Richard Polhill Bevan Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Richard Polhill Bevan Art Value Price Guide

Mar. 12, 2024
Robert Polhill Bevan (1865-1925) Rosemary, Devon (Dry 31)
Est: £800 - £1,000
Robert Polhill Bevan (1865-1925) Rosemary, Devon (Dry 31) Lithograph, 1922, signed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 40, with the artist's monogram stamp, on laid paper, with full margins, sheet 314 x 392mm (12 3/8 x 15 3/8in)
Forum Auctions - UK
Dec. 14, 2023
Robert Polhill Bevan (1865-1925) A London Church (Dry 38)
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
Robert Polhill Bevan (1865-1925) A London Church (Dry 38) Lithograph, 1924, signed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 45, on wove paper, with full margins, sheet 381 x 491mm (15 x 19 3/8in) Provenance: Colnaghi & Co., London
Forum Auctions - UK
Dec. 14, 2023
Robert Polhill Bevan (1865-1925) The Horse Mart (Barbican No.1) (Dry 34)
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Robert Polhill Bevan (1865-1925) The Horse Mart (Barbican No.1) (Dry 34) Lithograph, 1920, stamped with the artist's monogram in ink, from the edition of 70, on laid paper, with full margins, sheet 454 x 590mm (17 7/8 x 23 1/4in) This work is based on the oil painting of the same title 1917-18. Provenance: Colnaghi & Co., London [stock no.A66582 in pencil verso]
Forum Auctions - UK
Oct. 25, 2023
Robert Polhill Bevan (1865-1925) Hoeing, Pont-Aven fusain et aquarelle sur
Est: €900 - €1,200
Robert Polhill Bevan (1865-1925) Hoeing, Pont-Aven fusain et aquarelle sur papier 25.7 x 35.3 cm.
Christie's
Oct. 25, 2023
Robert Polhill Bevan (1865-1925) Hawkridge lithographie sur papier vélin fi
Est: €800 - €1,200
Robert Polhill Bevan (1865-1925) Hawkridge lithographie sur papier vélin fin couleur crème Plaque: 35 x 40,5 cm. Feuille: 44,5 x 57 cm.
Christie's
Oct. 06, 2023
ROBERT POLHILL BEVAN (BRITISH 1865-1925), THE WHITE HOUSE (DRY 30)
Est: £500 - £700
ROBERT POLHILL BEVAN (BRITISH 1865-1925) THE WHITE HOUSE (DRY 30)Lithograph, 1921From the edition of 50Image: 19.5 x 22.5cm (7½ x 8¾ in.)
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Oct. 04, 2023
ROBERT POLHILL BEVAN (BRITISH 1865-1925), ON LUPPITT HILL
Est: £25,000 - £35,000
ROBERT POLHILL BEVAN (BRITISH 1865-1925) ON LUPPITT HILL, BARN FARM, LOOKING TOWARDS HARTRIDGE COMMON Oil on canvas Signed (lower right)64 x 75cm (25 x 29½ in.)Provenance:Private Collection, Robert Alexander Bevan (1901-1974), second son of Robert Bevan and Stanislawa de KarlowskaSale, Christie's, London, Modern British and Irish Paintings, Watercolours, Drawings & Sculpture, 23 June 1994, lot 116, where purchased by Robert Kime From a young age Robert Bevan's career path had been carefully planned out for him. Born into a family of bankers his family descended from Silvanus Bevan and Robert Barclay which founded Barclay, Bevan, Tritton and Co. of Lombard Street in London. Today simply known as Barclays. However, Bevan rejected the invitation to continue his education and follow in his family's foosteps he wished to pursue his interest and passion in the arts and partake in formal training at the Westminter School of Art. These endeavours were financially supported by his family. After initial study in London Bevan moved to the Academie Julien in Paris where he studied alongside artists such as Pierre Bonnard and Maurice Denis. In 1890, Bevan headed south to the picturesque region of Brittany, where he became entrenched in the vibrant artistic community of Pont-Aven, alongside notable figures such as Paul Gauguin.In 1896, Bevan married Stanislawa de Karlowska, a fellow art student, and the couple settled in London. Stanislawa or better known as Stasia was originally from Poland and the couple would take long trips to visit her family and homeland. The summers of 1901, 1903 and 1904 were spent in Poland at Szeliwy family property, see Lot 323. The couple frequently ventured to the country, including