Arthur Melville Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Arthur Melville Art Value Price Guide

Sep. 26, 2024
ARTHUR MELVILLE A.R.S.A., R.S.W., A.R.S. (SCOTTISH 1855-1904)
Est: £5,000 - £8,000
ARTHUR MELVILLE A.R.S.A., R.S.W., A.R.S. (SCOTTISH 1855-1904) THE MOSQUE, EVENING Signed and dated '92, watercolour 18cm x 23cm (7in x 9in) Fulton Bequest, 1933.
Lyon & Turnbull
Jul. 09, 2024
Arthur Melville, RWS ARSA, Scottish 1855-1904- Street scene, France; p
Est: £2,500 - £3,000
Arthur Melville, RWS ARSA, Scottish 1855-1904- Street scene, France; pencil and watercolour heightened with white on paper, signed and dated 'A. Melville. / 1878' (lower left), 26.8 x 43.6 cm. Provenance: with Weiner Gallery, New York. Private Collection. Note: Melville studied at the Royal Scottish Academy School under James Campbell Noble (1845-1913) before enrolling at the Académie Julian in Paris, where he was introduced to key figures of the Impressionist movement by his fellow Scot Robert Weir Allan (1851-1942). Melville was heavily influenced by the work of the Impressionists, particularly that of Claude Monet (1840-1926). Indeed, Melville is thought to have been particularly struck by Monet's 'Les Dindons' of 1876, echoes of which can very much be felt in the present composition, most obviously in the spots of white on the figures' headscarves. The present work, executed during Melville's studies in Paris, reveals the artist's embrace of the innovative artistic approaches which he encountered in his early years in the city, and exhibits the loose style with spots of bold colour which would come to characterise Melville's work, and which in turn has been cited as an influence on groups such as the Glasgow Boys. The subject matter of the present work, depicting a bustling, tree-lined Parisian street, renders it particularly interesting, setting it apart from the Middle Eastern street scenes which define much of Melville's oeuvre.
Roseberys
Dec. 07, 2023
ARTHUR MELVILLE A.R.S.A., R.S.W., A.R.S (SCOTTISH 1855-1904) THE WOUNDED COVENANTER
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
ARTHUR MELVILLE A.R.S.A., R.S.W., A.R.S (SCOTTISH 1855-1904) THE WOUNDED COVENANTER Signed and dated 1885, watercolour (77.5cm x 54.5cm (30.5in x 21.5in)) Provenance: The Artist's Trustees The Fine Art Society Ltd Private Collection Exhibited: The Royal Society of British Artists, London, 1885 Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, Arthur Melville Memorial Exhibition, 1906, no.4 Nottingham Art Gallery, Arthur Melville Memorial Exhibition, 1907, no.40 Dundee Museums and Art Galleries, Arthur Melville, November 1977 - June 1978, no.13 Literature: Agnes E. Mackay, Arthur Melville 1855-1904: Scottish Impressionist, F. Lewis Publishers, Leigh-on-Sea, 1951, p.147, no.345
Lyon & Turnbull
Dec. 07, 2023
ARTHUR MELVILLE A.R.S.A., R.S.W., A.R.S (SCOTTISH 1855-1904) THE INNKEEPER
Est: £3,000 - £6,000
ARTHUR MELVILLE A.R.S.A., R.S.W., A.R.S (SCOTTISH 1855-1904) THE INNKEEPER Signed and inscribed with title verso, oil on canvas (58.5cm x 47cm (23in x 18.5in)) Literature: Agnes E. Mackay, Arthur Melville 1855-1904: Scottish Impressionist, F. Lewis Publishers Ltd, Leigh-on-Sea, 1951, p.149, no.390
Lyon & Turnbull
Jan. 25, 2023
ARTHUR MELVILLE A.R.S.A., R.S.W., A.R.S (SCOTTISH 1855-1904) STREET SCENE, KURRACHEE
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
ARTHUR MELVILLE A.R.S.A., R.S.W., A.R.S (SCOTTISH 1855-1904) STREET SCENE, KURRACHEE watercolour, signed (33cm (13in), 51cm (20in)) Provenance: Sotheby's, London, 15th April 1997, lot 171. Literature: Mackay, Agnes E. 'Arthur Melville', cat. no. 315. Exhibited: R.I. 1884 (91).
