Latest News Articles by Alex Capon
Bauer’s Balinese scene serves to please
23 October 2023Dutch artist used a technique that was much admired in his homeland as well as Britain
Charles Ginner takes to the London rooftops
23 October 2023The 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.
Family value of Brian Shields
23 October 2023Large urban or coastal scenes in the manner of LS Lowry were the stock-in-trade of Brian ‘Braaq’ Shields (1951-97).
Reidentified Rembrandt emerges at Sotheby's auction
16 October 2023Sotheby’s and Christie’s have both announced major lots that will feature at the next series of Old Master auctions in London in December.
Iberia held a fascination for Hillier
16 October 2023The early English Surrealist Tristram Hillier (1905-83) was a regular visitor to Spain and Portugal.
The Birleys up close and personal
16 October 2023Group of paintings the artistic couple kept at their beloved manor house find new homes after auction
Hefty Houston work lochs in a commission bid
16 October 2023The highest price at auction for Scottish painter George Houston (1869-1947) in almost six years came at a recent McTear’s (24% buyer’s premium) sale.
Auction of Robert Kime collection takes more than £7m
09 October 2023The sale of the collection of dealer and ‘titan of design’ Robert Kime drew a flurry of interest at Dreweatts last week, raising more than £7.6m hammer across three days.
Glenavy work appears in Texas
09 October 2023An intriguing painting by Lady Beatrice Glenavy (1881-1970) emerged at auction in an unusual location last month.
Mysterious result at Sotheby's shows market stays ‘stubbornly mercurial’
09 October 2023Not for first time in recent memory, a work by a female artist made an unexpected amount at auction that left saleroom watchers and probably even the auctioneers themselves struggling to explain the price.
Raphael goes into auction battle after new attribution of horseman study
09 October 2023A study of a horse and rider billed as a late work by Raphael (1483-1520) is being offered at auction in Austria.
‘Forgotten’ or not, a market that is good for profit
09 October 2023Rediscovery of overlooked female artists is a welcome reappraisal – and driving ever-higher prices
Unrecorded Canaletto pair to headline Christie’s Old Master series
06 October 2023A pair of ‘prime location’ Venetian scenes by the great Giovanni Antonio Canal, known as Canaletto (1697-1768), will lead Christie’s Old Master sale in London on December 7.
Preparatory sketch for Raphael’s ‘ambitious project’ emerges in Vienna
05 October 2023A study of a horse and rider billed as a late work by Raphael (1483-1520) is being offered at auction in Austria.
Queen singer Freddie Mercury found his prints charming
02 October 2023Music legend’s art collecting was little known but prolific
Banksy reimagines Warhol with value branding
02 October 2023'Only Banksy' was the title of a 24-lot offering at Forum Auctions (30/24/15% buyer’s premium inc VAT) in London.
Classic Bawden Essex linocut rides into the Cotswolds
02 October 2023Among the Modern British prints generating interest at auction this summer was a copy of Edward Bawden’s (1903-89) linocut 'The Road to Thaxted'.
John Constable sketch of Willy Lott’s House makes £200,000 in Guernsey
30 September 2023A recently rediscovered oil sketch by John Constable (1776-1837) drew interest with eight telephone lines booked at Martel Maides (20% buyer’s premium) in St Peter Port, Guernsey on September 21.
Hindman holds first New York sales series
25 September 2023Hindman will hold its first sales in New York with a series of single-owner auctions from October 18-26.
Welsh Williams, but not just Sir Kyffin for once
25 September 2023Regular followers of the modern Welsh art market will know that strong competition at Rogers Jones’ (24% buyer’s premium) specialist Welsh sales normally comes for an artist called Williams.