the West Country and Sussex-places that held personal significance for Bevan. The present lot illustrates a small farm dwelling with a patchwork of fields beyond sprawling across the hills with two horses in the foreground. Inspired by the rhythm and serenity of everyday country life, Bevan found himself drawn to the motif of the horse. Bevan produced a series of paintings and lithographs centred around horse dealers and sellers at the Barbican and Tattersall, images of which were collected by Robert Kime including Lot 12 through to 17.Around the same period, during the summers of 1916-1919 Robert Bevan spent the majority of his time at a house called Lytchett's on Hart's Farm on Bolham Water in Devon. It is most likely that the present lot was produced during this period whilst staying at Lytchett's immersed in the rustic countryside, Bevan's body of work during this period is bold in colour and peaceful in nature. Anne Chard, the farmer's daughter recalled in an article for The Somerset County Gazette in 1978 and 1980 that 'some of us can remember, during childhood, meeting a solitary gentleman tramping miles by foot across the Blackdown Hills and Luppitt areas. He either carried a sketchbook and pencil or paints and easel tucked under his arm. He wore a bowler hat, light grey check suit with a watch-chain across his waistcoat. A bow tie and spats added to the elegance of his appearance.'During his time at Lytchett's, Bevan developed a deep fascination with close-up depictions of barns and dwellings. An exemplary work from this period, The Chesnut Tree (Hart's Farm), painted in 1916, now housed at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, illustrates Bevan's distinct artistic approach. Each work has been constructed in a similar manner, using the placement of the trees to build the layers of composition and create perspective. The dwelling fills the majority of the canvas made up of simple geometric shapes in subdued natural colours and in the foreground animals grazing carefree in the midst of nature.
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Oct. 04, 2023
ROBERT POLHILL BEVAN (BRITISH 1865-1925), HORSE DEALERS AT THE BARBICAN (BARBICAN NO. 2) (DRY 35)
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
ROBERT POLHILL BEVAN (BRITISH 1865-1925) HORSE DEALERS AT THE BARBICAN (BARBICAN NO. 2) (DRY 35)Lithograph, 1921Stamped with monogram, one of eleven impressions on thin woven paper from the total edition of 70 Image 30 x 35.5cm (11¾ x 13¾ in.)Provenance:Christie's, South Kensington, 14 September 2010, lot 9 where purchased by Robert Kime
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Oct. 04, 2023
ROBERT POLHILL BEVAN (BRITISH 1865-1925), SALE AT WARD'S REPOSITORY (WARD'S NO.2) (DRY 36)
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
ROBERT POLHILL BEVAN (BRITISH 1865-1925)SALE AT WARD'S REPOSITORY (WARD'S NO.2) (DRY 36)Lithograph, 1921Stamped with monogram, from the edition of 50 and one proof on laid paper Image 31 x 36.5cm (12 x 14¼ in.)Provenance:Christie's, South Kensington, 14 September 2000, lot 10 where purchased by Robert Kime
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Oct. 04, 2023
ROBERT POLHILL BEVAN (BRITISH 1865-1925), CROCKS (DRY 39)
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
ROBERT POLHILL BEVAN (BRITISH 1865-1925) CROCKS (DRY 39)Lithograph, 1924-25Numbered 16/40 (lower left)Image 29.5 x 35cm (11½ x 13¾ in.)
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Mar. 22, 2023
ROBERT POLHILL BEVAN (1865-1925) Corn Stooks, Poland oil on panel 8 x 11 1/
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
ROBERT POLHILL BEVAN (1865-1925) Corn Stooks, Poland oil on panel 8 x 11 1/2 in. (20.3 x 29.3 cm.)
Christie's
Feb. 09, 2023
ROBERT POLHILL BEVAN (BRITISH, 1865-1925) The leader of the pack oil on ca
Est: £6,000 - £8,000
ROBERT POLHILL BEVAN (BRITISH, 1865-1925) The leader of the pack oil on canvas 24 x 36 in. (61 x 91.5 cm.)
