This John Constable painting of Dedham Vale fetched £70,000 at auction
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With its picturesque landscapes, East Anglia provides the inspiration for some of the most legendary pieces of art.
Here, Sworders picture specialist Sarah Flynn picks nine of the best that were either made in the region, or are by its most famous artists.
Thomas Gainsborough s portrait of Christopher Griffin Jr is described as uncomplicated and honest
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1. Portrait of Christopher Griffin Jr, by Thomas Gainsborough
The great English portrait and landscape painter was born in Sudbury and worked in Suffolk before moving to Bath in 1759.
This John Constable painting of Dedham Vale fetched £70,000 at auction
- Credit: Sworders
With its picturesque landscapes, East Anglia provides the inspiration for some of the most legendary pieces of art.
Here, Sworders picture specialist Sarah Flynn picks nine of the best that were either made in the region, or are by its most famous artists.
Thomas Gainsborough s portrait of Christopher Griffin Jr is described as uncomplicated and honest
- Credit: Sworders
1. Portrait of Christopher Griffin Jr, by Thomas Gainsborough
The great English portrait and landscape painter was born in Sudbury and worked in Suffolk before moving to Bath in 1759.
In the painting
Salvator Mundi, circa 1500, Leonardo depicts Christ as a supernatural apparition, an ethereal form surrounded by a smoky darkness where God is thought to exist.
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-1669)
By the 17th century, many artists had begun to use darkness as a way of conveying the mysteries of religion. An artist with an intense preoccupation with the night was Rembrandt, whose paintings often appear overwhelmed by shadows.
The Star of the Kings: A Night Piece, c. 1652. Etching with touches of drypoint, on laid paper. Plate 94 x 142 mm. Sheet 95 x 143 mm. Sold for £68,750 in Old Master Prints, 19-28 January 2021, Online
Lucy Lacoste Gallery opens an exhibition of ceramics by British artist Ken Eastman
Ken Eastman, Shaping Silence, 2020. 13.25h x 17.50w in.
CONCORD, MASS
.-Lucy Lacoste Gallery starts the 2021 season with the esteemed British artist Ken Eastmans exhibition Border Country, created expressly for the Gallery. The work of this modernist master centers around the idea of the vessel. He uses the vessel as a subject, to give meaning and form to an expression. Working through the medium of ceramics, Eastman can be both builder and painter handling shape and structure, as well as exploring tone and color.
These latest multi-faceted pots were made from numerous slabs of clay, shaped and assembled in a spontaneous and intuitive way. This process meant that the forms couldnt be planned beyond loose ideas about scale, proportion and complexity. These vessels with their composition of broad, sweeping planes and layers of color can be seen as landscape, painting or sculpture. Lighting on t
There is a long cross, roses and pellets on the reverse.
The coin has been said by numismatists - coin experts - to show the first true portrait of an English King.
It was minted at twice the weight of a silver penny and valued at 20 pence, which equates to about £60 in today s money.
However, most were melted down after falling out of circulation following Henry III s death, as the weight of gold was worth more than the value of the currency.
There are now just seven known surviving examples - the others are in the British Museum in London, the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, and private collections.