CREATING ACCESSIBILITY TO FINE ART 5TH EDITION EDGAR DEGAS Tête, petite étude pour le portrait de Madame S., Circa 1892 Bronze CONTENTS An Eye For Quality 1 The Global Market 2 The Big Picture 3 The Buying Process 3 London Art Fair 4 Alan Davie RA 7 Ian Davenport 9 David Tindle RA 11 Sir Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi RA 14 Adrian Heath 16 John Hoyland RA 19 Simeon Stafford 22 Frequently Asked Questions 24 Auction Results 25 AN EYE FOR QUALITY Until recently, the perception has been We provide a transparent and time efficient that fine art assets were reserved for way to buy and sell a range of artwork. high net worth individuals. At Frederick By using Frederick Charles, you will have Charles Art, our foremost goal is to create access to our team of consultants, who accessibility of fine art to smaller retail will update you on the market changes, buyers, collectors and even the fledging give opinions on trends and valuations art buyer. based on the current market. IAN DAVENPORT Yellow Portrait (Madame) 2017 Frederick Charles Art is a forward-thinking We attend the world leading auctions, Oil on canvas company with a passion for the fine art this provides us with a wealth of market market. We specialize in Modern British data to analyse both past auction results Art, with a particular emphasis on the Post- and current market trends. In addition War period. In todays rapidly changing we can offer our professional opinion economic environment, it can be difficult on condition and value of artworks. to identify opportunities. Allow Frederick Furthermore, you will be able to utilize Charles’ dedicated team to help you build our distribution arrangements and storage a diverse collection of the finest art to recommendation for piece of mind. provide a varied portfolio. 1 THE BIG PICTURE The growth of the internet and use of online GLOBAL UHNWI GROWTH PREDICTIONS auctions has changed the infrastructure of the market and its accessibility to both buyers and sellers, increasing transparency and dramatically altering the way business 2026 is conducted. 275,740 +43% One indication of the growth of the art market simply comes down to the increasing number of art fairs. 10 years ago there were 10 art fairs globally, today there are more than 60 art fairs catering from the self-titled ‘affordable’ art fairs to 2016 Frieze Masterpiece, which from its name, 193,490 one can rightly judge is aimed at a more +42% sophisticated client base. International art fairs act as a crucial platform for galleries and artists to make their presence 2006 known, sell their works and forge links 136,200 with major players in the industry. For 2017 Report New World Source: the average collector, they simply offer North America 5810 73100 95860 convenience, which is useful in a market Europe 42610 49650 55700 that’s now globalized and where people are increasingly rushed and want to see a Russia & CIS 2380 3230 5170 London has been dominating the maximum number of works in a minimum Asia 20820 46080 88180 amount of time. Post-War and Contemporary auction Middle East 4970 7370 10270 market in Europe for a decade. DEFINITION: Ultra high net worth individuals (UHNWI) are Latin America & Carribean 5330 7570 10350 people with investable assets of at least $30 million, excluding personal assets and property such as a primary residence, Africa 2010 2270 3030 Source: Art Market Report TEFAF collectibles and consumer durables. UHNWIs comprise the richest people in the world and control a disproportionate Australasia 2270 4220 7180 amount of global wealth. THE GLOBAL MARKET THE BUYING PROCESS Art collecting can be traced back to early the value of the art market worldwide. The A personal consultation to establish your requirements. civilization. Most museums, art galleries sheer size of the market has attracted both and grand houses illustrate the display of managed funds and financial institutions. • You will receive two copies of an art invoice. prestige, wealth and status, as much as As a result institutions and private art • Terms and conditions for your approval of the purchase. love for the art itself. buyers have increased their focus on art • Anti money laundering requirements for a first time purchase; as an asset class. a copy of photo identification and utility bill. Globally, an increase in wealth and • Payment of the artwork can be arranged using debit/credit card, prosperity has seen higher demand for “The rapid internationalization of the art bank transfer or cheque. ownership of original works. The art market over the last 5 years was causing markets expansion has been driven by a collision of buyers from china, the • A receipt of purchase will be provided by post or email. growth and wider global distribution of Americas, Europe and the middle east in • The art will be delivered to your home address or a specialist art storage facility. high net