Oil, Acrylic paintings & Mixed Media

A portrait of a mystery soldier identified by a dealer has sold to a private collector.

A group of five pictures by Clifford Hall (1904-73) came to Parker Fine Art Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) in Farnham sale courtesy of the daughter of a collector who used to paint with the artist.

‘Any half-good work’ by the artist-mountaineer ‘seems to get several phone lines booked’, says expert

The huge changes that Florentine art underwent in the 15th century are illustrated by two pictures in Robilant + Voena’s latest exhibition in London: an altarpiece by Neri di Bicci (1419-91) and a Madonna and Child by his pupil Francesco Botticini (1446-97).

A picture of a carriage horse by a once nearly forgotten animal painter is one of the stand-out offerings at the Pavilions of Harrogate Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair.

The art world descends on New York in the closing days of January. The Winter Show, Master Drawings New York, and a number of sales at the major auction houses make the season de rigeur for major collectors.

A portrait of John Roper, 1st Baron Teynham (d.1618), has been united with his descendants following our article on the rediscovered picture (ATG No 2720).

A notable Irish hunting painting that emerged at Fonsie Mealy (25% buyer’s premium including VAT) at the end of last year drew “very spirited bidding” according to the Castlecomer, Co Kilkenny saleroom.

London Art Fair stands out as a key early opportunity to showcase works to a domestic audience

Pocket watches owned by Horatio Nelson, Thomas Hardy and Cuthbert Collingwood and consulted throughout the Battle of Trafalgar were sold together as a single lot in London on December 9.

To mark the completion of its newly expanded space in the West End’s Cecil Court, Darnley Fine Art is presenting an exhibition on the so-called ‘lost’ Post-Impressionists Robert Deborne (1870-1944) and Henri Ottmann (1877-1927).