Orientalist Art

Contact

• London

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    Alastair Plumb

    Specialist

    Alastair Plumb

    Specialist

    aplumb@christies.com+44 (0) 20 7752 3298

    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.

• Paris

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    Pierre Etienne

    Pierre Etienne

    petienne@christies.com+33 (0)1 40 76 72 72

    Pierre joined Christie’s in March 2018 as the International Director of the Old Master & 19th Century department, bringing 25 years of experience in the field. With a background in economics, art and communication, his career started under the guidance of renowned Old Master paintings expert Eric Turquin. For 15 years Pierre honed his expertise at Turquin’s practice, examining numerous works including several masterpieces, and became a qualified expert on paintings of the pre-modern era (up to the end of the 18th century). His subsequent research and writings – notably his thesis on the 18th century French painter Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié, published in 2000 – further anchored his specialism, with a focus on 17th and 18th century French paintings. In 2007, Pierre joined the Old Master Paintings department at Sotheby’s and has worked actively towards the development of the department. He was responsible for many landmark sales, including that of a pastel by Jean-Etienne Liotard, setting an auction record for the artist in 2012. Pierre has also led the outstanding sale of the Grandchamp des Raux Collection in 2015, which realised over €8 million for 49 paintings from 17th to 18th century France.

• Dubai

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    Arne Everwijn

    Director, Business Development, Middle East

    Arne Everwijn

    Director, Business Development, Middle East

    aeverwijn@christies.com‪+971 56 603 9344‬

    Arne Everwijn is Director, Business Development for the Middle East, based in Dubai. Arne joined Christie’s in Amsterdam in 2001 and relocated to the European Art department in London in 2007. In his previous role as Director, European and Orientalist Art in London, he worked on and developed some of the most notable sales in the category. He brought to sale the only known preparatory sketch in oil for Delacroix’s iconic La Liberté guidant le people which achieved £3,128,750, against a presale estimate of £700,000-1,000,000. Next to handling and selling masterpieces from the category, he advised and assisted his clients on acquiring works in a broad array of fields, ranging from Old Masters to Contemporary Art.