Christie's
Oct. 28, 2022
Robert Polhill Bevan (British 1865-1925) The Plantation, 1922
Est: £1,200 - £1,800
Robert Polhill Bevan (British 1865-1925) The Plantation, 1922 35/40, signed and numbered in pencil (in the margin), stamped with the artist's monogram, lithograph on paper (plate: 30.7cm x 35.5cm (12in x 14in); sheet: 44cm x 57cm (17 1/4in x 22 1/2in)) Provenance: Estate of the Artist and thence by descent to the present owner. Literature: Dry, Graham, Robert Bevan 1865-1925: Catalogue Raisonné of the Lithographs and other Prints, The Curwen Press, London 1965, another example from the edition repr. b/w no.37. From a numbered edition of forty. This work is based, in reverse, on an oil painting of the same title of 1919, whose location is unknown.
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 28, 2022
Robert Polhill Bevan (British 1865-1925) Horse Dealers (Ward's Repository No.1), 1919
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
Robert Polhill Bevan (British 1865-1925) Horse Dealers (Ward's Repository No.1), 1919 inscribed by another hand 'Ward's No. 1' (lower left), lithograph on paper (plate: 27.5cm x 38cm (10 3/4in x 15in); sheet: 44cm x 57cm (17 1/4in x 22 1/2in)) Provenance: Estate of the Artist and thence by descent to the present owner. Literature: Bevan, R.A., Robert Bevan 1865-1925: A Memoir by his Son, Studio Vista, London 1965, another example from the edition repr. b/w pl.62 (as 'Horse Dealers' and dated 1921); Dry, Graham, Robert Bevan 1865-1925: Catalogue Raisonné of the Lithographs and other Prints, The Curwen Press, London 1965, another example from the edition repr. b/w no.33 (as 'Horse Dealers (Ward's Repository No.1)' and dated 1919). From an un-numbered edition of eighty plus three proofs. This work is also known as Ward's No.1. It is related to the oil painting Horse Dealers (Sale at Ward's Repository No.1) of 1918 which was purchased by Manchester Art Gallery in 1935 (acc.no.1935.157). Ward's Repository off the Edgward Road, London, was the first of the horse sale yards to close.
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 28, 2022
Robert Polhill Bevan (British 1865-1925) Wagon and Figure in a Landscape, early 1900s
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
Robert Polhill Bevan (British 1865-1925) Wagon and Figure in a Landscape, early 1900s signed (lower right), oil on canvas (47cm x 54.5cm (18 1/2in x 21 1/2in)) Provenance: Estate of the Artist and thence by descent to the present owner. In 1897, Bevan attended the wedding of Eric Forbes-Robertson and Janina Flamm, whose bridesmaid was the Polish artist Stanislawa de Karlowska (1876-1952); she and Bevan married in December that year. As a result, Bevan spent the summers of the early 1900s painting in Poland, where he made work in the style of Wagon and Figure in a Landscape.
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 27, 2022
Robert Polhill Bevan (1865-1925)
Est: £3,000 - £4,000
Robert Polhill Bevan (1865-1925) The Horse Mart, 1920 (Barbican No.1) lithograph, unnumbered from an edition of 65 29 x 39cm Provenance: With The Fine Art Society, London
Cheffins
Dec. 16, 2021
ROBERT POLHILL BEVAN (BRITISH, 1865-1925) Four Hunting Scenes: The Meet; F
Est: £10,000 - £15,000
ROBERT POLHILL BEVAN (BRITISH, 1865-1925) Four Hunting Scenes: The Meet; Found!; The Flying Pack; and Who-o-p! Image 252 x 337 mm. (Dry 17-19), 247 x 332 mm. (Dry 20) Sheets 383 x 560 mm. (4)
Christie's
Oct. 29, 2021
Robert Polhill Bevan (British 1865-1925) Breton Peasants
Est: £800 - £1,200
Robert Polhill Bevan (British 1865-1925) Breton Peasants monogrammed (lower left), charcoal (27.5cm x 41.5cm (10.75in x 16.25in))
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 05, 2021
Robert Polhill Bevan (1865-1925)
Est: £700 - £1,000
Robert Polhill Bevan (1865-1925) Robert Polhill Bevan (1865-1925) Woman with Cows, Brittany, c.1891-4 with artist's monogram stamp 'RPB' verso, pencil sheet 30.8 x 44.7cm
Sworders
Jul. 21, 2021
Robert Polhill Bevan (British, 1865-1925) The Smithy at Szeliwy (Executed circa 1903)
Est: £800 - £1,200
Robert Polhill Bevan (British, 1865-1925) The Smithy at Szeliwy signed with monogram (lower left) watercolour and charcoal on paper 26.5 x 34cm (10 7/16 x 13 3/8in). Executed circa 1903 For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Apr. 20, 2021
Robert Polhill Bevan (1865-1925)
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Robert Polhill Bevan (1865-1925) Robert Polhill Bevan (1865-1925) Public house in St Johns Wood, c.1910 signed with monogram l.l., crayon and watercolour 23 x 29cm Provenance: R A Bevan Esq., the artists son. Exhibited: Southampton Art Gallery, Camden Town Group Exhibition, 1951, no.15; The Arts Council of Great Britain, Drawings of the Camden Town Group, 1962, no.10.
