South African Artists

Auction at Sotheby’s in London listing a rather grubby and understated painting of a cloudy sky from a “follower of Constable” had sold for a respectable $40,000 around a year previously at a well-known provincial auctioneers – not bad considering its guide price had been just over $1,000. Sotheby’s own experts have since confirmed that the work is in fact a genuine Constable and there is speculation that the price could easily breach $750,000 when the hammer falls on it this time around.

Buying an original oil painting is easier than preserving it intact for years to come. If you have bought an original painting either from an art gallery or an online art gallery, you need to take some essential tips in learning how to preserve it well so that it remains like its original self for [...]

Tribal art forms come alive in all kinds of ethnic and artistic art pieces such as figures, statuettes, sculptures, ceremonial objects, and particularly in African tribal masks which are quite intriguing. The heart and soul of Africa reflects in its unique tribal masks. These masks are known and recognised the world over and are particularly [...]

Paintings are expressive and meaningful. And for every art lover, possessing a good collection of original paintings is a dream. Buying art is an investment. A painting by a young painter which you may have bought purely on instinct may turn out to be a prized possession in later years if the painter becomes famous [...]

While looking around the site I have noticed the repeated presence of images from the natural world – plant life, animals, landscape, and as these are areas in which I also tend to specialise I found myself wondering why they are such perennial themes. One has only to cast the most cursory glance over the [...]