Fine Art

Colnaghi has kicked off the second annual BADA Week early with several pictures from its exhibition already sold or reserved.

Although largely still an unknown outside the Victorian art world, the second-generation Pre-Raphaelite painter Marie Spartali Stillman (1844-1927) was a cherished member of the circle as model, muse, student and ultimately colleague.

Flora Wood (1908-98) was a Scottish painter, draughtman and sculptor who studied in Edinburgh.

Modern and Contemporary art was one of the sectors that seemed to experience an uplift of interest during the lockdown as people had more time to search online for works they like.

From falling off a wall to being damaged in transit, antique frames often need to be repaired.

This silhouette of a trophy brown trout and fishing fly in pen, ink and watercolour on paper is offered as part of Robert Young Antiques’ exhibition Tiddlers and Whoppers.

Two abstract landscapes by Denis Wirth-Miller (1915-2010) were among the works in demand at the latest Post-War and Contemporary art sale held at Lyon & Turnbull (26% buyer’s premium) in Edinburgh.

Interior Life, Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert’s exhibition celebrating Lucian Freud’s centenary, offers a glimpse at the artist’s collecting habits.

Multiple editions can make Contemporary art more accessible to the masses.

Usually overshadowed by the art that lies within, it is often forgotten that frames themselves can be a fundamental part of the overall value.

Does the Contemporary art auction market need levelling up?

Apparently Sally Arnup (1930-2015) knew she was going to be a sculptor from the age of five – taking a shed in the family garden as a studio.

Barcelona-Paris: 1860-1936 A Journey to Modernity includes a c.1914-15 painting, 5ft 6in x 23in (1.82m x 60cm), by Ramon Casas titled La Parisienne.

The multi-talented dramatist, artist and set designer Louis Carrogis known as Carmontelle (1717-1806) is well known for his extensive series of portraits of members of the French Court and other famous personalities.

The rise in Contemporary African art sales is reflected in the market and wider art world this autumn.

A new gallery has opened in Chipping Campden.

Karen Taylor stages Pomegranates and papaya: 19 watercolours of fruit and vegetables online.

Five works by Maggi Hambling (b.1945) will be offered at Cambridge saleroom Cheffins on October 27.

“Parker has created the first regular frames auction with a dedicated catalogue in more than 10 years. It is great to see.”

Prints and drawings by the English artist and caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827) from an American collector are being sold on iGavel auctions in an online sale presented by Lark Mason Associates that runs until September 28.