Sworders
Jan. 30, 2019
Bevan (Robert Polhill, 1865-1925) Polish Cottages, black waxed-crayon with watercolour wash.
Est: £600 - £800
Bevan (Robert Polhill, 1865-1925) Polish Cottages, black waxed-crayon with watercolour wash on cream wove paper, RPB studio stamp verso, sheet 167 x 228 mm. (6 5/8 x 9 in), minor surface dirt, framed and glazed. Provenance: Colngahi, London, 'Robert Bevan' exhibition, 1959 (according to inscription on frame); The Phoenix Gallery, Suffolk
Forum Auctions - UK
Jun. 12, 2017
ROBERT POLHILL BEVAN | Houses in Sunlight
Est: £300,000 - £500,000
oil on canvas
Sotheby's
Feb. 27, 2017
Robert Polhill Bevan (British, 1865-1925) THE SMITHY, LUPPITT, DEVON, 1920
Est: €500 - €700
signed lower right; numbered lower left; with Executors of the late Robert Bevan label on reverse
Whyte's
Nov. 22, 2016
* ROBERT POLHILL BEVAN (BRITISH, 1865-1925) The Marshes, Poland
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
* ROBERT POLHILL BEVAN (BRITISH, 1865-1925) The Marshes, Poland charcoal and watercolour 25 x 34cm (9 13/16 x 13 3/8in).
Bonhams
Mar. 31, 2016
Robert Polhill Bevan (1865-1925) - Hawkridge (D.22)
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
lithograph, c.1900, from the edition of 18, on wove paper, with full margins, 350 x 407 mm (13 3/4 x 16 in)
Dreweatts 1759
Mar. 20, 2014
Robert Polhill Bevan (1865-1925)
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
Robert Polhill Bevan (1865-1925) >Polish Landscape oil on canvas, unframed >16 Â¾ x 20 Â¾ in. (42.5 x 52.6 cm.) 
Christie's
Mar. 20, 2014
Robert Polhill Bevan (1865-1925)
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
Robert Polhill Bevan (1865-1925) >Ploughing, Poland signed 'Robert Bevan' (lower right) >oil on canvas, unframed 24Â½ x 32 in. (62.2 x 81.3 cm.) >Painted circa 1904.
Christie's
Jan. 21, 2014
Robert Polhill Bevan (1865-1925)
Est: £400 - £600
Robert Polhill Bevan (1865-1925) A study of the cab yard for the painting 'Crocks' (Recto); and s tudy of a man and a dog (verso) charcoal 14.1/8 x 18.1/2 in. ( 35.9 x 47 cm.); unframed
Christie's
Jul. 11, 2013
Robert Polhill Bevan (1865-1925)
Est: -
Robert Polhill Bevan (1865-1925) Fox hounds gathering before the hunt, Exmoor; Landscape Brittany each with studio stamp (on the reverse) charcoal 7¾ x 11¼ in. (19.5 x 28.5 cm.) Executed circa 1896. (2)
Christie's
Oct. 12, 2011
Robert Polhill Bevan (1865-1925)
Est: £15,000 - £25,000
Robert Polhill Bevan (1865-1925) The Smithy at Szeliwy signed 'Robert Bevan' (lower right) and with studio stamp 'BEVAN' (on the stretcher) oil on canvas 26 x 35 in. (66 x 88.9 cm.) Painted circa 1903.
Christie's
Oct. 26, 2006
Robert Polhill Bevan (British, 1865-1925) From the Window of 85 Rue Adolphe Thiere looking towards the Fish Market, June '83 signed lower left R Bevan watercolour 22 x 13cm
Est: £200 - £300
Robert Polhill Bevan (British, 1865-1925) From the Window of 85 Rue Adolphe Thiere looking towards the Fish Market, June '83 signed lower left R Bevan watercolour 22 x 13cm
Cheffins