Lyon & Turnbull
Jun. 16, 2022
ARTHUR MELVILLE A.R.S.A., R.S.W., A.R.S (SCOTTISH 1855-1904) REEDS, DUDDINGSTON LOCH, WINTER
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
ARTHUR MELVILLE A.R.S.A., R.S.W., A.R.S (SCOTTISH 1855-1904) REEDS, DUDDINGSTON LOCH, WINTER Signed, watercolour (51cm x 66cm (20in x 26in)) Note: Duddingston Loch was a constant source of inspiration for Melville, and as Kenneth McConkey points out in his 2015 National Galleries of Scotland exhibition catalogue, Melville's obituary in the Haddington Advertiser recorded that as a student at the R.S.A. Schools 'the reeds at Duddingston were a favourite sketching ground of his, and to gratify this taste he had to get up at five o'clock in the morning, so much work did he do during the day.' It is interesting to compare this work with 'Skating on Duddingston Loch' exhibited in National Galleries of Scotland, Arthur Melville: Adventures in Colour, 2015, no.31
Lyon & Turnbull
Jun. 16, 2022
ARTHUR MELVILLE A.R.S.A., R.S.W., A.R.S (SCOTTISH 1855-1904) A STILL LIFE OF ROSES ON A LEDGE
Est: £6,000 - £8,000
ARTHUR MELVILLE A.R.S.A., R.S.W., A.R.S (SCOTTISH 1855-1904) A STILL LIFE OF ROSES ON A LEDGE Signed, oil on canvas (25.5cm x 36cm (10in x 14in))
Lyon & Turnbull
May. 03, 2022
ARTHUR MELVILLE (BRITISH 1855-1904)
Est: £400 - £600
ARTHUR MELVILLE (BRITISH 1855-1904) ARTHUR MELVILLE (BRITISH 1855-1904) Study of a church interior signed ARTHUR MELVILLE (lower left) watercolour and bodycolour over traces of black chalk 75 x 45 cm (29 1/2 x 17 3/4 in)
Chiswick Auctions
Dec. 09, 2020
Circle of Arthur Melville (1855-1904)
Est: £300 - £400
Circle of Arthur Melville (1855-1904) Circle of Arthur Melville (1855-1904) A street market, Cairo oil on canvas 23 x 31cm
Sworders
Oct. 20, 2020
Arthur Melville (1855-1904) Flower Piece Oil on canvas, 25.2 x 35.5cm (10 x 14'') Signed Provenance: Sotheby's, London sale date; with Jorgensen Fine Art, Dublin.
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
Arthur Melville (1855-1904) Flower Piece Oil on canvas, 25.2 x 35.5cm (10 x 14'') Signed Provenance: Sotheby's, London sale date; with Jorgensen Fine Art, Dublin.
Adam's
Dec. 05, 2019
Arthur Melville A.R.S.A., R.S.W., A.R.S (1855-1904) North Aisle of St. Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
Signed, inscribed and dated 'To my friend Dr. Clouston, 4 March 1885', watercolour (Dimensions: 48cm x 33cm (19in x 13in)) (48cm x 33cm (19in x 13in))
Lyon & Turnbull
Sep. 25, 2019
Arthur Melville ARSA RSW ARS (British, 1855-1904) The Innkeeper 58.5 x 47.5 cm. (23 1/16 x 18 11/16 in.)
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Arthur Melville ARSA RSW ARS (British, 1855-1904) The Innkeeper bears inscription by artist's nephew George, his Trustee, verso, oil on canvas, 58.5 x 47.5 cm. (23 1/16 x 18 11/16 in.) ProvenanceSale; Christie's, Glasgow, 10 December 1987, lot 64.Sale; Christie's, London, 8 March 2001, lot 121.Painted at Grez-sur-Loing in 1880. The subject was the proprietor of the famous artists' residence, Hotel Chevillon.
Bonhams
Feb. 05, 2019
ARTHUR MELVILLE, A.R.S.A., R.S.W. A.R.S. | Stable Boy with Fez, Soldiers Seated, Morocco
Est: £10,000 - £15,000
oil on panel
Sotheby's
Dec. 06, 2018
ARTHUR MELVILLE A.R.S.A., R.S.W., A.R.S. (SCOTTISH 1855-1904) WOMAN IN WHITE 48cm x 30.5cm (19in x 12in)
Est: £5,000 - £7,000
ARTHUR MELVILLE A.R.S.A., R.S.W., A.R.S. (SCOTTISH 1855-1904) WOMAN IN WHITE Signed, inscribed and dated 'Paris 1881', watercolour 48cm x 30.5cm (19in x 12in)
Lyon & Turnbull
Nov. 20, 2018
ARTHUR MELVILLE, A.R.S.A., R.S.W. A.R.S. | Garnet Sails
Est: £30,000 - £50,000
watercolour, pencil and bodycolour
Sotheby's
Oct. 10, 2018
Arthur Melville Scottish, 1858-1904 Honfleur
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Arthur Melville Scottish, 1858-1904 Honfleur Signed, inscribed and indistinctly dated Arthur Melville/18.../Honfleur (ll) Watercolor on paper 11 x 17 1/8 inches (28 x 43.5 cm) Provenance: The Fine Art Society, PLC, London Literature: Iain Gail, Arthur Melville, p. 96 C
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Oct. 10, 2018
ARTHUR MELVILLE ARSA RSW ARS (1855-1904) The fruit market watercolour 5
Est: £10,000 - £15,000
ARTHUR MELVILLE ARSA RSW ARS (1855-1904) The fruit market watercolour 59.5 x 85 cm. (23 7/16 x 33 7/16 in.)
