Auction Preview: Christie's London June 2011

Frank Cadogan Cowper - The Blue Bird - 34⁷⁄₈ X 28 in.

On June 15th, Christie's King Street will be offering lots for sale in their Victorian & British Art Sale.  They will follow this auction with another sale of the same name and category on June 29th at their South Kensington location.  The paintings in both sales represent a variety of themes and styles - from Pre-Raphaelitism and Neo-Classicism, to genre painting, social realism, and British Impressionism.  Of regular, particular emphasis in these auctions are works by the Newlyn School and Colony.¹  Though neither sale has that singular masterpiece which will draw international attention, there are still jewels amongst the combined 329 lots, and the online catalogs are always worth browsing.

Sir Francis Bernard Dicksee - Portrait of Mrs. W. K. D'Arcy - 54 X 61½ in.

Charles Edward Perugini - Lovers in a Garden - 46 X 55½ in.

William Stott of Oldham - The Happy Valley - 44¼ X 59 in.

Sir Alfred James Munnings - A Pony and Donkeys - 20 X 24 in.

John William Waterhouse - Gossip - 28³⁄₈ X 36½ in.

Sir Charles Lock Eastlake - Portrait of Miss Bury - 33½ X 25 in.

Thomas Cooper Gotch - The Dawn of Womanhood - 44½ X 71 in.

Frederic, Lord Leighton - Head of a Girl in White Dress - 15 X 10 in.

Philip Alexius de László - Portrait of Lady Illingworth - 65½ X 43 in.

William Logsdail - An Early Victorian - 69½ X 33½ in.

Henry Scott Tuke - Under the Western Sun - 60 X 44 in.

Circle of John William Godward - A Classical Maiden - 22½ X 22½ in.

Sir Francis Bernard Dicksee - Portrait of Mrs. Norman Holbrook - 58 X 39½ in.

Isabel Codrington - A Vagrant - 44¼ X 32 in.

Harold Waite - The Young Angler - 36 X 54 in.

¹ Victorian & British Impressionist Art, retrieved June 12, 2011 from {www.christies.com/departments/victorian-and-british-impressionist-pictures/}.