19th Century European Art

Contact

• London

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    James Hastie

    International Head of Department, 19th Century European and Victorian Art

    James Hastie

    International Head of Department, 19th Century European and Victorian Art

    jhastie@christies.com+44 (0) 20 7389 2168

    James Hastie, Senior Director and International Head of 19th Century European and Victorian Art, began his career at Christie’s 33 years ago. After 15 years as a Victorian Art specialist in the London office, James joined the New York department supporting all areas of the team’s business-getting activities and was appointed Head of 19th Century European Art, New York, in 2009. Now heading both the London and New York office, James has a wealth of experience and has established an extensive international network of collectors and museum curators. James has been responsible for handling many prestigious consignments including the Ann and Gordon Getty Collection in 2023, and as head of private sales within the category, negotiated many high value private sales of artists including Hammershoi, Waterhouse, Munnings, Corot and Bouguereau.
    
    James has been a Christie’s sale and charity auctioneer for 30 years and conducts auctions for both 19th Century European and Victorian Art in London and New York.

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    Peter Brown

    Senior Director, International Specialist

    Peter Brown

    Senior Director, International Specialist

    pbrown@christies.com+44 (0) 20 7389 2435

    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.

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    Alastair Plumb

    Specialist, Head of Sale, European Art

    Alastair Plumb

    Specialist, Head of Sale, European Art

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

    Alastair Plumb joined Christies in 2011 and works in the 19th Century European & Orientalist Art department in London King Street. He is responsible for sourcing, cataloguing and promoting pictures for the department’s bi-annual sales and works closely with Christie’s international team, having contributed to auctions in London, Amsterdam and New York. Alastair travels extensively to undertake valuations throughout the UK and mainland Europe. He has a broad range of interests across the category with a focus on Scandinavian and Austrian art.
    
    Alastair led the 19th Century European & Orientalist Art auctions in Christie’s South Kensington to their highest results between 2014-2017 and played a significant role in the Christie’s Amsterdam auctions in 2017. From April 2018, he has been Head of Sale for the 19th Century European and Orientalist art auctions at Christie’s London. Prior to joining Christie’s, Alastair worked in a commercial art gallery exhibiting at Art Fairs throughout the UK.

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    Rebecca Anthony

    Junior Specialist

    Rebecca Anthony

    Junior Specialist

    ranthony@christies.com+44 (0) 207 389 2334

    Rebecca Anthony joined Christie’s in 2019 as a Global Graduate Trainee based in London. The programme saw her work across a number of art departments ranging from Islamic and Indian Art to Decorative Arts, as a cataloguer for many varied sales. Rebecca joined the 19th Century, British and European Art department in September of 2020, ahead of The Joe Setton Collection: Pre-Raphaelites to Last Romantics (December 2020). Since then she has worked on all subesquent British and European Art sales, and has a particular fondness for Pre-Raphaelite Art and Maritime Art, as well as championing the work of women artists. Rebecca graduated from the Courtauld Institute of Art, BA, 2016 and University of Oxford, MPhil 2019. During her final year, her dissertation focused on Elizabeth Siddal’s oeuvre and the motif of the open window within her work. This was explored in relation to her patron John Ruskin, and his writing on theoretical frameworks of art and vision.

• New York

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    James Hastie

    International Head of Department, 19th Century European and Victorian Art

    James Hastie

    International Head of Department, 19th Century European and Victorian Art

    jhastie@christies.com+44 (0) 20 7389 2168

    James Hastie, Senior Director and International Head of 19th Century European and Victorian Art, began his career at Christie’s 33 years ago. After 15 years as a Victorian Art specialist in the London office, James joined the New York department supporting all areas of the team’s business-getting activities and was appointed Head of 19th Century European Art, New York, in 2009. Now heading both the London and New York office, James has a wealth of experience and has established an extensive international network of collectors and museum curators. James has been responsible for handling many prestigious consignments including the Ann and Gordon Getty Collection in 2023, and as head of private sales within the category, negotiated many high value private sales of artists including Hammershoi, Waterhouse, Munnings, Corot and Bouguereau.
    
    James has been a Christie’s sale and charity auctioneer for 30 years and conducts auctions for both 19th Century European and Victorian Art in London and New York.

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    Laura H. Mathis

    VP, Specialist, Head of Sale

    Laura H. Mathis

    VP, Specialist, Head of Sale

    LMathis@christies.com+1 212 636 2156

    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.

• Amsterdam

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    Sophie Bremers

    Specialist

    Sophie Bremers

    Specialist

    sbremers@christies.com+31 (0)20 575 59 66

    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.

• Hong Kong

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    Georgina Hilton

    Head of Classic Art, Asia Pacific

    Georgina Hilton

    Head of Classic Art, Asia Pacific

    ghilton@christies.com+852 2978 6862

    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.

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    Melody Lin

    Liaison, Classic Art Group, Asia Pacific

    Melody Lin

    Liaison, Classic Art Group, Asia Pacific

    melodylin@christies.com+852 2978 6850

    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.