Crispian Riley-Smith Fine Art Ltd
FEBRUARY 2012
Master Drawings New York 2012 opens on Saturday 21 January, click see here for an invitation to the exhibition.
Full details of the drawings and watercolours have now been added to the website. Click here for the images. Prices will be added the website the week of 23 January.
The schedule for this can be seen on my exhibition page which I will update on a regular basis. Please do bookmark this page. To view the new You Tube video click on the image.
View our new online catalogue
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Click here if you would like to order a complimentary catalogue.
I have been working in the art market since 1989 and principally sell fine old master drawings from the 16th century to early 20th century. In the last few years I have also been in dealing in contemporary pictures, which are mainly sold to clients in Yorkshire, where I live. I have held a number of exhibitions in the county in the North of England. Some of these contemporary pictures can be seen on this page. In July each year in London I participate in Master Drawings London week and in January I participate in Master Drawings New York week. The links to these sites are on each page of this website. I am actively involved with the organisation and running of these Master Drawings weeks in New York and London with my colleagues in the fine art trade. I also advise private clients in a number of areas in the art market including: buying of fine drawings at auction or from dealers, selling of fine drawings at auction or through a dealer, valuations for probate, valuations for Canadian Cultural Heritage, valuations for Insurance and valuations for other Tax purposes. I also work as a consultant to Bonhams auctioneers for their Old Master Drawings. In April 2010 I launched a new internet business which is an on-line platform for buying and selling Fine art, called www.iartbroker.com
My interest in the Fine Arts started as a student at Eton College, where I studied art history, and had an extensive practical experience as a student in sculpture. As a student at St. Andrews University in Scotland I studied History of Art. After graduation I joined Sotheby's as a graduate trainee and realised that this was the profession I wanted to work in, and spent a few years working in various departments from Impressionist pictures to jewelry. Then I had a short spell at the British Museum, assisting a keeper in the Prints & Drawings Department, it was at this point that I seriously considered specialising in the field of old master drawings. I then joined Phillips, Son & Neale and worked there for four years. At this point I went to study drawing at Heatherly’s School of Art, where I learnt just how difficult it is to be a professional artist! My career then took me to Christie's Old Master Drawings Department, where I worked till 1998, and then started my own business. In 2000, with a number of colleagues, I launched Master Drawings in London, and in 2007 launched Master Drawings New York. Both these events require extensive assistance from other dealers and I have found both events enormously helpful in meeting new clients and colleagues.
At an exhibition in the Armory in New York
Please note all prices quoted include the drawings and mounts, the frames can be purchased separately.
