LONDON.- Bonhams East Anglian View auction at Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk took place yesterday (2.12.10) and fetched an impressive total of £367,000. Three of the top five lots of the day were paintings by Campbell Archibald Mellon (1878-1955), all fea…
Poignant Reminder of Harsh Realities of WWI for Sale at Bonhams
LONDON.- Letters home from Sergeant Arthur Bradley who served on the Western Front for practically the entire course of the First World War are to be auctioned at Bonhams Printed Books, Maps and Manuscripts in London on 23 November. As the nation prep…
Image Used in Classic British Anti-War Film for Sale at Bonhams
LONDON.- In its first major Prints auction since the record sale of Edvard Munch’s ‘Madonna’ for £1,252,000 in July, Bonhams is featuring a dramatic image by the renowned First World War artist, C. R.W. Nevinson, which was recreated in …
Portraits of First World War Veterans Presented to The Queen Go on Display at Windsor Castle
LONDON.- First World War veterans will be remembered at Windsor Castle in portraits by the artist Dan Llywelyn Hall. Two of the longest-surviving veterans, Henry Allingham (1896-2009) and Harry Patch (1898-2009), whose lives spanned three centuries an…
First Solo Museum Show Devoted to Kurt Schwitters Since 1985 Opens at the Menil Collection
HOUSTON, TX.- The new Menil exhibition, KURT SCHWITTERS: Color and Collage, examines one of the 20th century’s most enduring figures of the international avant‐garde. Schwitters (1887‐1948) worked at the edges of Germany’s revolut…
Charles Fryatt: A British Seaman’s Story in the Spotlight at the Imperial War Museum North
MANCHESTER.- 95 years after a famous British First World War hero attempted to ram a German U-boat with his merchant ship – and was later killed for his lifesaving actions – he is to be remembered by a new display at Imperial War Museum North. Historic…
Magnificent and Rare Collection of Mezzotints Acquired by the Art Fund for the British Museum
LONDON.- The Art Fund has helped the British Museum acquire a magnificent and rare collection of prints dating from the 1680s to the 19th century that give valuable insight into scarcely recorded aspects of British life. Comprising 7,250 prints that ch…
Magnificent and Rare Collection of Mezzotints Acquired by the Art Fund for the British Museum
LONDON.- The Art Fund has helped the British Museum acquire a magnificent and rare collection of prints dating from the 1680s to the 19th century that give valuable insight into scarcely recorded aspects of British life. Comprising 7,250 prints that ch…
Stories of War At Sea at Imperial War Museum North in Manchester
MANCHESTER.- Jump aboard and test your sea legs at this major new exhibition for families at Imperial War Museum North in Manchester. Get hands on with activities for all the family in the Imperial War Museum’s first ever large-scale exhibition to…