Csongor Kis
AVP, Specialist | European Furniture & Works of Art
Csongor Kis has nearly twenty years of experience in the field of decorative arts, with a specialty in continental European furniture from the early Baroque to the mid-nineteenth century. He joined Christie’s European Furniture Department in New York in 2019, after working as a private adviser. Previously, he served for over a decade as assistant vice president and specialist in the European furniture and carpet departments at Sotheby’s in New York. Throughout his career, he played an instrumental role not only in various-owner sales but also in highly successful single-owner auctions, including those of Brooke Astor, Bunny Mellon, Lily and Edmond J. Safra, Patricia Kluge, Ann and Gordon Getty, Jayne Wrightsman, and Sydell Miller, among others. A native of Budapest, Hungary, Mr. Kis received his B.A. in art history from Bard College and his M.A. from the Bard Graduate Center in the History of Decorative Arts. In addition to his native Hungarian, Mr. Kis speaks Italian and German.
