LONDON.- Sotheby’s announced that its forthcoming summer Contemporary Art Evening Auction will be led by Crouching Nude, an important masterwork by the renowned British artist Francis Bacon (est. £7-9 million / $10-15 million)* which has never be…
Sotheby’s to Sell Major Masterwork by Leading British Post-War Artist Francis Bacon
LONDON.- Sotheby’s announced that its forthcoming summer Contemporary Art Evening Auction will be led by Crouching Nude, an important masterwork by the renowned British artist Francis Bacon (est. £7-9 million / $10-15 million)* which has never be…
Works by Artist Embedded with the British Army in Afghanistan Exhibited at Bonhams
LONDON.- In February 2010 the Suffolk-based artist, Jules George, was sponsored by the Ministry of Defence to visit Afghanistan as an officially sanctioned war artist embedded with 2 Yorks (Green Howards), part of the 11th Light Brigade. The results o…
Rare Painting of Doomed WW2 Bomb Store that was Covered Up for Years, Offered at Bonhams
LONDON.- A powerful painting of a Staffordshire bomb store by the artist David Bomberg will be offered by Bonhams in the 20th Century British Art sale on March 9th. The painting is estimated to sell for £80,000 – 120,000. As World War II broke o…
Rare Painting of Doomed WW2 Bomb Store that was Covered Up for Years, Offered at Bonhams
LONDON.- A powerful painting of a Staffordshire bomb store by the artist David Bomberg will be offered by Bonhams in the 20th Century British Art sale on March 9th. The painting is estimated to sell for £80,000 – 120,000. As World War II broke o…
Sketchy Intelligence: Artist Unveils Study of MI6
LONDON (AP).- Security chiefs complain intelligence is often sketchy — and here’s the proof. Artist James Hart Dyke on Monday unveiled a series of paintings and drawings completed during a rare 12-month study of Britain’s overseas spy agency MI6. …
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 …