Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Picasso’s lithography love shown at Bamfords sale in Derby
03 September 2018Just a month after the Second World War, Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) was in Paris working at the lithography workshop of Fernand Mourlot (1895-1988). It was the beginning of a collaboration that would last almost three decades and produce more than 400 different graphic images and editions.
Wendy Ramshaw showcase at Goldsmiths’ Fair
03 September 2018An exhibition dedicated to the colourful creations of modern jewellery designer Wendy Ramshaw (b.1939) runs at the Goldsmiths’ Fair in London from September 25-October 7.
Scotland breaks summer slumber with Edinburgh Mod Brit and contemporary art sales
03 September 2018August is the month when Scotland takes it up a notch while the rest of the art world has a breather.
Varanasi waterfront takes pride of place in Somerset
03 September 2018An Indian School work guided at £100-150 was the star turn at Greenslade Taylor Hunt (19.5% buyer’s premium) of Taunton in Somerset on August 2.
Sickert strikes a Venetian portrait pose
27 August 2018The setting for this near-monochrome self-portrait, below, by Walter Sickert (1860-1942) is the Campo SS Giovanni e Paolo in Venice and shows the equestrian statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni and the Scuola Grande di San Marco.
Previews: £501 - £2000
27 August 2018ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: £30,000 plus
27 August 2018A large oil painting showing a scene from Homer’s Odyssey by the Victorian painter Briton Riviere (1840-1920) will go under the hammer for the first time in a century.
Previews: Up to £500
27 August 2018ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Saleroom selection: Three works under £1000 in regional sales, including Samuel John 'Lamorna' Birch watercolour
27 August 2018A selection of three works from UK regional salerooms sold for £1000 or under.
Sloane Square viewed from Surrey
27 August 2018Unseen on the market since 1946, a view of Sloane Square (below) by Robert Buhler (1916-89) raced to £5000 at Ewbank’s (22.5% buyer’s premium).
Naval gazing proves profitable
27 August 2018An intriguing portrait by an unidentified hand of a Royal Navy admiral in a wig and blue gilt braided uniform was a star entry at Cotswold saleroom Chorley’s (20/15/12.5/10% buyer’s premium).
Liss lass full of life at auction
27 August 2018Selling above estimate at Jacobs & Hunt (22% buyer’s premium) in Liss, Hampshire, was a life-size bronze by Sydney Harpley (1927-92) titled Umbrella Girl, below.
Previews: £5001 - £30,000
27 August 2018ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Jockeys ride in at £2500
27 August 2018This watercolour, below, by Frederic Whiting (1874-1962) took a multi-estimate £2500 at Thomson Roddick’s (15% buyer’s premium) Edinburgh saleroom on August 9.
Previews: £2001 - £5000
27 August 2018ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Old Master from ‘snail’ house sets pulses racing
27 August 2018This Old Master painting, above, of The Adoration of the Magi in the manner of Italian painter Vincenzo Carducci (c.1576-1638) led a recent Dorset sale.