One of London’s most prestigious art and antiques fairs is back for another year at Berkeley Square. Compared to other fairs, LAPADA is a little smaller and comfortable to do in just a couple of hours. From fine art and furniture to glass sculptures and shimmering jewellery, there’s something for everyone at every price range.
Here are my top 10 highlights to see:
Marie Laurencin, Portraits of Pauline Laurencin, the artist’s mother with a further study of a child on the reverse, 1903 (Ottocento, stand A37)
James Lloyd, The Final Hurdle (Freya Mitton, stand A21)
Victor Charreton, L’eglise de Saint-Saturin dans le vallee de la Mon (Walker Galleries, stand A14)
Samplers and embroideries at Witney Antiques (stand B5)
Nicolaes Maes, Portrait of a lady in a crimson silk cloak within a painted feigned oval, c.1671 (Isherwood Fine Art, B11)
Betjemann & Son, Queen Victoria’s Mistress of the Robes, Duchess of Sutherland’s Feathered Burr Walnut Silver Vanity Box, 1869 (Mark Goodger Antiques, stand B12)
Period room displays at Butchoff (stand B48)
George Chinnery, Boats near the shore, Chenal (Karen Taylor Fine Art, stand B25)
The fun thing about this drawing is that it’s extensively inscribed in the artist’s shorthand, so good luck deciphering his notes!
Henri Lebasque, La Plage de Cannes (Callaghans of Shrewsbury, stand B30)
Sian Hopkinson, Golden Teapot (Panter & Hall, stand C10)
LAPADA Berkeley Square Fair runs from 27 September to 1 October 2023 at Berkeley Square, London, https://lapadalondon.com/
BONUS highlights:
John Piper, St Mary in the Marsh (Freya Mitton, stand A21)
Attributed to Pierre Paul Prud’hon, La belle musicienne (Ottocento, stand A37)
Charles Spencelayh, Ancient Lights, c.1910 (Macconnal-Mason Gallery, stand B62 & B63)
Laura Knight, Portrait of a lady, 1923 (Karen Taylor Fine Art, stand B25)
Paul-César Helleu, Alice Helleu à sa toilette (Karen Taylor Fine Art, stand B25)
The stand of Adrian Alan (B33)
Winifred Nicholson, St John’s Monastery, Patmos, Greece, 1963 (Alan Wheatley Art, stand B41)
Montague Dawson, Making a Run (Callaghans of Shrewsbury, stand B30)
Circle of William James Müller, Studies of an Arab (The Parker Gallery Ltd, stand B37)
Honore Cavaroc, Portrait of artist Louis Bourgeois-Borgex (Paul Mayhew, stand C4)
Nigel Ip 
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