Art européen du XIXe siècle

Le département Art européen du XIXe siècle de Christie’s organise des ventes aux enchères à Londres, New York et Paris lors desquelles sont proposées des œuvres importantes issues des divers mouvements de cette époque révolutionnaire. La catégorie englobe près de 90 000 artistes, notamment ceux des écoles symboliste, orientaliste, réaliste, scandinave et académique, ainsi que les peintres de Barbizon et les chroniqueurs de l’élégante Belle Époque.

Christie’s a obtenu des enchères records à l'échelle mondiale pour les artistes les plus importants de cette catégorie, notamment Vilhelm Hammershøi, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Franz von Stuck, Eugène Delacroix, Théodore Géricault, Gustave Courbet, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot et William Bouguereau, parmi d'autres.

Les experts de notre équipe internationale sont basés dans les Amériques, en Europe, au Moyen-Orient et en Asie. Ils sont toujours disponibles pour des estimations gratuites et confidentielles. Nous disposons également d’une équipe dédiée aux ventes privées, qui propose un canal discret et flexible pour les personnes souhaitant acheter et vendre. N’hésitez pas à nous contacter pour plus d’informations sur l’achat et la vente d’art européen du XIXe siècle.

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Venise, vue du Quai des Esclavons, vendu chez Christie’s pour 9 009 844 $

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Alastair Plumb
Specialist, Head of Sale, European Art
London
Appel+44 (0) 20 7752 3298
E-mailaplumb@christies.com
Alastair has acted as Head of the British & European Art sales in London since 2018, contributing to the success of the department’s many and varied sales. Alastair began his career at Christies in 2011 and led the 19th Century European & Orientalist Art auctions in Christie’s South Kensington to their highest results between 2014-2017. He played a significant role in Christie’s Amsterdam auctions in 2017.

Alastair is responsible for appraising and promoting European paintings and developing top client relationships throughout Europe, with a particular emphasis on Scandinavia and the Nordic regions. Alastair has a wealth of knowledge in this arena and has been involved with record breaking results for Scandinavian artists such as Vilhelm Hammershøi and Akseli Gallen-Kallela.

Alastair has established an extensive international network of collectors and museum curators. He has negotiated many private sales within this category. Alastair works closely with the Christie’s international team, having sourced business for auctions in London, Paris, Amsterdam and New York.

Prior to joining Christie’s, Alastair worked in a commercial art gallery exhibiting at Art Fairs throughout the UK. Alastair holds a M.Litt in Theology of Arts and the Imagination from the University of St. Andrews.
Peter Brown
Senior Director, International Specialist
London
Appel+44 (0) 20 7389 2435
E-mailpbrown@christies.com
With twenty years’ experience in valuing Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art, Peter Brown has overseen sales which have ensured Christie’s dominance of this market. As head of department, Peter has led a team which has achieved many world auction records for Victorian artists including those for Burne-Jones, Rossetti, Millais, Holman Hunt and Leighton. He was closely involved in securing and selling the Forbes Collection of Victorian Pictures in 2003, which sold for a total of £17 million – the largest ever auction of Victorian art to date, in which 65 auction records were achieved. In July 2013 he co-ordinated an auction of Victorian Pictures that realised £22,201,975 /$33,547,184 /€25,598,878, the highest total ever achieved for the category. The top price was paid for a masterpiece by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt., A.R.A., R.W.S. (1833-1898), Love Among the Ruins, which sold for £14,845,875/$22,432,117/€17,117,294, setting a new world record price for the artist at auction (estimate: £3 – 5 million) and becoming the most expensive Pre-Raphaelite painting ever sold at auction. In June 2000, he discovered an unsigned and previously unidentified work by Sir John Everett Millais. Estimated at £60-80,000, the picture sold for £157,750. (Christie’s, London, 14 June 2000, lot 11). Most recently he helped orchestrate the sale of the Setton Collection in December 2020 which saw many pictures double their pre-sale estimates and achieve world record prices. Peter Brown holds a B.A. from Durham University, and is a graduate of Christie’s Education. He has worked with Christie’s since 1992 and is a Senior Director and International Specialist.
Aleksandra Babenko
Specialist, Russian Paintings
London
Appel+44 (0) 20 7389 2489
E-mailababenko@christies.com
Aleksandra joined the Russian Art department at Christie's in 2012 having previously worked for a number of art galleries, museums and auction houses in Russia and England. Aleksandra has a strong background in Restoration and Art History having completed her two MAs in Fine Art and Restoration at the St Petersburg Academy of Art & Design and in Art Business at Sotheby’s Institute of Art in London.

