Watercolours
A painting method that employs pigment suspended in a water-based solution, usually applied onto paper.
Though its earliest origins are thought to be prehistoric, its history is usually dated from the Renaissance, when it was used by artists such as Albrecht Durer.
While it may be used as for the creation of preparatory studies, it is also an art form in its own right, and is a technique used for botanical illustration, wildlife illustration and topographical painting as well as traditional genres, particularly landscape.

Miniature of Benjamin West by Henry Bone sells to US buyer
18 January 2021A miniature by Henry Bone (1755-1834) depicting the American artist Benjamin West (1738-1820) was among the notable lots at the recent Hansons sale.

Swedish painter’s alpine view brings a sense of place to Master Drawings New York
18 January 2021“It was the first time I found myself in front of a glacier, alone in the infinite silence and solitude of the snow mountain, surrounded by the overwhelming majesty of nature…”

Whitefriars stained glass designs offered at Abbott and Holder
04 January 2021This 1928 ink and watercolour of stained glass for Stockton on the Forest in North Yorkshire is offered at Abbott and Holder for £350.

West Sussex museum buys Edwardian designs for local church windows from London dealer
30 December 2020Horsham Museum and Art Gallery has bought a presentation watercolour for three stained glass windows in local church St Peter’s in Cowfold from London dealers Abbott and Holder.

New Zealand artist's watercolour available from Jonathan Grant Gallery
14 December 2020Last month, New Zealand dealer John Gooderham of Jonathan Grant Gallery released a catalogue of works by artist Frances Hodgkins and her circle after three years of research.

Sleep thinkers at winter edition of London Art Week
30 November 2020A marble relief, 'Sleep' by French sculptor and doll-maker Albert Marque (1872-1947), is among the highlights on offer at this winter’s edition of London Art Week (LAW).

Bewitched by the mystic arts: New York drawings dealer hosts show of Occult pictures
30 November 2020New York exhibition orginally for Halloween seems to suit the crazy year as a whole

Ornithological watercolour ordered by brother of Louis XIII is highest Parker Fine Art saleroom price so far
23 November 2020The highest price to date at Parker Fine Art Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) came at its latest Fine Paintings sale when a rare ornithological watercolour caught the eye of a number of bidders, including from abroad.

Paper view: 30 previews of books, prints, posters, ephemera and documents available at dealers and auctions
16 November 2020The term ‘works on paper’ encompasses a diverse range of media from artist’s prints to posters, ephemera and documents. Pictured here, along with an array of books, is a section of items available to buy from dealers or bid for at auction.

Miniature depicting key figure in colonial Australia draws demand at Lawrences of Bletchingley
16 November 2020This 4 x 3in (10 x 8cm) oil on ivory miniature, offered by Lawrences (20% buyer’s premium) of Bletchingley, is attributed to the English miniature painter William Mineard Bennett (1778-1858).

Squirrell catches the eye in Essex and Cambridge auctions
02 November 2020Leonard Squirrell (1893-1979) is most associated with East Anglia, producing a significant body of rural scenes of Suffolk and Norfolk as well as cityscapes of Norwich and Ipswich.

5 Questions: Specialist watercolour and drawings dealer Derek Newman
02 November 2020Derek Newman is a specialist dealer in 18th-20th century watercolours and drawings. His annual exhibition of 18th-20th century British watercolours runs from November 12-15.

Portrait miniature, Lalique jewellery and Chelsea dish – five auction highlights that caught bidders’ eyes
30 October 2020ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a rare portrait miniature of an Australian governor and a Lalique jewellery suite formerly belonging to a ‘scandalous’ Edwardian socialite.

Albert Wainwright works highlight Stourbridge sale
26 October 2020The Decades of Design sale at Fieldings (24% buyer’s premium inc VAT) in Stourbridge on October 15-16 included 52 works from the family of Albert Wainwright (1898-1943). He was a Castleford artist who trained at the Leeds School of Art in 1914.

Female artists under London Art Week spotlight
19 October 2020This month, London Art Week (LAW) uses the digital platform it launched over the summer to run Art History in Focus. The event combines online discourse with exhibitions and objects on offer in galleries (and on gallery websites), putting the spotlight on two major themes: women artists and framing.

Arader’s perfect score
05 October 2020The October 10 auction at New York’s Arader Galleries includes the collection of the surgeon Dr Seymour Schwartz (2020) – a map collector Graham Arader considered something of a mentor.

Sketch of Captain Oates walking to his death makes £23,000 in Essex
29 September 2020A sketch for the painting ‘A Very Gallant Gentleman’ by John Charles Dollman (1851-1934) sold for £23,000 at Sworders last week.

Coincidence reunites Messel brothers after 99 years as watercolour portraits emerge at two separate auctions
28 September 2020Separated for many years, portraits of two brothers by WBE Ranken (1881-1941) came up at auction at different London salerooms last week. The fact that they emerged on the market simultaneously was seemingly pure coincidence.

Bawden’s decimal coin design makes a Mint
28 September 2020Edward Bawden (1903-89) was one of a number of artists invited to submit designs ahead of Britain’s changeover to decimal coinage. Designs were invited for six coins: the 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p and 50p pieces.

Six Ruskins add pep to Peppiatt’s latest show
28 September 2020A group of works by famed Victorian art critic John Ruskin (1819-1900) features in Guy Peppiatt’s latest exhibition of British drawings and watercolours.

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