Bonhams
Nov. 21, 2017
ARTHUR MELVILLE, A.R.S.A., R.S.W. A.R.S. | Old Enemies
Est: £40,000 - £60,000
oil on canvas
Sotheby's
Nov. 21, 2017
ARTHUR MELVILLE, A.R.S.A., R.S.W. A.R.S. | A Spanish Fishing Village, The Harbour at Puerta de Pasajes
Est: £25,000 - £35,000
watercolour
Sotheby's
Nov. 21, 2017
ARTHUR MELVILLE, A.R.S.A., R.S.W. A.R.S. | Head of a Copt, Sheikh A'Chga
Est: £6,000 - £8,000
watercolour
Sotheby's
Oct. 23, 2017
Arthur Melville ARSA RSW ARS (British, 1855-1904) THE SEAT, 1897
Est: €1,500 - €2,000
signed, titled and dated under mount lower right
Whyte's
Jul. 11, 2017
Arthur Melville (1855-1904) - La Toilette des Mules
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
Arthur Melville (1855-1904) La Toilette des Mules oil on canvas 20 ½ x 31 in. (52 x 78.7 cm.)
Christie's
Apr. 26, 2017
* Arthur Melville ARSA RSW ARS (British, 1855-1904) Two Mowers (1880) 31 x 46 cm. (12 3/16 x 18 1/8 in.)
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
Two Mowers (1880) inscribed and dated (verso) by George Melville, the artist's nephew oil on canvas 31 x 46 cm. (12 3/16 x 18 1/8 in.) Footnotes Provenance The Artist's Studio Private Collection, Canada Literature AE Mackay, Arthur Melville, Leigh on Sea, 1951. Possibly cat. no. 395 Probably painted in Egypt in 1880.
Bonhams
Nov. 18, 2015
ARTHUR MELVILLE, A.R.S.A., R.S.W. A.R.S. | Outside the Bullring
Est: £40,000 - £60,000
pencil and watercolour heightened with white
Sotheby's
Jun. 04, 2015
ARTHUR MELVILLE (SCOTTISH 1858-1904) MALTA 35.5cm x 50.5cm (14in x 19.75in) and with the biography of Arthur Melville by Agnes E Mac...
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
ARTHUR MELVILLE (SCOTTISH 1858-1904) MALTA Signed and inscribed, watercolour heightened with bodycolour on buff paper 35.5cm x 50.5cm (14in x 19.75in) and with the biography of Arthur Melville by Agnes E Mackay 1951 with an inscription to current vendors from Ian MacNicol Feb. 1973 (2)
Lyon & Turnbull
Mar. 14, 2014
ARTHUR MELVILLE (1855-1904, BRITISH) Winter
Est: £400 - £500
ARTHUR MELVILLE (1855-1904, BRITISH) Winter Landscape with Figures, Horses and Dog before a Stable oil on canvas, signed and indistinctly dated lower right 17 x 32 1/2ins
Keys Fine Art Auctioneers
Nov. 16, 2013
Attributed to Arthur Melville ARSA, RWS, RSW,
Est: £200 - £300
Attributed to Arthur Melville ARSA, RWS, RSW, (1855-1904) ''Path by the Sea'' Oil on board, 15.5cm by 22.5cm Provenance: The Fine Art Society, London
Tennants
Sep. 12, 2013
Arthur Melville, ARSA RSW ARS (British, 1855-1904)
Est: £10,000 - £15,000
A Normandy Shepherd oil on canvas 55 x 33 cm. (21 1/8 x 13 in.)
Bonhams
Sep. 12, 2013
Arthur Melville, ARSA RSW ARS (British, 1855-1904)
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Standing Stones signed and dated 'Arthur Melville/90' (lower left) watercolour 17.5 x 27.5 cm. (6 7/8 x 10 13/16 in.)
