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This work is billed as the largest ever nude by Gustave Courbet (1819-77) to be offered at auction

The biggest surprise at a sale held by Schuler (23/20/16% buyer’s premium) came when the dramatic depiction of The Lion Hunt was offered for SFr3000

Edward Smith passed away peacefully on January 16, 2023 after a short illness. He will be greatly missed by all of his family and friends

During the second half of the 19th and the early part of the 20th century, the German artist Ferdinand Keller (1842-1922) had a highly successful career as a painter of historical motifs, some imagined, some of a more documentary manner

A six-figure sum for Belgian Symbolist Fernand Khnopff was the top lot of Christie’s drawing-focused sale.

The Drouot auction centre was also celebrating drawing week with no shortage of drawings and works on paper on offer.

Also during drawing week, and on the same day and just around the corner from Christie’s, Artcurial held a related art auction.

Paris works on paper events draw a line under Covid as attendance figures bounce back

Demonstrations and the bags of rubbish piled up on the Paris streets were no deterrent for visitors to the Salon du Dessin in March.

‘The Land We Live In’ is a toast that appears on a number of Irish decanters made in Cork and Waterford.

Agnews has launched a new works-on-paper business in Brussels.

Dealers at the Dutch art and antiques fair noticed a welcome trend of more eclectic tastes among younger buyers

Dealers at TEFAF Maastricht welcomed a batch of younger buyers during the most recent staging.

On numerous occasions in the early part of the 20th century, Armand Guillaumin visited the picturesque medieval seaside village of Le Brusc.

Zemanek-Münster in Würzburg is holding its 100th auction on April 15 and has taken in some impressive pieces for the landmark

A still-life and the vessel it depicts showed up at the same Maastricht fair unexpectedly this year, as did a painting and its study