Modern British Art

Rediscovery of overlooked female artists is a welcome reappraisal – and driving ever-higher prices

Browse & Darby, the London firm specialising in British and French pictures and sculpture, is celebrating a move from Cork Street to St James’s with a retrospective on Anthony Eyton.

Lynn Chadwick’s (1914-2003) figure sculptures of the 1960s-80s consist largely of angular male and female couples – standing, sitting, walking or lying together.

Among the Modern British prints generating interest at auction this summer was a copy of Edward Bawden’s (1903-89) linocut 'The Road to Thaxted'.

The work of artist and art historian Tom Cross (1931-2009) is showcased this autumn with an exhibition spanning two Cornish venues.

Recent changes at the 'British Art Fair' (BAF) have led to a growing array of Contemporary works, but a strong supply of Modern British pictures remains its core.

Two portraits and a shipping scene by the Newlyn School artist were consigned from three different sources

Doyle New York (31% buyer’s premium) offered property from the estate of Donald D MacDermid and his landmark Greek Revival home in Chester, Connecticut.

Regular 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.

A dedicated sale of 117 lots from the collection of the late Teesside art dealers and Staithes Group specialists Tom and Rosamund Jordan was held this summer at Tennants (24% buyer’s premium) in North Yorkshire.

Modernism from Northwest collectors at MBA Seattle Auctions on September 29 includes two works by the British abstract sculptor Anthony Caro (1924-2013).

Trio of works by the Hungarian artist underlines the appeal of portraits as conversation pieces

As the in-person fairs calendar starts off this autumn, the fifth annual Armchair Art Fair catalogue hits doorsteps.

When it comes to portraits produced by Frank Owen Salisbury (1874-1962), values are frequently determined by the fame of the sitter.

On September 14, Caza Sikes in Cincinnati will offer an 86-lot sale of avant garde 20th century art and sculpture bought by two generations of an Ohio family.

Beth Swaab of Bink Fine Art specialises in Modern British, Impressionist and 19th century pictures.

Coastal scene formerly owned by collector in the diamond mining industry attracts considerable interest

What’s best to do with unsold lots… offer them again at half the price guide perhaps?

The artist Richard Ernst Eurich (1903-92) is rather hard to categorise.

Testing the market for still-lifes by Bloomsbury school favourite Duncan Grant (1885-1978), a painting by the artist emerged fresh from a notable source in Somerset.