Antiques: There will be local interest in a 1904 portrait of James Hugh Smith-Barry

Masterworks of Flora Jukhnovich and a Smith-Barry portrait are hot properties

This painting by Flora Jukhnovich sold for £2.69 million at Sotheby's.

ADOPTING the visual language of rococo art and drawing inspiration from 18th-century masterworks, Flora Yukhnovich is rapidly becoming one of the hottest properties in the international art world.

One of her paintings, Wet, ‘N’ Wild, made £2.69 million over a top estimate of £200,000 at Sotheby’s Now evening auction last week. In it she explores the world of fetes galantes made famous by Watteau.