Fine Art

Among the most intriguing naïve pictures sold recently was a simple and ostensibly unassuming painting of a ship offered at a recent Dominic Winter (22% buyer’s premium) auction.

Next month’s exhibition on Joseph Southall (1861-1944), a joint effort by dealers Harry Moore-Gwyn and Sarah Colegrave, was six years in the making, yet the key piece came to the duo at nearly the last moment.

This splendid image depicts Horace Brown, a former president of the Piscatorial Society.

Despite a recent work on paper auction record, the artist’s works remain relatively affordable according to specialists

There was plenty of interest at a sale held by Van Ham (27% buyer’s premium) in Cologne for a painting of a Medieval scene with jousting tournament.

Three Old Master paintings being sold by Van Ham on May 22 in Cologne have a direct connection to the collection of Augustus the Strong.

Lucy Madox Brown Rossetti (1843-94) was linked to two of the most famous artistic families of the 19th century.

Joseph Southall’s (1861-1944) picture Cymon and Iphigenia was probably made with the help of the artist’s chickens.

The Romanian artist Arthur Segal spent much of his career in Germany among the avant garde.

Collector Robert A Ellison was obsessively acquisitive.

Thuringian auction house enjoys more success with collection of local industrialist

A strong result for a 19th century genre picture was achieved for the Italian artist Vittorio Reggianini (1858-1939) at Tennants (24% buyer’s premium) of Leyburn, North Yorkshire.

Collection of gallery owner and exhibition organiser includes letters from the likes of Bacon and Hockney

A fragment of a Cycladic figure once owned by Ben Nicholson (1894-1982) is the lynchpin of an exhibition held by two dealers: Willoughby Gerrish and Elliot Davies.