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.

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John Nash is flavour of the months

05 March 2018

The Buckinghamshire countryside, with its rolling hills, fields, hedgerows and trees, inspired much of the art of John Nash (1893-1977), the younger and less well-known brother of Paul Nash.

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Frampton comes alive at auction

05 March 2018

The 20th century portraitist Meredith Frampton (1894-1984) achieved remarkable success in a relatively short career.

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Basil Beattie stars at latest instalment of Royal Academy’s Art Sales programme

03 March 2018

The Royal Academy opened a selling show this week show featuring to work of RA artist Basil Beattie.

Picasso portrait at Sotheby's

Sotheby’s Impressionist and Modern evening auction lifted by Picasso portraits

28 February 2018

Works by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) dominated the latest series of Impressionist and Modern art auctions in London with the evening sales at Sotheby’s and Christie’s both led by works by the Spanish artist.

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From fifties fashion to Churchill: photographs by Elsbeth Juda go up for sale in London

28 February 2018

The Jewish Museum has opened a retrospective of the late British photographer Elsbeth Juda, a Jewish émigré who brought a new modernist artistic vision to Britain from Germany.

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“His eyes shine, his nose is wet, he’s about to move”… Guercino’s canine portrait set to lead Old Master offering at Cambridge auction – video

28 February 2018

A group of intriguing Old Masters being offered at Cheffins next month was the catalyst for the auction house holding its first London viewing. With the works including a rare, striking and potentially very valuable Guercino (1591-1666) dog portrait, ATG spoke to head of the Cambridge saleroom’s head of pictures Sarah Flynn about the upcoming sale.

‘Mousquetaire et nu assis’ by Pablo Picasso

Picasso in demand – Gurr Johns wins multiple bidding battles for Spanish painter’s works at Christie’s

28 February 2018

Works by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) led the latest sales of Impressionist & Modern and Surrealist art at Christie’s.

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Stolen Degas painting found on a bus near Paris eight years after art theft

26 February 2018

Edgar Degas’ impressionist picture ‘Les Choristes’ (The Chorus Singers) was stolen while it was on loan to The Musée Cantini in Marseille in 2009 from Musee d'Orsay in Paris.

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Fish dish tickles bidder tastebuds in Salisbury

26 February 2018

When it comes to the business of selling middle-market collections, the big London salerooms are particularly adept at cherry-picking the best and rejecting the rest.

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Marino Marini starts at Robilant + Voena exhibition

26 February 2018

Over a period of four decades, from the 1930s-‘60s, the Italian artist Marino Marini (1901-80) returned again and again to the subject of horse and rider.

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The importance of TEFAF Maastricht and my star item this year – images and video

26 February 2018

Here we ask the dealers who participated in ATG's Round Table discussion the reasons why they choose to stand at the fair and ask them to pick out a star item they are taking this year.

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Surrealist exhibition in London brings together giants of the movement

26 February 2018

Olivier Malingue launched his eponymous New Bond Street gallery in 2016 and has devoted its business to bringing older pieces into contemporary frameworks.

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Previews: £30,000 plus

26 February 2018

Our weekly selection from salerooms and dealerships.

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Topographical art elevates Essex sale

26 February 2018

Topographical watercolours may not be the hottest area of the art market, but they can still pack a punch in the saleroom.

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Government issues export bar for John Martin watercolour in hope of finding UK buyer

22 February 2018

A £1.5m watercolour by British artist John Martin has been barred from export in the hope a buyer in the UK can be found.

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From Picasso portraits to porcelain dinner services: take a tour around the Rockefeller collection ahead of Christie’s auction – video

22 February 2018

As the collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller goes on view in London, ATG takes a tour around Christie’s exhibition of key lots ahead of what could be the most valuable single-owner sale ever held.

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Key Cornwall landscapes by Peter Lanyon star in Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert exhibition – video

21 February 2018

Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert’s current exhibition features the art of Modern British artist Peter Lanyon (1918-64).

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Collection of billionaire American philanthropists Peggy and David Rockefeller goes on show in London as part of world tour ahead of ‘sale of the century’ auction

19 February 2018

What could become the most valuable collection ever auctioned is going on show in London this week.

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Pick of the Week: Scottish library find reveals Indian photos

19 February 2018

A country house library in south-west Scotland was the source of an album of 19th century photographs of India that provided a Valentine’s Day surprise at Lyon & Turnbull in Edinburgh.

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Czech artist firmly back in favour at auction

19 February 2018

Experimental work by the Czech Expressionist Ernest Neuschul (1895-1968) chimed with current tastes in a sell-out studio sale in Somerset.

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