worth individuals. Consequently, competition for the same works.” there has been a tremendous growth in Source: Financial Times 2 3 LONDON ART FAIR 2020 ABOUT THE LONDON ART FAIR AN EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES FROM Founded in 1989 by London’s Business The Fair presents an outstanding coll- FREDERICK CHARLES ART Design Centre in Islington, the Fair is aimed ection of British art, and over the years at providing a space to showcase the most has embraced an increasing international Frederick Charles Art was one of a hundred innovative Art Projects area in the upper exceptional modern and contemporary collection from galleries around the world. carefully selected galleries internationally space. art of our time. The Fair welcomes one to present contemporary artworks from hundred galleries to present works for early 20th Century to the present day. The Fair also offers first time art buyers and buyers, collectors and visitors. seasoned collectors an opportunity to get The London Art Fair is now in its 31st year advice from curators whilst navigating the of presenting an unmissable event in the many galleries and collections. international art calendar for culturally curious and professional art connoisseurs In January 2020 we featured paintings to explore and connect with an array of and sculptures from Modern British artists galleries, collectors, curators, artists and including Alan Davie, Danny Markey, enthusiasts. William Gear, Bernard Meadows, Lynn Chadwick, Elisabeth Frink, Robert Adams, The Fair offers an exploration of some Barry Flanagan and Bridget Riley.. of the most prestigious and celebrated galleries in the World. The breathtakingly By visiting us at fairs such as this, you can sheer volume of art all under one roof gain access to our team of consultants makes it the perfect place to start or add who will give you opinions on trends and to your collection or to just simply enjoy valuations based on the current market. the view. We attend the world’s leading auctions which provides us with a wealth of market An overwhelmingly exuberant display of data. Furthermore, you will be able to utilize fine art from some of the most critically- our distribution arrangements and storage acclaimed artists of the twentieth century recommendations for peace of mind. can be found at this event in addition to an FREDERICK CHARLES ART 2020 STAND 4 5 ALAN DAVIE RA 1920-2014 Scottish born Davie is arguably one paint as spontaneously as possible. of the most internationally acclaimed His aim was to display elements of his artists of the 20th century. unconscious mind on paper, an idea shared with surrealist painter, Joan Not only a painter, Davie wrote poetry, Miró. and was also known as a musician, and played the tenor saxophone in Having seen the Jackson Pollock the highly regarded Tommy Sampson paintings from Peggy Guggenheim’s Orchestra. collection in Venice in 1948, Davie was inspired to begin painting He was the first British painter to on a much larger scale and in an realise the vitality and significance improvisatory way. Like Pollock, many of American Abstract Expressionism. of Davies works have been executed Throughout his life Davie obsessively by standing above the painting, which drew and painted, producing is laid on the ground. paintings of startling originality, vitality and daring. He began studying at Davie would typically have several Edinburgh College of Art in the late paintings on the go at any one time, 1930s, where his works began by but despite this speed he was sure combining imagery derived from of the fact that his paintings are different world cultures with a love of not abstract, but all have significant music and language. symbols. The concentration of colour His works are a complex yet joyous and the possibility of recognizing celebration of creativity that combine shapes, suggests movement and the expressive freedom of abstraction primitive, magical rituals. with a wealth of mythic imagery, enigmatic symbols and words. In 1958 when Davie had his first solo exhibition at Wakefield Art Gallery, After the Second World War, Davie one of the attendees was the young travelled to Venice and became David Hockney, a student at Bradford influenced by artists, Paul Klee, Jackson College of Art. Davies exhibition Pollock and Joan Miró. Inspired by had a huge influence on Hockney’s Zen Buddhism and once declaring artistic development, changing his that the spiritual path is incompatible style from realist figurative painting to ALAN DAVIE RA with planning ahead, Davie tried to instead colourful, gestural works that Untitled, 2006, 38” x 30” Oil on Canvas 6 7 IAN DAVENPORT 1966 Ian Davenport is an English paint, meaning the viewer can see abstract painter born in Kent, and their own reflection in the work. He studied art at the Northwich College has made a number of diptychs and of Art and Design in Cheshire.