Fine Art

Welcome focus on women painters in recent years shows no sign of slowing down amid great interest and demand

A collection of works by the Cotman family of artists is coming for sale at Maidenhead auction house Dawsons this month.

Christie’s first major auction series since raising its buyer’s premium last month kicked off in New York offering Impressionist and Modern art.

Amy Scanlon, head of Modern and Contemporary art at Sworders of Stansted Mountfitchet, discusses her affection for Bawden prints

Fair in Petworth benefits from its setting near to a famous National Trust’s property and an 'antiques destination' town

The stand-free fair, 'Eye of the Collector', returns to London this May for its third physical edition.

A lively market has emerged for the linocuts of Great Bardfield artist Edward Bawden

Disputed sculpture was given the thumbs-up by the French emperor and then greatly admired

Colonial French-influenced Vietnamese painting continues to be a strong market performer with examples regularly turning up in French auctions and making significant sums.

Now hugely popular, this collecting field actually took many years to get going

'Cattle Market, Braintree' from 1937 is a trademark Edward Bawden image. But it is also the artist’s only pre-war editioned print.

This work by Henry Fuseli (1741-1825) is a study for the figure of a kneeling figure of Caractacus’ daughter in the artist’s painting 'Caractacus’ speech before Claudius'.

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

This drawing by the Surrealist artist Francis Picabia (1879-1953) had several interesting associations in its provenance.

Drawing four phone bidders plus online, a rediscovered early watercolour of Chepstow Castle by JMW Turner (1775-1851) led Cheffins’ latest fine art sale.

Since the 12th century the Sicilian town of Trapani has been closely connected to the art of coral carving. Thanks to the invention of a particular tool, ideally suited to the material, in the 16th century, the industry thrived.

A group of signed drawings by royal fashion designer Norman Hartnell (1901-79) was offered at Richard Winterton (22% buyer’s premium) on February 15.