Modern British Art

Thirty-eight lots offered in Bath included a strong array of 20th century works assembled in London

Online exhibition focuses on style and dress depicted in 20th century art often by lesser-known creators

Established in 1936, London gallery Abbott and Holder first published one of its now established ‘Lists’ in 1942. The firm now publishes these monthly, online, providing a way to introduce 100 new works of art to its existing stock.

Among the watercolours attracting interest at the earlier part of the year were four works by Lucy Elizabeth Kemp-Welch (1869-1958) that appeared at Lincoln saleroom Golding Young & Mawer (24% buyer’s premium).

Gladys Hynes (1888-1958), an overlooked Irish-British artist, pacifist, feminist and Irish Republican, will be the subject of a forthcoming book by Jennifer FitzGerald and Sean Mark and I to be published by Yale University Press in 2026.

Focus on two flower paintings created in Kent by different artists but offered at the same local saleroom

A stylised still-life by Robert Colquhoun (1914-62) was one of a number of good quality Scottish pictures generating interest at a recent sale at Taylors Auctions (26% buyer’s premium) in Montrose, Angus.

Exhibition follows hot on the heels of the Master Drawings event in the US but with prices at generally lower levels

Less-than-pristine paints and brushes from the studio of Lucien Freud (1922-2011) were sold by University Archives (23% buyer’s premium) in Wilton, Connecticut.

Collection of banker and financier with a bohemian streak included an eclectic mix of pictures