Crispian Riley-Smith
Welcome to an updated website, many images have been added and the pictures should be easier for you to see.
THE ON-LINE DISCOUNT HAS NOW STARTED! LASTS UNTIL 15TH NOVEMBER, SEE 'DRAWINGS FOR SALE' PAGE.
Now my website has I have an exciting forthcoming exhibition of Contemporary Botanical Watercolours and Drawings in early December in Harroagte, see the exhibition page for further details. There are many new features now added on the website, including credit card payment [not on-line], press releases and the chance to print images and e-mail a page to a friend.
I have been working in the art market since 1989 and principally sell drawings. I also advise clients on bidding at auction, buying from dealers, valuations for IRS, valuations for Canadian Cultural Heritage, valuations for Insurance, valuations for other Tax purposes. I also work as a consultant to Bonhams for their Old Master Drawings.
My interest in the arts started as a student at Eton College, where I studied art history, and as a student at St. Andrews University in Scotland. After graduation I joined Sotheby's as a gratuate trainee. Then I had a short spell at the British Museum, assisting a keeper in the Prints & Drawings Department. I then joined Phillips, Son & Neale. After a number of years training I went to work at Christie's in the Old Master Drawings Department, and in 1998 I started my own business. In 2000, with a number of colleagues, we launched Master Drawings in London, and in January 2007 launched Master Drawings in New York.
At the New York International Fine Art Fair
