RBA Bicentennial: Sales before opening!

The Royal Society of British Artists Bicentennial Exhibition (200th Anniversary) is being held at the Mall Galleries next week - opening on Thursday 2nd March.

The Royal Society of British Artists was founded by a group of painters in 1823 and in 1887 the Society was granted the ‘Royal’ prefix. The RBA has remained one of the world’s premier art societies and has attracted world-renowned artists as members for nearly 200 years.

The Society has attracted many noteworthy painters and sculptors, such as Philip de László, LS Lowry and Henry Moore.

It's become customary for the Societies who belong to the Federation of British Artists to display the selected artwork online - for sale - via the Mall Galleries website, BEFORE the exhibition opens in the Gallery. That way they start out with some red dots before the first customer walks through the door.

I've been looking at the artwork selected for the exhibition online - and noticing a few sales - 14 in total - which fall into different price bands as follows

• Under £500 x 4
• £501 - £1,000 x 4
• £1,001 - £2,500 x 3
• £2,501 - £5,000 x 2
• £5,001 x 1

This is pretty typical of previous data I've collected on sales at the Mall Galleries - and I'd again recommend people to be mindful that this is typically a gallery frequented by middle class middle England rather than by megabucks individuals!

So here's who's sold prior to the opening of the RBA Bicentennial.....

Beside the Seaside by Hun Adamoglu 

• Beside the Seaside (£400) by Hun Adamoglu (Graphite, 21 x 30 cm / 31 x 39 cm framed)

• Rihanna (£400) by Eva Brammer (Oil, 51 x 61 cm)

• The Garrick Theatre, Planes Leafing (£5,850) by Peter Brown PNEAC RP ROI PS RBA (40 x 60 cm / 64 x 84 cm framed)

• Octavia (£1,800) by Sarah Harrold (Collage, cardboard, gold leaf and inks, 80 x 80 cm / 80 x 80 cm framed)

• Almost Dark (£920) by Ann Heat Sen RBA (Oil, 25 x 24 cm / 39 x 38 cm framed)

• Weeds are Beautiful Too (£450) by Vicky Oldfield RBA ( Mixed media, 20 x 20 cm (26 x 26 cm framed)

• Royal Exchange from Queen Victoria St (£3,200) by David Sawyer RBA (Oil,  81 x 30 cm / 93 x 42 cm framed)

• Wilton Cormorant (£690) by Karina Tarin (Oil, 31 x 25 cm / 39 x 33 cm framed)

• Wilton Egret (£690) by Karina Tarin (Oil, 31 x 25 cm / 39 x 33 cm framed)

• Paris Roof Garden (£1,800) by Nicholas Verrall RBA ROI (Oil, 32 x 38 cm / 43 x 48 cm framed)

• Needles, Boats and Buoys (£1,800) by Terry Watts RBA (Acrylic, 45 x 64 cm / 69 x 87 cm framed)

• Swimbles (£3,000) by Nicola White (Acrylic, 80 x 80 cm / 86 x 86 cm framed)

• Still Life with Two Pears (£750) by Annie Williams RBA RE RWS (Watercolour, 38 x 48 cm / 58 x 63 cm framed)

• As The River Meanders Time Stands Still (£350) by Jane Wilson (Acrylic, ink, collage and dry media, 30 x 30 cm / 44 x 44 cm framed)