Most Important Peploe Ever to Come to Auction Leads Scottish Colourist Paintings at Christie’s

LONDON.- Christie’s announce a group of superb Scottish Colourist paintings to be offered in the 20th Century British Art sale on 26 May 2011, led by the most important work by Samuel John Peploe, R.S.A. (1871-1935) ever to come to auction, The Coffee Pot, 1905 (estimate: £800,000-1.2million). One of five works which together constitute Peploe’s most famous images, this magnificent painting illustrates the impact of Edouard Manet on the artist during his time in Paris. This canvas exemplifies the artistic [...]

Astonishing Prices for Redpaths on Opening Day of Bonhams Scottish Sale

LONDON.- Bonhams Annual Scottish Sale got off to a flying start today taking over £1.25m during a morning of picture sales. Anne Redpath’s beautiful 1937 painting, ‘Still Life with Michaelmas Daises’ sold for an astonishing £134,000 well over the pre-sale estimate of £30,000- 50,000 and “Cagnes” by the same artist sold for £114,000 against an estimate of £60,000 – 80,000. George Leslie Hunter’s vibrantly coloured ‘Still Life’ made £144,000 and one of Samuel John Peploe’s iconic paintings of Iona sold [...]

Auction Record for a Scottish Colourist Achieved at Sotheby’s London

LONDON.- A new auction record for an artwork by a Scottish Colourist was set today at Sotheby’s in London when Samuel John Peploe’s Tulips sold for £623,650 / $964,224 / €717,632. The painting eclipsed the pre-sale high estimate (the painting had an estimate of £300,000-500,000) and established a new auction record for the artist and a Scottish Colourist by a considerable margin. **The previous auction record for a work by Peploe was £529,250 and this was set by his Roses [...]

Masterpieces by the Scottish Colourists to Lead Sotheby’s London Sale

LONDON.- On Thursday, 22 April 2010, the first of Sotheby’s biannual London sales of Scottish Pictures in 2010 will include a group of important works by the Scottish Colourists that unequivocally demonstrates the pivotal position occupied by these artists in the formative years of British modernism during the early decades of the twentieth century. The group comprises Samuel John Peploe (1871-1935), Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell (1883-1937), George Leslie Hunter (1877-1931) and John Duncan Fergusson (1874-1961), and following extended sojourns in [...]

Fleming Collection Announces it will Show all its Scottish Colorist Paintings Together

LONDON.- The Fleming Collection is to show all its Scottish Colorist paintings together in its gallery for the first time as part of a series of exhibitions during 2010 to celebrate the tenth anniversary of its foundation as a charity. More than 30 works by Samuel John Peploe, Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell, George Leslie Hunter and John Duncan Fergusson will go on public display at The Fleming Collection at 13 Berkeley Street, London W1 from January 19 to April 1, [...]