Fine Art

Many works by the great British artist are now owned by institutions but smaller paintings and sketches are common sights at salerooms

Artist survived a shipwreck but then spent a decade creating portraits and views of the local landscape

A wide range of dealer exhibitions are on offer to brighten up this summer even further. Here is a selection

Photo albums contain some of the first images of the remote country plus enthronement of the Dalai Lama

Hazlitt Holland Hibbert has announced that it will represent the estate of Modern British artist Victor Pasmore (1908-88) along with Frankie Rossi Art (both based in Bury Street, St James’s).

The Salvator Mundi drawing attributed to Leonardo da Vinci’s workshop which sold for €500,000 (ATG No 2692) was not the only sought-after work at Dorotheum’s (28/25/22% buyer’s premium) spring Old Master sale.

Works by the tragically short-lived German artist Franz Horny are by necessity relatively rare.

A bronze cast of the Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) bust 'Mignon' hammered for $97,500 (£73,350) at Black Rock Galleries in Fairfield, Connecticut.

Stephen Ongpin Fine Art is hosting a much-anticipated exhibition for the summer: 'Two Centuries of British Drawings, Watercolours and Oil Sketches'. The show boasts over 60 works, including JMW Turner and Johann Heinrich Füssli.

The most extensive selection of works to come on the open market provides an opportunity to assess the market for the Modern British print specialist

Nicholas Bowlby was a dealer of the old school, a character of great warmth and wit, naturally inquisitive with an eclectic taste that ran from early watercolours to contemporary abstracts.

Two paintings of trademark male nudes by British artist William Etty (1789-1849) emerged in a US saleroom as part of the collection of a university lecturer.

The Saunders collection seems to have been the consignment that Sotheby’s could not afford to lose.