw coastal scene
07 October 2019Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales for £3000 or under, including a coastal view by Walter Shaw.
Sri Lankan scenes emerge in Essex saleroom
30 September 2019Auction includes collection of Modernist works breaking away from south Asian tradition
Becker price is a cut above
30 September 2019Harry Becker (1865-1928) is not well known outside East Anglia but he is much admired both for a skilled grasp of Impressionism and his choice of subject matter.
Take a trip to Scarborough
30 September 2019Before he learnt to paint, Sheffield-born artist Joe Scarborough (b.1938) was a laboratory assistant at Batchelors, the processed food company, then a face worker at the Thorpe Hesley colliery.
Affordable art: Three works sold for under £2000 including Paul Sandby sketch
30 September 2019Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales below £2000, including a pen and ink wash by Paul Sandby.
Curtain call for Roy Oxlade
30 September 2019Roy Oxlade (1929- 2014) emerged in the 1950s as one of a distinguished group of painters, including Frank Auerbach and Leon Kossoff, who studied under David Bomberg at Borough Polytechnic in London.
‘Brother in brush’ art gains global following
30 September 2019This 21 x 15in (54 x 39cm) watercolour, below, probably depicting the New Julfa quarter of Isfahan, is by the Armenian-Iranian painter Sumbat Kiureghian (1913- 99).
Soap star’s secret Mod Brit cache
23 September 2019Emmerdale actor’s love of Ayrton and circle seen at Tetsworth estate sale
Affordable art: Three works sold for under £2200 including an oil by English Vorticist Frederick Etchells
23 September 2019Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales below £2200, including an unsigned oil on board, attributed to the English Vorticist Frederick Etchells.
Kelly now enjoying the Lakes limelight
23 September 2019The prolific artist Percy Kelly (1918-93) was averse to the limelight and only a few of his paintings were shown publicly during his life. But a major retrospective at the Tullie House gallery Carlisle in 2015 and a birth centenary last year has helped raise the Cumbrian artist’s profile.
Movements in the market – for property and art
16 September 2019A busier than usual summer for the local housing market appeared to boost both vendor consignments and bidding at Market Harborough auctioneers Gildings (18% buyer’s premium).
On the scent of Emms - sporting scene hunted out at auction
16 September 2019It was while working as a studio assistant to Lord Leighton in the early 1860s that John Emms (1841-1912) travelled to Lyndhurst in the New Forest, a trip that would define his career as a painter of dog portraits and sporting scenes.
Affordable art: Three works sold for under £3000 including a painting by mountaineer-artist Bill Peascod
16 September 2019Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales below £3000.
Courageous bids on a pale ale horse painting at Woolley & Wallis
16 September 2019Reinagle’s equine portrait painted in Reading brewery brings £15,000 at Salisbury sale
Contrasting images come together for pleasing sale results
09 September 2019These two portraits – one painted in colourful hues by a known hand, the other unattributed and executed in monochrome – were the star picture lots at a lively auction in East Sussex.
Lowry signed limited edition prints and drawings bring good returns at auction
09 September 2019Before an artist achieves ‘blue chip’ status, there is often a watershed moment in the market – a result – that makes people sit up and take note. For the Salford painter LS Lowry (1887-1976) this was the purchase of 'Going To The Match' in 1999 at Sotheby’s by the Professional Footballers’ Association.