Bonhams
Jan. 10, 2013
ARTHUR MELVILLE ARSA RSW ARS (SCOTTISH 1858 - 1904) - THE ABDUCTION
Est: £10,000 - £15,000
ARTHUR MELVILLE ARSA RSW ARS (SCOTTISH 1858 - 1904) THE ABDUCTION watercolour, signed and dated 1894 27cm x 45cm Note : Melville's travels in Europe and the Middle East inspired his vibrant paintings in oil and watercolour. He developed a distinctive technique of watercolour painting, described as 'blottesque', using dabs of pigment on wet paper and blotting them with a sponge. Melville, born in Angus, studied painting in Edinburgh before moving to Paris in 1878. He gravitated to the artists' colony in Grez-sur-Long and sold the paintings he produced there to finance his journeys from North Africa to India. From around 1884 he worked closely with several of the Glasgow Boys in Scotland and in London, before his untimely death from typhoid. "The story of a young headstrong English woman, scooped from the crowd by an Arab horseman at a riding display at Tangier, never to be seen again, and told in AJ Dawson's The Powder Play, (1898), is romantic fiction. It recalls the colourful tales of the Barbary Corsairs and anticipates Edith Maude Hull's desert romances of the inter-war period made popular in the films of Rudolph Valentino. Yet Dawson's story is nevertheless based upon a number of reported, albeit less glamorous kidnaps that occurred in the closing decades of the nineteenth century in a city that was increasingly controlled by local brigands. Such tales would have been current during Arthur Melville's visits to the 'white city' in the 1890s and while he would record its narrow passageways, mosques and souk, he was also seeking material to use in larger compositions such as Waiting For the Sultan and A Moorish Procession, Tangier 1893 (both National Gallery of Scotland), that conveyed the colour of Arab life. One of these pictorial ideas is likely to have been The Abduction. It, more than any of Melville's Orientalist pictures contains memories of Delacroix, whose murals of Attila and Heliodorus in the Palais Bourbon and St Sulpice, Melville could have seen on his many visits to Paris. KMC.
McTear's
Dec. 13, 2012
Arthur Melville, R.W.S., A.R.S.A., R.S.W. (1855-1904)
Est: £12,000 - £18,000
Arthur Melville, R.W.S., A.R.S.A., R.S.W. (1855-1904) The Abduction signed 'Arthur Melville...' (lower left) pencil and watercolour on paper 12 x 17½ in. (30.5 x 44.5 cm.)
Christie's
May. 24, 2012
Arthur Melville, R.W.S., A.R.S.A., R.S.W. (1855-1904)
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
Arthur Melville, R.W.S., A.R.S.A., R.S.W. (1855-1904) Study for At the Door of the Seraglio oil on canvas 16 x 12 in. (40.6 x 30.5 cm.) Painted circa 1890.
Christie's
May. 23, 2012
Arthur Melville, R.W.S., A.R.S.A., R.S.W. (1855-1904)
Est: £70,000 - £100,000
Arthur Melville, R.W.S., A.R.S.A., R.S.W. (1855-1904) The Procession of the Corpus Christi, Toledo signed, inscribed and dated 'Arthur. Melville/Toledo. 1890' (lower left), inscribed again 'Corpus Christi' (lower right) pencil, watercolour and bodycolour 30½ x 22 in. (77.5 x 55.9 cm.)
Christie's
Dec. 08, 2011
Arthur Melville, ARSA RSW ARS (British, 1855-1904) Invertrossachs 37 x 54.5 cm. (14 9/16 x 21 7/16 in.)
Est: £10,000 - £15,000
Invertrossachs signed 'A Melville', inscribed with title, dated 1895, and dedicated 'To Philippa Strachey' (lower left) watercolour 37 x 54.5 cm. (14 9/16 x 21 7/16 in.)
Bonhams
Dec. 08, 2011
Arthur Melville, ARSA RSW ARS (British, 1855-1904) Early Morning on the Seine, the Pont Neuf 35.25 x 53.5 cm. (13 7/8 x 21 1/16 in.)
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
Early Morning on the Seine, the Pont Neuf signed and dated 'A Melville 79' (lower left) watercolour 35.25 x 53.5 cm. (13 7/8 x 21 1/16 in.)
Bonhams
Dec. 08, 2011
Arthur Melville, ARSA RSW ARS (British, 1855-1904) A French Washing 27.5 x 44.5 cm. (10 13/16 x 17 1/2 in.)
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
A French Washing signed and dated 'Arthur Melville 1886' (lower left) watercolour with white heightening 27.5 x 44.5 cm. (10 13/16 x 17 1/2 in.)
