SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: War hero Monty’s family sells Winston Churchill oil painting for £1.55m 

Between them they forged the alliance which saw Britain through her darkest hours. But the bond between Winston Churchill and Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery now appears to count for little. For, in a move which has startled acquaintances, Monty’s family has disposed of an oil painting by Churchill which he gave to his greatest wartime … Read more

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: War hero Monty’s family sells Winston Churchill oil painting for £1.55m 

Between them they forged the alliance which saw Britain through her darkest hours. But the bond between Winston Churchill and Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery now appears to count for little. For, in a move which has startled acquaintances, Monty’s family has disposed of an oil painting by Churchill which he gave to his greatest wartime … Read more

Figure that looked like a ‘red blob’ in a 2,500-year-old Etruscan tomb painting is revealed

A new imaging technique has allowed scientists to uncover a once-hidden figure in a 2,500-year-old tomb painting in Italy that was built by the ancient Etruscan, which flourished in Central Italy between the 8th and 3rd century.  The funeral painting is located in the Tomb of the Monkey in Tuscany, first uncovered in 1847, but the … Read more

Antiques Roadshow viewers stunned as painting by ‘most faked artist’ L.S. Lowry is valued at £80K

Antiques Roadshow viewers stunned as a genuine painting by one of Britain’s ‘most faked artists’ L.S. Lowry is valued at £80,000 – after its owner paid £1,300 Portrait brought onto Sunday night’s show filmed at Stonor Park in Oxfordshire  Owner used ‘spare change’ from buying an antique bike to purchase the Lowry Expert valued it … Read more

Antiques Roadshow viewers stunned as painting by ‘most faked artist’ L.S. Lowry is valued at £80K

Antiques Roadshow viewers stunned as a genuine painting by one of Britain’s ‘most faked artists’ L.S. Lowry is valued at £80,000 – after its owner paid £1,300 Portrait brought onto Sunday night’s show filmed at Stonor Park in Oxfordshire  Owner used ‘spare change’ from buying an antique bike to purchase the Lowry Expert valued it … Read more

Art: Painting of the Last Supper in a parish church in Herefordshire ‘may be a lost work by Titian’

A discoloured painting of the biblical Last Supper that has hung in a parish church in Herefordshire for 110 years may be a lost work by the Venetian master Titian. Art historian and conservator Ronald Moore found evidence to link the artwork in St Michael and All Angels church in Ledbury with the 16th Century … Read more

Dorset pensioner fined £130 for painting a zebra crossing on road

A pensioner has been fined £130 after he resorted to painting a zebra crossing over a busy road he and his disabled wife struggled to cross. Laurie Phillips was investigated by the police and summoned to an interview at the police station over allegations he had caused criminal damage. The 78-year-old had got fed up … Read more

Paris Hilton gifts beau Carter Reum a PAINTING of him kissing her for his 40th birthday

Paris Hilton gifts beau Carter Reum a PAINTING of him kissing her for his 40th birthday: ‘This is awesome’ By Sameer Suri For Dailymail.com Published: 08:39 GMT, 7 February 2021 | Updated: 08:39 GMT, 7 February 2021 Paris Hilton pulled out all the stops for her current boyfriend Carter Reum to celebrate his 40th birthday … Read more

Painting that hung in servants’ quarters at Welsh mansion for years is masterpiece worth £67m

Portrait that hung for years in servants’ quarters of Welsh mansion then sold for ‘a few shillings’ as job lot with other paintings… is identified as Botticelli masterpiece worth £67MILLION Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Roundel went under the hammer at Sotheby’s auction in New York and sold to Russian clients for a … Read more

Winston Churchill’s WWII painting gets put up for auction by owner Angelina Jolie

Winston Churchill’s WWII painting gets put up for auction by owner Angelina Jolie… and it’s expected to fetch up to £2.5m Painting by Sir Winston Churchill put up for sale by current owner Angelina Jolie  He painted it during the Second World War and gave it to Franklin D Roosevelt  Artwork Tower of the Koutoubia … Read more