Orientalist Art
Since establishing the first auction dedicated to Orientalist art in 1998, Christie’s has led the field in this category and continues to realise record prices within London, Paris and New York.
Works by artists such as Jean-Léon Gérôme, Gustav Bauernfeind and Eugène Delacroix, John Frederick Lewis and Ludwig Deutsch capture a uniquely European view of the East — from Cairo to Constantinople — that increasingly attract a wide audience of collectors from emerging markets, demonstrating the timeless appeal of this aesthetic.
With specialists all over the world, Christie’s is dedicated to sourcing and selling the finest works of Orientalist art at auction and private sale. Please do contact us for a free and confidential valuation.
Works by artists such as Jean-Léon Gérôme, Gustav Bauernfeind and Eugène Delacroix, John Frederick Lewis and Ludwig Deutsch capture a uniquely European view of the East — from Cairo to Constantinople — that increasingly attract a wide audience of collectors from emerging markets, demonstrating the timeless appeal of this aesthetic.
With specialists all over the world, Christie’s is dedicated to sourcing and selling the finest works of Orientalist art at auction and private sale. Please do contact us for a free and confidential valuation.
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Arne Everwijn
Director, Business Development, Middle East
Dubai
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.
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