Watercolours

A group of Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928) watercolours and drawings were sold on behalf of the Glasgow Art Club at Lyon & Turnbull’s (26% buyer’s premium) Design since 1860 sale in Edinburgh.

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

An album of watercolour studies of Ottoman ceramics that connects two of the British collectors of the early 20th century raced away from its estimate at Dominic Winter in Gloucestershire.

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

Emma Rutherford, the portrait miniature specialist formerly of Philip Mould who went solo earlier this year, is holding her second pop-up exhibition this week.

A portrait miniature previously bought on eBay has been knocked down at an Australian auction for 30-times more than the original price.

Two watercolours by Frank Algernon Stewart (1877-1945) were among the best performers in a collection of works amassed by two former gallery owners.

Following the record £64,000 for a Helen Allingham (1848-1926) watercolour at Philip Serrell (20% buyer’s premium) back in July, another group of works by the artist was offered at the Malvern saleroom.

Dutch artist used a technique that was much admired in his homeland as well as Britain

Megan Corcoran Locke is gallery director at Stephen Ongpin Fine Art.

The highest prices at auction for the Camden Town Group artist Charles Ginner (1878-1952) have all come for oil paintings but his precise, lucid style very much leant itself to the medium of watercolour.

Stuart Cary Welch (1928-2008) dedicated more than half a century to the study of the art and aesthetics of the Islamic World, and India in particular.

Beautiful watercolours by children’s book author and illustrator come to auction in studio sale

We regret to announce the death of Bill Thomson, the well-known dealer in British watercolours, on June 6 aged 90.

Concept drawings by John Orfe (1922-2011), an American automotive and airline designer, came for sale in Virginia.

This 19th century watercolour on ivory portrait miniature depicts Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Seton (1814-52) of the 21st Fusiliers.

With the traditional hiatus in the UK auction market typically stretching across the month of August, a number of notable picture highlights appeared slightly earlier this summer at sales around the country.

Coastal scene formerly owned by collector in the diamond mining industry attracts considerable interest