During the mid 20th century, Sir Antony (1904–1987) and Lady Hornby (1910–1971) put together one of the foremost collections of Modern Art in Britain including works by European artists such as Georges Braque, Wassily Kandinsky, Henri Matisse and Balthus alongside pictures by their British contemporaries including Ben Nicholson, Henry Moore, Christopher Wood, Stanley Spencer and L.S. Lowry. Sir Antony had been a senior partner at Cazenove and was President of Savoy Hotels Ltd. He developed a particular passion for the art of the avant-garde and his grandchildren fondly remember his apartment at Claridges where he lived for the last two decades of his life surrounded by masterworks of modern art. He had presented Renoir’s A Bather to the National Gallery, London, in 1961 and amongst other bequests, he left Braque’s Glass on a Table (1909-10) to the Tate Collection.

The Collection of Sir Antony and Lady Hornby

The Modern British &amp; Irish Art Day Auction includes examples from the most well known and sought after artists working in Britain in the 20th Century.

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Irish Art Highlights

Modern British & Irish Art Week

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Deputy Chairman UK, Head of Modern British & Irish Art

André Zlattinger

Director, Head of Sale, Modern British and Irish Art

Bryn Sayles

Director, Senior Specialist, Modern British & Irish Art

Jen Hardie

Director, Specialist, Modern British and Irish Art

Nicholas Hemming-Brown

Tamsin Golding Yee

Senior Director | Head of Sotheby's Ireland

Arabella Bishop

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Irish Art

Modern British Art

Our Modern British &amp; Irish Art Day auction is a key part of Sotheby's British &amp; Irish Art week, comprising a dynamic series of sales and events celebrating the artistic landscape of Britain and Ireland from the 19th to the 21st century. With sessions devoted to Irish Art and Modern British Art, the sale features key works by the best artists working in Britain, Scotland and Ireland from the late 19th through to the 21st Century.

Modern British & Irish Art Day Auction