Fine Art Research

Specialises in Fine Art and Picture Research, undertaking research on 19th and early 20th Century British Artists and in some cases providing further information about their work

In certain instances identifying paintings or providing further information about the painting or further information concerning the identity of the subject of a portrait but primarily providing biographical information about the artist and his work.

Lucius Mason in his Study Sepia sketch by G. M. Skues Signed and dated 1863 Based upon the illustration by Millias for Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope (1862) Georgina Mary Skues Unrecorded 19th Century Artist

Undertakes research into obscure and forgotten artists, sometimes those who may have only the briefest of entries in a dictionary, or perhaps those who may not be listed at all in order to reclaim and document their lives. Also interested in the lives of late 19th and early 20th Century Women Artists, about several of whom he has written.

On a number of occasions the picture research undertaken has enabled clients to meet the descendants of an artist or relatives and in some cases possibly to acquire paintings from the family.