Modern British Art is a strong, active and fast-changing area of the market, with established and new purchasers keen to collect these bright, and sometimes challenging works. Artists in particular demand include Henry Moore, John Piper, Dame Elizabeth Blackadder, Ben Nicholson, Eric Gill, John Nash, David Hockney, L S Lowry, Ceri Richards, Graham Sutherland, Sandra Blow, Sir George Clausen and Robert Adams.
20th Century East Anglian art is more popular now than ever; Sworders recently achieved a world-record price of £204,160 (inc premium) for a work by Cedric Morris. Great Bardfield artists, such as Eric Ravilious, Edward Bawden, John Aldridge, Walter Hoyle, Michael Rothenstein and Bernard Cheese, enjoy an ever-increasing national audience, Sworders recently sold a watercolour by Eric Ravilious, ‘St James’ and ‘The Foremost Prince’, for £85,000.
For further information or to discuss consignments, please contact Amy Scanlon on
amyscanlon@sworder.co.uk or call 01279 817778
Welcome to the Sworders East Anglian and Great Bardfield Artist Directory where you will find information on the very talented group of artists who resided in Great Bardfield and the area of East Anglia.
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Sworders are pleased to offer a selection of works by Ben Nicholson, Roger Hilton and Peter Lanyon from a private collection, in our upcoming Modern & Contemporary Art sale on 15 April.
24 March 2025
Our upcoming 15 April Modern & Contemporary Art sale features a collection of 10 works by Peter Lanyon, including an epic 9-metre-long gouache of Porthleven.
24 March 2025
Selected works by abstract artist Ben Nicholson will feature in our upcoming Modern & Contemporary Art sale, taking place on 15 April.
24 March 2025