Arthur Saul’s Famous Game of Chesse-Play…, the first published book on the game written by an Englishman, came […]
Sir Wilhelm Ernst Hans Franz Heysen was born in Germany before his family emigrated to Australia. Hans showed early promise as an artist at school. Hans began painting and attended night art classes while he was with his father’s hardware merchant business. In 1894, he had already sold his first painting. A few years after, he joined the Easel Club and exhibited with them every year between 1895-1899. He would later receive several art prizes and sell a number of his works. Hans was an early pioneer of nature conservation, which was reflected in his works. Hans is regarded as the first non-Australian artist to paint the gum trees and other characteristics of rural life.
It is 40 years since 19th century potlids were the collectables of choice but there is still a […]
An exceptionally rare Western Zhou bronze, taken when the Summer Palace was sacked by British troops in 1860, […]
Two under-catalogued Sino-Tibetan bronzes illuminated the regional saleroom scene with multi-estimate sums in the final days of November. […]
Danish furniture designers are known for a lot of breathtaking works of fine art and Ole Wanscher no doubt made a name for himself. Wanscher studied under the legendary Professor Kaare Klint and worked for him for 3 years. He also set up his furniture design office around this time. He had a simple goal of producing furniture designs using all that he learned from a wide variety of sources. He later worked with a few notable designers and produced several masterpieces. To this day, Wanscher’s furniture is regarded as modern classics as they combined a perfect blend of sophisticated design and functionality with an overall keen interest in detail.
Believed to have been in the same family since new, a rare 19th century Jules Steiner doll and […]
A rare rocking horse by one of the top 19th-early 20th century makers, FH Ayres of London, left […]
Identifying the sitters of the past is one of the biggest drivers of value when it comes to […]
The Dutch animal painter Paulus Potter (1625-54) succeeded in producing about 100 paintings before he died at the […]
The highlight of the latest series of Old Master auctions in London was not a painting this time […]
Despite some condition issues, such as composite body, right hand thumb missing and slight damage to fingers and […]
The auction house handling the much-contested sale of Boris Becker’s personal collection has said the event will now […]
Auctioneer Richard Madley has been replaced with former Christie’s auctioneer Hugh Edmeades by the Board of Control for […]
With the Paris ‘Temps Forts’ high season now under way in the salerooms as riots rage in the […]
A monumental silver-gilt and cloisonné enamel kovsh by Feodor Rückert was among the highlights of the latest series […]
Jean Prouve was a French designer, architect, builder, and engineer best known for his use of industrial manufacturing technology and blending it into his works. Jean was heavily influenced by a group called “I’Ecole de Nancy”, in which his artistic parents were a part of. The group believed that art should be available to everybody. In 1923, he already opened his own workshop. He would then open several workshops and studios in his career. In the years leading up to World War II until the war ended, Jean’s architectural business benefited from the demands of the time. Jean always incorporated industrial and engineering elements into his designs, and the industrial production methods in his projects were groundbreaking.
Has Bowie made a difference? This question has been doing the rounds in Modern British circles since 2016 […]