Fine Art

De’ Conti and Tintoretto works shine as part of the Old Master sales in New York

A series of British portraits offered across two different Dreweatts (26/25% buyer’s premium) sales got the new year off to a good start at the Newbury saleroom.

Victorian arts journal was first to be illustrated with a photograph to promote Fox Talbot book

The fashion for eye miniatures – or lover’s eyes – is said to have begun with a politically and socially unacceptable royal affair.

The original 1934 design for 'Le Genie de la Mer' by Carlo Sarrabezolles (1888-1971) was meant for the ocean liner Normandie and is currently on display outside the CMA CGM Tower in Marseille.

Paintings depicting humble carpenter and not-so-humble locksmith benefit from market freshness

A stylised still-life by Robert Colquhoun (1914-62) was one of a number of good quality Scottish pictures generating interest at a recent sale at Taylors Auctions (26% buyer’s premium) in Montrose, Angus.

The London Original Print Fair (LOPF) will be celebrating its 40th birthday when it opens at Somerset House from March 20-23.

As with last year’s equivalent sales, the winter Old Masters auctions in New York looked a little thin.

Exhibition follows hot on the heels of the Master Drawings event in the US but with prices at generally lower levels

The mid-1920s were tough times for architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959).

Less-than-pristine paints and brushes from the studio of Lucien Freud (1922-2011) were sold by University Archives (23% buyer’s premium) in Wilton, Connecticut.

An oil on board titled 'Portrait of a Donkey', painted and signed in 1881 by the noted French animalier Rosa Bonheur (1822-99), performed with gusto at Helmuth Stone Gallery (25% buyer’s premium).

A deceased estate in Dorset that yielded a notable collection of Old Masters provided a fillip to Lawrences (25% buyer’s premium) of Crewkerne’s latest mixed-category auction.