Sarah Mansfield

Department Head
London, King Street

Having joined Christie's as a graduate trainee in 2004, Sarah Mansfield swiftly established herself as a key member of the international team and became a specialist in Russian Pictures in 2005. Primarily responsible for the Important Russian Pictures catalogue and business getting in Europe, Sarah was appointed Department Head, King Street, in 2008. Since joining the Russian Department Sarah has contributed to the phenomenal success of the Russian Art sales in London and New York, and has been instrumental in achieving many world record prices, including Abram Arkhipov’s At the market (London, 2006, £512,000), Ivan Aivazovskii’s American Shipping off the Rock of Gibraltar (London, 2007, £2,708,000) and The Somov Collection (London, 2007, £6,320,150). Having lived and worked in Russia, Sarah graduated from University College, Oxford, with Joint Honours in Russian and English Literature.

Alexis de Tiesenhausen

International Department Head
London, King Street

In a career spanning almost twenty-five years, Alexis de Tiesenhausen has pioneered Christie's Russian art sales in Geneva, New York, and London. Always a leader in his field, this Christie's veteran has been involved with the successful sale of some of the most significant Russian Works of Art ever to appear at auction including: The Kazan Collection of Fabergé (New York, 1997, $4 million); the Di Portanova Collection of Fabergé, Russian Works of Art & Objects of Vertu (New York, 2000, $3,276,869), the Fabergé Imperial Winter Egg (sold twice: New York, 2002, $9,579,500; and Geneva, 1994, 7,263,500 CHF), the Russian Field Marshal's Baton (New York, 2004, $903,500) and last but not least the Rothschild Fabergé Egg (London, 2007, £8,980,500). A devoted militarist and Fabergé expert, Alexis wrote the foreword to The Fabergé Imperial Easter Eggs by Tatiana Fabergé, Lynette Proler and Valentin Skurlov (1997) and is the co-editor of The Preobrazhensky Regiment during the First World War and the Civil War due to be published in 2009. As International Head of the Russian Department, Alexis is responsible for high-level business-getting for all sale sites. Of Russian parentage, Alexis was born in Paris and attended the Institute de Sciences Politiques before going on to study law at The Paris University.

Gower Williams

Associate Director
London, King Street

Gower Williams joined Christie’s in 1994 as a specialist in the Modern British Art department at South Kensington, before going on to head these sales in 1997. In 2000, he accepted the challenge of heading the Impressionist & Modern sales and in 2008 was appointed head of the newly-formed Russian department. In 2010 Gower joined the King Street team as Associate Director for Russian Art and will continue developing the Russian sales in conjunction with his colleagues in New York.

Evelyn Heathcoat Armory

Specialist
London, King Street

Evelyn Heathcoat Amory joined Christie’s in January 2009 as an Associate Specialist Trainee. After completing placements in English furniture, Victorian & British Impressionist Pictures and the Finance department, Evelyn joined the Russian department in the Autumn of 2009 assuming responsibility for researching and cataloguing Russian pictures for both King Street and South Kensington. Evelyn, who graduated with a first in Russian and Politics from the University of Leeds, has travelled extensively in Russia and has lived and worked in Moscow.

Aino-Leena Grapin

International Business Director
London, King Street

Anthea Peers

Business Manager
London, King Street

Anna Belousova

Administrator
London, King Street

Sandra Nedvetskaia

Head Client Liaison
London, King Street

Ksenia Apukhtina

Director, Client Liaison
London, King Street

Alina Brezhneva

Client Liaison
London, King Street

Nadia Shaglina

Client Liaison
London, King Street

Nadia Shaglina

Client Liaison
London, South Kensington

Matthew Stephenson

Managing Director, Christie's Russia
Moscow

Matthew Stephenson is a Senior Specialist in Impressionist and Modern art with over 10 years experience in the auction world. Matthew was appointed Managing Director of Christie’s Russia in April 2009, to lead the Christie’s Moscow office in providing exceptional client service to Russian clients. Working closely with Christie’s international senior specialists, Matthew and the Russian Business Development team work regularly with private collectors, art galleries, and the Russian cultural authorities and museums. In his prior role in the Impressionist and Modern Art department, Matthew was responsible for business-getting, marketing and promoting works for the Impressionist and Modern Art Evening sales in London, during which time he established strong relationships with major international collectors. In 2008 he was appointed head of the Impressionist and Modern Art Evening sale. Also a specialist in 19th Century European art, he has previously organised Christie’s bi-annual sales in the category, featuring artists ranging from Delacroix to Courbet. Matthew graduated from King’s College, London with a degree in Medieval and Modern History, after which he completed the Christie’s Graduate Training Programme.

Olga Tsoy

Client Liaison
Moscow

Izabela Grocholski

Department Head
New York, Rockefeller Center

Izabela joins Christie’s with a decade of experience in the art world. She was director of the Jan Krugier Gallery for a period of three years, and worked with the gallery for seven. Having lived in Poland for four years she worked at the Zacheta National Gallery of Art, where she assisted in the preparation of the centenary exhibition Warszawa-Moskwa/Moskwa- Warszawa 1900-2000, initiated by Zacheta’s director Anda Rottenberg, with the support of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute and the State Tretyakov Gallery. Izabela, who has a degree in art history and political science from McGill University, interned during her studies in the Drawings Department of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Her former roles include working for the United Nations as a media liaison, and performing a similar role in the Unia & Polska Foundation in Warsaw, a driving force in Poland’s accession to the EU.

Anne Bracegirdle

Associate Specialist
New York, Rockefeller Center

Anne Bracegirdle's experience at Christie's began in the Interiors department in 2005, following graduation from Fordham University with a degree in Art History. She left the company to pursue a Master's degree in the History of Photography at Sotheby's Institute of Art in London. Her dissertation, awarded with Distinction, focused on the construction and reception of Soviet identity in photography from the 1920s through the present. Upon returning to New York, Anne worked as an associate for Ronald Varney Fine Art Agents and contributed to "Photography, the Whole Story," published in London by Thames and Hudson. She rejoined Christie's in 2011, where she serves both the Russian Pictures and Works of Art teams as an Associate Specialist.

Ksenya Malina

Client Development Analyst and General Inquiries
New York, Rockefeller Center

Laryssa Zalisko

Business Manager
New York, Rockefeller Center

Yana Balan

Client Liason
New York, Rockefeller Center

Nicolas Kaenzig

Specialist
Paris

Nicholas has been a member of the Christie’s team for over 10 years, specialising in Russian Pictures and Works of Art since 2005.Highlights of his career include the sale of the Somov Collection in 2007 which totaled over £6 million. Nicholas studied History of Art and has a Masters Degree in Law.