Cottone’s latest auction, in Geneseo, New York, on March 28, includes around 60 items from the collection of […]
Author: Learn Antiques Team
Art in Australia has a long history. It goes back to at least 30,000 years with Aboriginal art. The colonisation of Australia has been greatly influenced by European modernism since the early colonists were mostly born in England or France. Although these people lived and worked only one to two hundred years ago, their life was so very different from ours, with their own wars, conquests, social and financial problems. It is good to have records of their times and to be able to view their paintings, drawings and etchings. Both from the artistic view and the historic one, they are well worth browsing through.
An unexpected star turn of a recent Norfolk sale was a job lot of works from the library […]
This English miniature terrestrial pocket globe complete with a shagreen case, its interior lined with a celestial map, […]
This finely modelled Hellenistic white marble figure of Aphrodite sold for £60,000 (plus 24% buyer’s premium) at Dominic […]
The Premier Auction at Brunk (23% buyer’s premium) in Asheville, North Carolina included this 3ft 10in (1.17m) carrara […]
An historic archive belonging to the engineer who oversaw the design of the Mulberry Harbours in the Second […]
Frankly catalogued as in need of restoration and ‘sold as seen’, a late-17th century walnut and marquetry chest […]
A momentous letter of July 6, 1776, in which President of Congress John Hancock announced the adoption of […]
One of the many memorable scenes in Charles Dickens’ ‘Bleak House’ was the portrayal of the apparent spontaneous […]
The vintage contents of a railway station buffet offered in East Yorkshire were not the most upmarket pieces […]
This well-fitted maple wood artist’s box comes with numerous watercolours, mixing bowls and a small folding easel. Extracted […]
Flemish painter Jan van Eyck was appointed as court painter to the Duke of Burgundy, Philip III. His association with the Duke resulted in numerous commissions. He had received a level of classical education, as his paintings included Latin, Greek and Hebrew inscriptions. Van Eyck’s work was not limited to religious paintings, he also painted secular subjects. His work encompassed portraits, single panels, as well as diptychs, triptychs and polyptychs. Van Eyck’s formula has still not been deciphered, even with modern-day techniques including x-radiography. His realist skill with regards to light, textures and space has not yet been eclipsed.
An early 16th century ring found by a metal detectorist in East Yorkshire has sold at auction for […]
This octagonal brass box, decorated with 17 micro-mosaics featuring subjects from classical antiquity, was created by Augusto Castellani […]
A sculpture that had previously been owned by Stanley Seeger’s personal assistant at Sutton Place set a house […]
Briefly catalogued, but accurately estimated, this bronze and ivory dancing couple was the outstanding star at Featonby’s (18.75% […]
Dora Chapman was an artist and a teacher. She painted, she made pottery and she took a special delight in silk-screen printing. As an outstanding pupil, she exhibited her art, won prizes and tried to change society through her realistic and honest recording of life through her art. She showed great promise as a student and has left us with some honest and varied works of art. Indeed, her versatility is one of the characteristics of her art, both in the medium she used and in the subject matter. You can find examples of Dora Chapman’s work in major art galleries and on-line throughout southern Australia.