In New York's Christie's office is now a new branch of «the old masters of art and artists of the XIX century»

Representatives of the auction house Christie's announced a new reorganization. Several divisions - divisions of XIX century European art, Old Masters paintings, graphics Old Masters and the British charts - will be merged into a coherent form, to be called the «Art of the old masters and artists of the XIX century».

According to a new Nicholas Hall (Nicholas Hall), most collectors «never saw paintings by old masters and authors of the XIX century as a separate collection categories. Our goal - to combine auctions, which will be presented to the best of the best works created between 1300 and 1900 years ». Thus, at the next auction Christie's, which held on 28 January in New York , will be work by the beginning of the XIX century, in particular William Turner (William Turner), John Constable (John Constable) and Anne-Louis Giraudoux (Anne-Louis Girodet). The next auction in this category will be held in June 2009.

All the above changes affect only the New York office of Christie's. In London trading works by old masters and artists of the XIX century on the remains will be divided.

material produced Catherine Onuchin

Sources: artinfo.com , artinvestment.ru