19th Century European Art

In retrospect, it was a blessing for Victor-Gabriel Gilbert (1847-1935) that his parents did not have the money to finance his training at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

Visions of the Orient is a selling show staged by Darnley Fine Art but also includes rarely seen loaned works from Rochdale’s museum that have been in storage for many years.

'Rumsinterior', a signed, undated oil on canvas by Swiss-born Danish artist Bertha Wegmann (1847-1926), hammered for $24,000 (£17,900) at Stair (31% buyer’s premium).

Might anyone be able to help track down a missing painting by Thomas Fearnley (1802-42), a Norwegian landscape painter of English descent?

One of only two known portraits of a black sitter by a woman artist in the late 19th century has been acquired by a Canadian museum from a London dealer.

'At the Door of the Umayyad Mosque, Damascus', c.1889-91, was painted by Gustav Bauernfeind (1848-1904), one of the leading Orientalist painters of Germany.

A strong result for a 19th century genre picture was achieved for the Italian artist Vittorio Reggianini (1858-1939) at Tennants (24% buyer’s premium) of Leyburn, North Yorkshire.

In the latter half of the 19th century, French society stood at the crossroads of progress.

Dealer and mountaineer is fascinated by both the peak in real life and in a Doré depiction of first ascent

Prices for the 19th century Polish genre painter Simeon (Szymon) Buchbinder moved to a new level at a sale at Blank (22% buyer’s premium) in Bad Vilbel, near Frankfurt.

A handful of Continental pictures representing different strands of 19th century art, including Romantic, Realist, academic and Grand Tour traditions, were among the highlights at Chiswick Auctions’ (26% buyer’s premium) latest sale of Old Masters and 19th century art.

‘Any half-good work’ by the artist-mountaineer ‘seems to get several phone lines booked’, says expert

Swedish artists are especially prominent in show staged by first-time exhibitor at Master Drawings

A group of works by George Richmond (1809-96) offered at auction at the end of last year showed plenty of life remains in the market for the London-born painter.

A small number of intriguing 18th and 19th century pictures were among the works bringing the strongest competition in terms of the pictures at Gorringe’s (25% buyer’s premium) latest Fine Art & Interiors auction.

Doyle (28% buyer’s premium) set a record for an artwork by Mathilde, Princess Bonaparte (1820-1904) at a sale in New York.

Franz Xavier Kosler (1864-1905) made his reputation painting Arabian market scenes and the art market continues to admire them.