Sophie Law Fine Art is pleased to offer for sale a large collection of topographical watercolours of Antony Bream. In the very best tradition, the watercolours echo those of J.S. Sargent, at once spontaneous and precisely controlled. Bream boldly states the basic facts of the scene with a few perfectly placed strokes of the brush, yet upon close inspection, everything is rendered with a fluency approaching Impressionism. In the manner of Sargent, architectural fragments are worked into larger compositions, hinting at the majesty of the location. The transparent washes, the fascination with effects of indirect and reflected light, the opulent and velvety palette: each of Bream's watercolours bequeaths not only a view, but a sense of place.
Sophie Law is an art specialist with twenty years' experience at a major British auction house. Schooled in the works of Sorolla, Sargent, Zorn, the Russian Impressionists, the World of Art (Mir Iskusstva) movement and those of other artists, Sophie is drawn to figurative art which bears witness to the giants of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Perfectly representing Sophie's preoccupation with nuances of light and fluency of form, the watercolours of Antony Bream offered here for sale are forever fresh, forever redolent of the scenes and places they depict. Each watercolour is infused with a brio which is unmatched, an energy which is chanelled into a succinct, masterly interpretation of the scene being captured.