The printing of a painting of Britain’s King Charles III is generating unprecedented interest before it goes up for sale on Thursday, according to auction house Bonhams.
The print is one of 100 made of a painting of Balmoral Castle, one of the royal residences in Scotland, and is part of Bonhams’ The Scottish Home auction.
“In my time as an auctioneer, I’ve never seen so many commission bids submitted before an auction,” said Hamish Wilson, senior appraiser at Bonhams, referring to bids placed before the live auction.
“I think that speaks for itself,” added the expert.
“It has a new resonance in the nation and the world,” he said, adding that interest could also be spurred by the possibility that this is the first artwork by a living monarch offered at auction.
“It’s a rare occurrence,” Wilson said.
Charles did the painting in 2001, and the print is signed and dated in pencil, according to the auction listing. It will be sold framed and boxed with a certificate, and was originally expected to cost between £400 and £600.
Charles is known as a painting enthusiast and described his hobby as “one of the most relaxing and therapeutic exercises I know”.
Earlier this year, an exhibition brought together 79 of his landscape paintings, including scenes from the French countryside, the Scottish Highlands and Tanzania, which is among his “favorite places to paint”, according to a press release by his educational charity, The Prince’s Foundation.
Charles’ work regularly depicts the estates of the royal family, including Balmoral Castle and Sandringham House, and he has also produced watercolors in Turkey, Nepal and the Swiss Alps.
“I started painting entirely because I found photography less than satisfying,” the king is quoted as saying.
“I simply felt an irresistible desire to express what I saw through watercolor and to convey that almost ‘inner’ feeling of texture that is impossible to achieve through photography”, he added.
Charles became king after the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, on 8 September. His coronation will take place on May 6 next year at Westminster Abbey in London.
Source: CNN Brasil
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