Painting by William Powell Frayta was a good investment: fifty years ago, when the parents of the current owner acquired the work, Victorian painting was not in vogue. But today it again in the price

< br /> The public looks at a picture of William Powell Frayta "Derby»
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considered lost painting known Victorian artist William Powell Frayta (William Powell Frith), discovered recently in the U.S. , last week was sold for 505,250 pounds (782,680 dollars) at auction in London Christie's (estimate 300-500 thousand pounds ), according to Artdaily.

Painting Frayta "Derby" - an early version of one of the most famous paintings of his time, multi-figure compositions, depicting the audience at the races in 1850 in Derby. The final leaf is in the collection of the Tate Museum in London.

auction house said that the product was sold to an anonymous buyer, a seller on the phone. The price was a record for the artist's works, were sold at public auction.

< p class = "mat1"> Cloth, which its owners are not considered valuable, for many years hung in an inconspicuous little house by the sea in New England. According to Peter Brown (Peter Brown), head of the Department of Victorian paintings Christie's, the seller, who requested anonymity, told that the work got his parents before World War II, when Victorian art was not in vogue. Since the 1970s, the works of Victorian artists assessment began to change, and today they are popular with collectors. However, the current popularity of Victorians only a shadow of interest, with who treated them contemporaries evidenced by the fact that in 1858 the London Academy of Arts before the product had to install special Frayta barrier to crowd of spectators was not hurt.

Material Maria prepared Estrova, AI

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