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Watercolour painting

Piste off? Get an art fix instead
15 February 2021With ski season on ice for so many, exhibitions offering snowy scenes could fill in

Steamy Russell Flint works set pulses racing
25 January 2021A collection of watercolours by Sir William Russell Flint (1880-1969) given their own stand-alone catalogue set pulses racing at Lyon & Turnbull.

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.

Bidders back a local artist in Cumbria
18 May 2020Seven lots by celebrated local artist Percy Kelly (1918-93) put in a decent performance at the most recent Antiques & Fine Art sale held by Cumbrian saleroom Mitchells (22% buyer’s premium).

Sexy and sultry Flint tempts buyer
09 March 2020Textbook watercolour by the British artist takes one of his higher prices in recent years.

Gwyneth Johnstone's frenetic scene of London home hits auction high in Cambridge sale
02 March 2020Auction prices are on the rise for the late Norfolk artist Gwyneth Johnstone (1914-2010), daughter of the artist Augustus John and niece of the Welsh painter Gwen John.

Varley the watercolour wonder
17 February 2020Group of paintings by one of the less well-known masters of the medium comes to light

Dead pheasant study attributed to Turner draws interest at Perth auction house
27 January 2020A watercolour study of a dead pheasant attributed to JMW Turner (1775-1851) was taken to £14,000 at a Scottish auction house.

ATG letter: Our Swiss scene ‘painted by a Suffragette’
13 January 2020MADAM – we are appealing for information about the creator of a watercolour picture who we believe may have been a famous Suffragette.

Album displays Bristol’s brightest minds
09 December 2019Watercolour collection sold at auction represents a ‘who’s who’ of the city in the 1830s

Ministers block export of 18th century watercolour by “genius” landscape artist
29 June 2019An 18th century watercolour by the artist who John Constable described as a genius has been barred from export in the hope a UK buyer can be found.

Rowlandson's racehorse auction scene sells bid to £22,000 in Gloucestershire
03 June 2019A watercolour of a thoroughbred racehorse auction appeared at Chorley’s (20% buyer’s premium) of Prinknash Abbey Park, Gloucestershire, on May 21 – 123 years to the day since it had itself last sold at auction.

Rare Native American pictures by George Catlin come to auction in London
19 March 2019A collection of watercolours, drawings and letters by American painter George Catlin (1796-1872) will be offered at Forum Auctions next week.

Extensive provenance gathers interest for a David Cox watercolour
25 February 2019A lengthy provenance was key to the success of a large watercolour by the 19th century artist David Cox (1783-1859).

De Wint depicts the city of York
11 February 2019Rare work by artist best known for his Lincolnshire views is a highlight of Dorset sale.

Pre-Raphaelite watercolour tops sales at Art & Antiques for Everyone fair in Birmingham
03 December 2018Among the works selling at the recent Art & Antiques for Everyone fair in Birmingham was a watercolour by John Roddam Spencer Stanhope (1829-1908).

Signature of John Sell Cotman is key note to £20,000 result
15 October 2018This watercolour bearing the signature of Norwich School artist John Sell Cotman (1782-1842) attracted a flurry of bids when it went under the hammer in Nottingham.

Jockeys ride in at £2500
27 August 2018This watercolour, below, by Frederic Whiting (1874-1962) took a multi-estimate £2500 at Thomson Roddick’s (15% buyer’s premium) Edinburgh saleroom on August 9.

Devon views are cream of the crop
02 July 2018British watercolours depicting the beautiful county of Devon and painted during the medium’s golden age drew eager bidding at Cheffins of Cambridge (22.5% buyer’s premium).

Westminster Abbey pictures by artist Alexander Creswell bought by dean for new exhibition
17 March 2018Westminster Abbey is to unveil a series of watercolours after the Dean and Chapter of Westminster purchased a group of 35 pictures from artist Alexander Creswell.

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