Drawings can be found through an art dealer, at a car boot sale, or even handed down from relatives. They do not always have to be drawn by a prominent artist to be valuable.
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Our drawings expertise covers Old Master drawings, Victorian, 19th Century, Maps, Illustrations, 20th-Century and Contemporary drawings.The interest in drawings has been strong in the last decade due to an increasing interest in the exploratory nature of contemporary art and the ‘process’ of art, as opposed to the final product. If you'd like to get a Drawings valuation from our online specialist, simply upload a photograph and tell us any other details you know about the item.
Son of John Skeaping RA, our expert grew up in a house rife with art. He began his career in 1971 by converting an antiques shop into a Gallery to sell Victorian and Modern British paintings. Since then he has acquired forty years in the art world, travelling extensively throughout South Africa and South America in pursuit of ‘lost’ works.
Our Old Master Drawings expert has been a respected industry expert since 1989 has worked for the several of the leading auction houses and museums. After leaving Christie’s Old Master Drawing department, our specialists started his own business and is now a well respected consultant the world over.
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written by Crispian Riley-Smith
Collecting Old Master Drawing is fascinating and very rewarding to the collector. Drawings are the often the first glimpses, the sketches of the first ideas of something that later could have become a masterpiece. Read more if you are interested in how to start collecting Old Master drawings, where to look for them and how to take care of your collection.
