Modern British Art

Paintings, sculptures and prints made by 20th century British artists. Big names in this sector include Stanley Spencer, Paul Nash and LS Lowry.


Self portrait by John Craxton

Bidders compete for John Craxton self portrait at Chiswick Auctions

02 December 2025

Among the high prices for pictures at auction towards the tail-end of 2025 were a string of significant sums in the Modern British market.

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The CRW work once owned by HG

01 December 2025

Thames view by Modern British artist Nevinson was acquired by another leading early 20th century figure

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Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh mysticism makes an impact on bidders

01 December 2025

Shakespearean themed watercolour takes hammer price of £75,000 as confirmation of the artist’s status

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Lynch images of a rural idyll impress in Dorset sale

24 November 2025

A group of works by James Lynch (b.1956) brought good competition in the regions after emerging at Duke’s (25% buyer’s premium) of Dorchester, Dorset.

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John Minton fishing scenes net strong four-figure prices

24 November 2025

Towards the end of the 1940s and in the early 1950s, the artist John Minton (1917-57) painted a series of works in Cornwall, producing pictures mostly featuring boats, fishermen and harbours.

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Three Sheila Fell works on offer, three different private buyers

17 November 2025

A trio of works by Cumbrian artist Sheila Fell (1931-79) were among the highlights of Newcastle saleroom Anderson & Garland’s (25% buyer’s premium) latest Modern Art & Design Auction.

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Artist famous for flower paintings but equally gifted at portraits and animals

17 November 2025

I much enjoy ATG's Art Market reports and would like to offer a small amendment and further biographical detail regarding artist Mary Dickinson (ATG No 2717).

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Not grim for Grimshaw up north

10 November 2025

‘Two bidders going hell for leather’ race to £55,000 for scene by artist famed for atmospheric nocturns

The Blue Poppy by Cedric Morris

Cedric Morris flower painting blooms at £160,000

06 November 2025

A string of notable five and six-figure prices at the autumn art sales in the UK included a couple of ‘trademark’ Modern British pictures.

Woodblock

‘Lost’ Eric Ravilious and Tirzah Garwood woodblocks saved for the nation after emerging for sale on eBay

29 October 2025

A group of woodblocks from artists Eric Ravilious and Tirzah Garwood that had been missing for 72 years has been recovered and purchased by two museums.

Bowden Hill, Wiltshire by Richard Eurich

Richard Eurich country vista brings demand at Oxford sale

28 October 2025

A good sum for a painting by Richard Eurich (1903-92) at an auction outside London came at Mallams’ latest Art & Music sale in Oxford.

Christie’s Modern British and Irish Art auction

Christie’s posts higher Modern British total with new buyer’s premium now in force

24 October 2025

Christie’s reported a 20% year-on-year rise in the total for its evening sale of Modern British and Irish Art in London – the first auction in this category to take place under the firm’s updated rate of buyer’s premium.

Antibes by Leslie Marr

Artists’ estates sale underlines vibrant market at more affordable levels

23 October 2025

The Modern and Contemporary art market isn’t all about the expensive headline lots sold during Frieze week.

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Positive impressions of the Great Bardfield school

20 October 2025

The printed work of Eric Ravilious (1903-42) has always been a fascinating area of the artist’s market - something with appeal both to connoisseurial collectors and the wider public.

William Scott exhibition

Jenna Burlingham Gallery hosts exhibition with works from William Scott’s estate

20 October 2025

Modern British art dealer Jenna Burlingham Gallery is hosting a selling exhibition from the estate of artist William Scott (1913-89).

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British Art Fair: Good business reported as Saatchi Gallery welcomes a 13,000 crowd

20 October 2025

Visitors turned out in droves for the most recent edition of the British Art Fair at Saatchi Gallery.

Red Bridge Near Aspatria by Percy Kelly

New high for Percy Kelly at Cumbria auction

15 October 2025

Cumbria saleroom Mitchells (22% buyer’s premium) broke its own auction record for Percy Kelly (1918-93) this autumn.

Leaping Man by Elisabeth Frink

Swindon sale benefits from the friends of Frink

14 October 2025

A significant group of Modern British artworks proved a major highlight of a recent auction held by Kidson-Trigg (24% buyer’s premium) in Swindon.

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A trio of autumnal London art and antiques exhibitions

13 October 2025

To coincide with the V&A’s 'Marie Antoinette: Style' exhibition, portrait miniature specialist Emma Rutherford’s Limner Company is holding a ‘pop-up’ selling exhibition at Daniel Crouch Rare Books in Bury Street, Mayfair.

Girl in her Petticoat by Dod Procter

Major auction record for Dod Procter set at Bonhams

08 October 2025

While prices for the painter Dod Procter (1891-1972) have been rising over the last decade or so, a big jump in terms of her auction record came at Bonhams (28/27% buyer’s premium) latest sale of works by Modern British women artists in London.

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