Aleksandra is responsible for securing key consignments for Russian paintings and overseas cataloguing, researching and catalogue production for Russian pictures offered at auction and for private sales across the company. Over the past decade Aleksandra has contributed to the phenomenal success of the Russian Art category at Christie’s and has been instrumental in achieving many world record prices, most notably uncovering Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin’s masterpiece Still life with lilac, which was sold for £9.3 million (London, 2019) to became the most expensive Russian painting ever sold in a Russian sale.
Laura H. Mathis
VP, Specialist, Head of Sale
New York
Appel+1 212 636 2156
E-mailLMathis@christies.com
Laura Mathis joined the 19th Century European Art Department in 2015 and has been the New York department’s Head of Sale since 2018. She is a graduate of NYU's Department of Art History and began her career working at Richard L Feigen and Company in New York, one of the city’s premier Old Master and 19th Century galleries. Following this, she received her MA with distinction from the Courtauld Institute of Art in London and returned to New York to begin her work at Christie’s. She is responsible for sourcing, cataloguing and promoting pictures for the department’s bi-annual sales and works closely with Christie’s international department on sales at other sale sites as well. Laura has a particular academic interest in Scandinavian, Symbolist, and Art Nouveau painting.
Sophie Bremers
Specialist
Amsterdam
Appel+31 (0)20 575 59 66
E-mailsbremers@christies.com
Sophie Bremers is a director of the 19th Century Art in Amsterdam. After receiving her degree in History of Art at the University of Leiden Sophie made her debut in the auction world in 2005 at the Old Master Paintings department at Sotheby’s. In 2008 she joined Christie’s at the Old Masters & 19th Century Art department. Sophie has a broad range of interests across the category with a focus on Dutch 19th Century Art. Furthermore Sophie is the General Manager for the Amsterdam office. Since 2009, Sophie is an auctioneer and conducting sales for Christie’s nationally and internationally as well as regularly auctioneering for Charity sales. Sophie is responsible for sourcing, valuating and promoting pictures and works closely with Christie’s international department on sales at other sale sites. Her interest in developing business opportunities is not limited to her own field and involves her with multiple fine art categories and sales. Along with her native Dutch, Sophie speaks English and German.
Georgina Hilton
Head of Classic Art, Asia Pacific
Hong Kong
Appel+852 2978 6862
E-mailghilton@christies.com
Georgina is responsible for developing the market and taste for European Classical Art across Asia. Prior to moving to Hong Kong in 2019, Georgina was in the Old Master Paintings department in London. She is also a global Christie’s Auctioneer, taking flagship sales in Hong Kong, New York and London.
Melody Lin
Associate Vice President, Senior Representative Classic Art Group, Asia Pacific
Hong Kong
Appel+852 2978 6850
E-mailmelodylin@christies.com
Melody is responsible for expanding the market and interest of Western Classical Art in Asia, focusing on the International highlights tour and educational panels in Hong Kong, Taipei and mainland China. She joined Christie’s through the Graduate Trainee Program in 2018, and officially joined Classic Art Group in 2019. Melody was involved in number of major sales such as the Portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the age of 13 in Verona, Leonardo da Vinci The Head of a Bear, and rare manuscripts by Isaac Newton.

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Vilhelm Hammershoi, Interior with an Easel, Bredgade 25, vendu chez Christie’s pour 5 037 500 $