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Our August 2026 Contemporary Art auction offers a wide variety of artworks from across the period. With a huge range of styles, techniques and dimensions, we truly hope there is something for everyone. The sale is led by an intriguing selection of works by <a href="/artists/jack-vettriano">Jack Vettriano</a>; three excellent examples of his most recognisable style and subjects as well as a charming early painting from when he was still signing as ‘Jack Hoggan.’The sale also features two key works produced in the year 1986, and therefore celebrating their 40th birthdays this year; a striking early Peter Howson, Bedtime Stories, painted just five years following his graduation from Glasgow School of Art as he was starting to attract wider attention for his large-scale figurative work, and a significant oil by Sir Robin Philipson, Innocent Story (Carousel) which featured in key exhibitions in the artist’s lifetime, including one to celebrate his 70th birthday, as well as the retrospective of his work held by Edinburgh College of Art in 1989, where he had been Head of the School of Drawing and Painting.&nbsp;Scottish landscapes continue to be celebrated by Scottish artists and we are delighted to have significant examples by popular names including a Nael Hanna view of the West Coast, a large-scale Duncan Shanks of his local and beloved waterfall, Cora Linn, and a striking James Morrison of rolling clouds over an expansive view of his home region of Angus. Provenance can really add to the interest of an artwork and we are pleased to present an early Alison Watt mixed media, Nude which was purchased by the current owners directly from the artist at her Glasgow School of Art degree show. <a href="/artists/john-byrne">John Byrne’s</a> dramatic ‘Who Me? Never’ leads a group of very personal sketches which have lovely provenance through the artist’s family.&nbsp;

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QEST Auction: The Art of Welcoming | August 2026

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