Bonhams
Nov. 17, 2011
Arthur Melville, R.W.S., A.R.S.A., R.S.W. (1855-1904)
Est: £50,000 - £80,000
Arthur Melville, R.W.S., A.R.S.A., R.S.W. (1855-1904) The Lawn Tennis Party at Marcus signed and dated 'Arthur Melville./1889.' (lower left) and inscribed 'Marcus' (lower right) pencil and watercolour heightened with touches of bodycolour 21½ x 28½ in. (54.7 x 72.5 cm.)
Christie's
May. 20, 2011
Monogrammist AM, Flusslandschaft
Est: - €80
Monogrammist AM, Flusslandschaft spätsommerliche Flussauenlandschaft mit Bäumen am angestauten Fluss, Aquarell um 1880, re. unten monogr. "A.M.", rs. Etikett mit ungeprüfter Zuschreibung "Melville, Arthur" und Infos zum Künstler aus Th.B.: "Schottland, geb. East Linton 1855, gest. Witley/Surrey 1904, Maler, Aquarellist...", gegilbt und min. lichtrandig, hinter Glas und Passep. gerahmt, Abb. ca. 25 x 35,3 cm. ...weitere Informationen
Auktionshaus Mehlis GmbH
Apr. 19, 2011
Arthur Melville, A.R.S.A., R.W.S. (1885-1904)
Est: £200 - £300
Arthur Melville, A.R.S.A., R.W.S. (1885-1904) PYRAMIDS Signed l.r. and inscribed l.l., watercolour 10cm x 17cm
Sworders
Dec. 07, 2010
Arthur Melville, ARSA RSW ARS (British, 1855-1904)
Est: £10,000 - £15,000
'Riofrida' bears details on label verso oil on panel 43 x 31.5cm (16 15/16 x 12 3/8in).
Bonhams
Dec. 01, 2010
ARTHUR MELVILLE A.R.S.A., R.S.W., A.R.S (SCOTTISH 1855-1904) BARGES ON THE SEINE AT BERCY 36cm x 53cm (14in x 21.5in)
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
ARTHUR MELVILLE A.R.S.A., R.S.W., A.R.S (SCOTTISH 1855-1904) BARGES ON THE SEINE AT BERCY Signed, inscribed and dated 'Bercy 1889', watercolour 36cm x 53cm (14in x 21.5in)
Lyon & Turnbull
Nov. 16, 2010
Arthur Melville (1855-1904) Figures by a Cottage
Est: €1,500 - €2,500
Arthur Melville (1855-1904) Figures by a Cottage in a Rural Landscape Oil on board, 50 x 75cm Signed
Adam's
Sep. 29, 2010
ARTHUR MELVILLE, R.W.S., A.R.S.A
Est: £50,000 - £70,000
ARTHUR MELVILLE, R.W.S., A.R.S.A 1855 - 1904 GARNET SAILS signed and dated l.l.: Arthur. Melville .98. ; signed, titled and inscribed on the artist's label: Garnet Sails/ The Property of/ W. McEwen Esq./ Edinburgh/ Arthur Melville/ 13 Mell- Road/ Kensington W/ Kensington pencil, watercolour and bodycolour 85 by 59.5 cm.; 33½ by 23½ in.
Sotheby's
Apr. 22, 2010
ARTHUR MELVILLE
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
ARTHUR MELVILLE 1855-1904 WASHERWOMEN AT GRÉZ signed l.l.: Arthur Melville watercolour 28.5 by 40.5 cm.; 11 ¼ by 16 in.
Sotheby's
Apr. 22, 2010
ARTHUR MELVILLE
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
ARTHUR MELVILLE 1855-1904 THE ROOSTER inscribed l.l.: "The Rooster" By Arthur Melville/ RWS, ARSA from the trust collection pencil and watercolour on linen 51 by 37 cm.; 20 by 14½ in.
Sotheby's
Aug. 18, 2009
Arthur Melville, ARSA RSW ARS (British, 1855-1904) River landscape, probably Grez sur Loing
Est: £600 - £800
River landscape, probably Grez sur Loing watercolour, 27 x 44cm (10 5/8 x 17 5/16in).
Bonhams
Aug. 18, 2009
Arthur Melville, ARSA RSW ARS (British, 1855-1904) The Rooster
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
The Rooster bears 'Trust' inscription watercolour on linen 52.5 x 38.5cm (20 11/16 x 15 3/16in).
Bonhams
Aug. 18, 2009
Arthur Melville, ARSA RSW ARS (British, 1855-1904) Street scene Tangier
Est: £6,000 - £8,000
Street scene Tangier signed 'Arthur Melville' (lower right) watercolour 37.5 x 52cm (14 3/4 x 20 1/2in).
Bonhams