Modern British Art

Nick Skipp launched Nick Skipp Fine Art in 2022. He specialises in Modern European and British abstract art and studio ceramics alongside selected antiquities such as sculpture and pottery. Skipp exhibits at this week’s Mayfair Antiques & Fine Art Fair.

A still-life by Sir William Nicholson (1872-1949) that appeared in the final sale of the year at Olympia Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) “generated ripples of excitement among private collectors and the trade alike” according to the West London saleroom.

Picture on exhibitor’s stand depicts an equestrian act when Islington's Business Design Centre hosted agricultural shows

Many of Cyril Edward Power’s (1872-1951) most sought-after subjects for his futurist-style linocuts involve different methods of public transport.

The highest auction prices for Mary Adshead (1904-95) all came at Sotheby’s Olympia back in 2006.

Auctioneer congratulates ex-pat bidder in Welsh as she buys a Kyffin Williams for the first time

Up in North Yorkshire, it was a view of a landscape down south that led Tennants’ (24% buyer’s premium) British, European & Sporting Art sale.

Christina Jansen is managing director of The Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh, which was established in 1842. She started in the applied arts department before working her way up to run the gallery in 2016. On show at the gallery now are several Contemporary exhibitions running until December 23 including The Miniaturist Gallery (more below) and a selection of pictures by Victoria Crowe.

Some notable auction action has been generated by the artist Robert Polhill Bevan (1865-1925) over the last few months.

Cast-iron provenances and first appearances on the market combine to boost value in a Cornish saleroom

'Landscape and Figures' by Archibald McGlashan (1888-1980) is among the highlights at Ottocento’s Modern British art exhibition.

While pictures of young female sitters are not unusual in the oeuvre of George Clausen (1852-1944), ones with mythological or allegorical subjects are distinctly rarer.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a Henry Moore alabaster head at Sotheby’s.

Little-known artist tutored by Cedric Morris comes under the spotlight thanks to her portrait of him

An auction record for Harry Becker (1865-1928) was set this autumn.

Works that come to auction directly from artists’ estates often have extra appeal due to a combination of factors.

Stephen Ward (1912-63) will no doubt always be remembered as the man who introduced the model Christine Keeler to the politician John Profumo.

Lynn Chadwick’s (1914-2003) figure sculptures of the 1960s-80s consist largely of angular male and female couples – standing, sitting, walking or lying together.