After Otto Dix A pencil, ink and watercolour scene of a German brothel featuring a drunken sailor and naked prostitutes
Sold for £3,000
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Antique Oil Paintings & Watercolours
Antique Oil Painting & Watercolour Auctions
One of the oldest categories in the auction world, the paintings section is one which is constantly changing with fashion. Increased interest in more modern styles of artwork is inescapable, but there are still buyers for the more traditional style of paintings, in particular attractive named scenes and portraits of appealing individuals or groups.
Harper Field feature paintings and pictures in a specialist auction every quarter, and we are happy to advise on the sale of your artwork.
Antique Oil Paintings & Watercolours Recently Sold at Auction
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Alfred de Breanski (British, 1852 - 1928)
Sold for £5,000
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Andrew Nicholl RHA (Irish, 1804-1886) watercolour estuary landscape with castle viewed through flowers to the foreground
Sold for £2,200
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Charles Thomas Bale (1849-1925) oil on canvas, still life of fruit, signed lower left, in ornate gilt frame
Sold for £800
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Giuseppe Giardiello (Italian 1877 - 1920)
Sold for £700
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Henry James Johnstone (1881-1900) Watercolour The Shepherdess with her Dog
Sold for £700
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John Robert Dicksee (1817-1905) oil on canvas 'The Willing Captive' lady in period dress with a pet bird
Sold for £2,000
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