Impressionist and Modern Art

One of the flagship sectors of the art market comprising works by artists from the late 19th century through to first half of the 20th century. This area includes works by Impressionist, Surrealist, Expressionist and Cubist painters.


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Panoramic romantic rural scenes produced as a pair stay together for sale

01 September 2025

A pair of panoramic oil on canvas landscapes by French artist Raymond Thibésart (1874-1963) makes for a stand-out item at fine art dealership Gladwell & Patterson’s next exhibition, Treasures.

Léon Spilliaert self-portrait

Belgian symbolist portrait shown at TEFAF acquired by Art Institute of Chicago

26 August 2025

A self-portrait by Belgian artist Léon Spilliaert (1881-1946) featured on the stand of David Lévy at TEFAF Maastricht earlier this year has been acquired by the Art Institute of Chicago.

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ATG letter: My recommendation for a fine place to see fine art – New Art Gallery Walsall

25 August 2025

I enjoyed perusing your recommendations of museums’ special exhibitions to see in your annual Summer Supplement a few weeks ago (ATG No 2699).

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Look beyond the Buffet signature

18 August 2025

London exhibition aims to showcase the diversity and technical skill of an often derided French artist

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Hopes for London’s W2 to become an ‘art postcode’

18 August 2025

3812 Gallery, a Modern and Contemporary Chinese firm founded in Hong Kong, is launching a new outpost in London this autumn.

Mrs Geoffrey Birkbeck

Lavery portrait auctioned as Trinity House Paintings sell-off begins, report reveals

11 August 2025

The sell-off of works once owned by failed art gallery Trinity House Paintings has begun with Sir John Lavery’s portrait of Mrs Geoffrey Birkbeck being sold at a Dreweatts auction.

Fake or Fortune mystery

Fake or Fortune? Does this artwork have the hand of artist Frances Hodgkins?

05 August 2025

The latest in the new 'Fake or Fortune?' series featured a work possibly by Frances Hodgkins (1869-1947).

Francesco Guardi

Global auction sales decline but better results for Old Masters and decorative arts

01 August 2025

The latest art market report by ArtTactic revealed that global auction sales at Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips fell by 6.2% for the first half of 2025.

Portrait of a girl

Fake or Fortune?: Two Renoirs - or are they?

29 July 2025

The latest episode of Fake or Fortune? featured two separate artworks belonging to different owners purporting to be by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919).

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Schlemmer estate opens up market after bitter legal dispute

21 July 2025

Descendents of Bauhaus artist finally reach settlement allowing first 22 works to come for sale in Cologne

Gyula Batthyany painting

Monumental Hungarian painting makes 60 times the high estimate in West Sussex

30 June 2025

A large diptych depicting a profusion of colourful and curious figures attracted spectacular bidding at a recent sale held by Toovey's (24.5% buyer’s premium).

Sotheby’s auction

Tamara de Lempicka leads latest London Modern and Contemporary art series

27 June 2025

The latest Modern and Contemporary art auctions in London raised a combined £97.8m. This compared to £132.3m from the equivalent series last year.

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Andreu work sells at long last

09 June 2025

A recent sale at Shapiro Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) included a picture that would have been familiar to admirers of Spanish Surrealism.

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Toulouse-Lautrec preparatory study comes to auction

02 June 2025

A rare preparatory study by Henri de Toulouse- Lautrec (1864-1901) for one of his famous lithographic posters proved to be the highlight of the 20/21 Century Art evening sale at Christie’s (26/21/15% buyer’s premium) in Paris.

Achill Horses by Mainie Jellett

Whyte’s sets second highest price for a painting by an Irish woman

28 May 2025

An important cubist painting by Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) set a major auction record for the Irish artist at Whyte’s this week.

Karl Stengel

First UK solo show of post-war Hungarian artist

26 May 2025

Karl Stengel's debut solo UK show marks 100 years since the artist's birth

Christie’s auctioneer Adrien Meyer

Monet’s painting of poplar trees brings demand in patchy New York auction series

16 May 2025

The difficulties at the top end of the Modern and Contemporary art market were very much in evidence at the latest flagship auction series in New York.

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Toulouse-Lautrec doodles show talent

12 May 2025

A Latin to French dictionary that belonged to Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was among the highlights a recent sale of Rare Books, Autographs & Maps at Doyle New York (28/27% buyer’s premium).

Saturday Night Out

London gallery offers Swedish gems in timed auction

08 April 2025

With many paintings offered for under £500, this sale of mid-century Swedish art is a decorative gift for those with a limited budget.

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ATG LETTER: Appeal for any Ahmed Parvez UK images

07 April 2025

I’m working on a monograph on the Pakistani artist Ahmed Parvez who lived and worked in Britain in the 1950s and early 1960s.

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