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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.