Impressionist and Modern Art

Flora Wood (1908-98) was a Scottish painter, draughtman and sculptor who studied in Edinburgh.

This lithograph and watercolour from 1916 by Paul Klee (1879-1940) is offered in the sale of prints and multiples at Hindman in Chicago on September 29.

Scenes of rural life in the Outback are the most common subject of the prolific and highly inventive Australian painter Kevin ‘Pro’ Hart (1928-2006).

This striking unique bed was designed in 1935 by poet and patron Edward James together with interior decorator Norris Wakefield.

Doyle in New York is holding a Fine Art auction on September 14 offering a selection of affordable paintings, prints and sculpture that spans the late 19th through the 20th centuries.

A rediscovered painting by the German Symbolist and Munich Secessionist artist Franz von Stuck (1863-1928) is to be offered by Soulis Auctions in Lone Jack, (suburban Kansas City) Missouri, on September 23.

Besch Cannes Auctions holds its summer sale series in Cannes from August 13-16.

A string of top-end consignments of British works boosted the latest London sales of Modern and Contemporary art.

The top-selling lots in the Swaythling collection sold at Christie's were paintings from a diverse range of genres and periods.

Ketterer’s (25/20% buyer’s premium) recent evening sale in Munich got off to a perfect start.

A Picasso drawing found in a cupboard has been sold at a French auction house for €158,000 (£135,000) or €192,759 including buyer’s premium.

Horror and fantasy novelist went from buying comic art to modern European purchases.

Summer highlights from auctions and dealers.

In 1923, soon after the Swiss avant-garde artist Alice Bailly painted her 2ft 2in x 20in (65 x 50cm) canvas La cantatrice, it was bought by the collector Friedrich Trüssel at an exhibition in Bern.

Two paintings sold in German auctions were produced by artists killed in wartime

From mid-June Brussels will be a hive of activity on the art and antiques front with plenty on offer to interest residents and draw visitors to the city.