The Watercolours + Works on Paper Fair returns to the stylish and spacious Level 2 Galleries at the Science Museum, South Kensington, London from 2 – 5 February 2012. The 2012 fair brings together an impressive range of art on paper exhibited by leading art dealers from across the UK.
John Absolon (1815-1895), The Transept from the South Gallery, The Great Exhibition of 1851. Watercolour over pencil heightened with body colour on buff paper, 27 x 36.7 cm. £12,500. Exhibited by Guy Peppiatt Fine Art.
This eclectic and lively fair presents all types of art on paper from the 16th Century to the modern day. Works include original drawings, watercolours, prints, photographs and posters, all of which are for sale, with prices starting at £500 rising to £100,000.
The fair gives visitors the chance to see works by well known artists from earlier eras for example, a lithograph by Odilon Redon (1840 -1916) ‘Lueur Précaire, une Tête à l’Infini suspendu’ (Precarious glimmer, a Head suspended in Infinity) for £1,750 and a soft-ground etching by Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) ‘La Dance à la Campagne’ (Dancing in the Country) for £10,000. Both are exhibited by Elizabeth Harvey-Lee.
A rare watercolour by John Absolon (1815 -1895) of ‘The Transept from the South Gallery, The Great Exhibition of 1851’ for £12,500 will be one of the highlights of the earlier works presented by Guy Peppiatt Fine Art.
Newcomers this year include, Thompson’s Galleries showing David Sawyer’s watercolours of Cambridge, Mary Deeming, presenting Japanese woodblock prints, Orme 11 showing watercolours by contemporary Turkish artist Ali Yanya, and the Bristol based Alexander Gallery exhibiting watercolours by Scottish artist Peter Graham and other new contemporary talent.
The fair features expert Art Dealers including: Abbott & Holder, Alexander Gallery, ArtsHouse, George Babbington Art on Paper, John Barkes, Baron Fine Art, The Linda Blackstone Gallery, Camburn Fine Art, Marcus Campbell Art Books, The Canon Gallery, Sarah Colegrave, Mary Deeming, Caroline Gee, Gray Modern & Contemporary, ASAL Partners, Julian Hartnoll, Elizabeth Harvey-Lee, Four Four, Gwen Hughes, JHW Fine Art, John Iddon Fine Art, Francis Iles Gallery, Jack Fine Art, Jennings Fine Art, Kendalls Fine Art, Kaye Michie, Harry Moore-Gwyn, National Open Art Competition, Newman Fine Art, Charles Nugent, ORME 11, Guy Peppiatt Fine Art, The Rae-Smith Gallery, John Robertson Fine Paintings, Sim Fine Art, Thompson’s Galleries, Vera Schuhmacher Fine Art, West Two Gallery and Wolseley Fine Arts.
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