Vetting
Meet our Vetting Committe
Guy Peppiatt (Chairman)
Guy started his working life at Dulwich Picture Gallery before joining Sotheby’s British Pictures department in 1993. He soon specialised in early British drawings and watercolours and took over the running of Sotheby’s Topographical sales. Topographical views whether of Britain or worldwide have remained an abiding interest. Guy left Sotheby’s in early 2004 and has worked as a dealer specialising in 18th and 19th century British drawings and watercolours since then, first from home and now since 2007 from his gallery in Mason’s Yard, St James’s.
Guy started his working life at Dulwich Picture Gallery before joining Sotheby’s British Pictures department in 1993. He soon specialised in early British drawings and watercolours and took over the running of Sotheby’s Topographical sales. Topographical views whether of Britain or worldwide have remained an abiding interest. Guy left Sotheby’s in early 2004 and has worked as a dealer specialising in 18th and 19th century British drawings and watercolours since then, first from home and now since 2007 from his gallery in Mason’s Yard, St James’s.
Neil Jennings
Neil runs Jennings Fine Art, specialising in Twentieth Century British art, design and illustration. A particular focus is avant-garde British printmaking before 1945
Neil runs Jennings Fine Art, specialising in Twentieth Century British art, design and illustration. A particular focus is avant-garde British printmaking before 1945
Robert Kennan
Robert Kennan is Head of Modern and Contemporary Editions London, Phillips de Pury & Company. With nearly twenty years of experience in the international auction business, Robert Kennan, he is an expert in fine art prints and editions. Kennan received a BA (Hons) in Graphic Design and Printmaking, from Leeds Polytechnic. He started his career at Phillips Son and Neale and went on to become Director of the Prints department at Bonhams, London for 18 years. Kennan’s extensive knowledge of prints includes major developments in western printmaking from the Renaissance to contemporary editions
Robert Kennan is Head of Modern and Contemporary Editions London, Phillips de Pury & Company. With nearly twenty years of experience in the international auction business, Robert Kennan, he is an expert in fine art prints and editions. Kennan received a BA (Hons) in Graphic Design and Printmaking, from Leeds Polytechnic. He started his career at Phillips Son and Neale and went on to become Director of the Prints department at Bonhams, London for 18 years. Kennan’s extensive knowledge of prints includes major developments in western printmaking from the Renaissance to contemporary editions
Anne Lyles
Anne is a former curator at Tate Britain specialising in late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century landscape painting. After stints in the prints and drawings departments of the Victoria & Albert and British Museums, she was recruited to work at the Tate Gallery in 1987 on the art of J.M.W. Turner. In addition to Turner, she is a specialist in John Constable and also the art of the British watercolour school c. 1750-1850. Her publications include The Great Age of British Watercolours 1750-1880 (Royal Academy of Arts and National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1993), British Watercolours from the Oppé Collection ( Tate Gallery, 1997) and Constable: the Great Landscapes (Tate Britain, 2006). Anne recently featured on BBC One's Fake or Fortune? , helping to prove the authenticity of works by John Constable.
Anne is a former curator at Tate Britain specialising in late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century landscape painting. After stints in the prints and drawings departments of the Victoria & Albert and British Museums, she was recruited to work at the Tate Gallery in 1987 on the art of J.M.W. Turner. In addition to Turner, she is a specialist in John Constable and also the art of the British watercolour school c. 1750-1850. Her publications include The Great Age of British Watercolours 1750-1880 (Royal Academy of Arts and National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1993), British Watercolours from the Oppé Collection ( Tate Gallery, 1997) and Constable: the Great Landscapes (Tate Britain, 2006). Anne recently featured on BBC One's Fake or Fortune? , helping to prove the authenticity of works by John Constable.
Huon Mallalieu
After four years cataloguing watercolours at Christie's Huon Mallalieu became a freelance writer specialising in art and antiques, and for a time also the property market. He has been a 'regular casual' with The Times since 1976, and art market writer for Country Life since 1990. His Dictionary of British Watercolour Artists first appeared in 1976 and has gone through several editions. Other books include Understanding Watercolours, 1985, the best-selling Antiques Roadshow A-Z of Antiques Hunting, 1996, and 1066 and Rather More, 2009. Other interests include Shakespeare and cartoons. Author of '1066 AND RATHER MORE - a Walk through History' published by Frances Lincoln
After four years cataloguing watercolours at Christie's Huon Mallalieu became a freelance writer specialising in art and antiques, and for a time also the property market. He has been a 'regular casual' with The Times since 1976, and art market writer for Country Life since 1990. His Dictionary of British Watercolour Artists first appeared in 1976 and has gone through several editions. Other books include Understanding Watercolours, 1985, the best-selling Antiques Roadshow A-Z of Antiques Hunting, 1996, and 1066 and Rather More, 2009. Other interests include Shakespeare and cartoons. Author of '1066 AND RATHER MORE - a Walk through History' published by Frances Lincoln
Jane McAusland
Jane is a conservator of art on paper, she trained in the 1960s and set up her own business in 1970 in London and works for private collectors, dealers and institutions as well as being an advisor to the auction houses. She has worked in the royal collection, taught at the University of the Arts, published articles and is a 1977 Churchill Fellow. She has her own private practice in London/Suffolk.
Jane is a conservator of art on paper, she trained in the 1960s and set up her own business in 1970 in London and works for private collectors, dealers and institutions as well as being an advisor to the auction houses. She has worked in the royal collection, taught at the University of the Arts, published articles and is a 1977 Churchill Fellow. She has her own private practice in London/Suffolk.
Harry Moore-Gwyn
Harry gained a place on the Sotheby's graduate trainee scheme, after 2 years he established himself as a dealer in 2000, specialising in British pictures.
Harry gained a place on the Sotheby's graduate trainee scheme, after 2 years he established himself as a dealer in 2000, specialising in British pictures.
Charles Nugent
Charles is an independent art historian and freelance fine art consultant. After seven years at Christie's, he was for fifteen years Curator of Drawings and Watercolours at the Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester. As well as contributing to specialist publications, he is the author of Turner Watercolours from Manchester (1996), British Watercolours in the Whitworth Art Gallery (2003) and Edward Lear, the Landscape Artist (2009).
Charles is an independent art historian and freelance fine art consultant. After seven years at Christie's, he was for fifteen years Curator of Drawings and Watercolours at the Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester. As well as contributing to specialist publications, he is the author of Turner Watercolours from Manchester (1996), British Watercolours in the Whitworth Art Gallery (2003) and Edward Lear, the Landscape Artist (2009).
John Robertson
John Robertson owned and ran the Bourne Gallery in Reigate until September 2010, and continues to deal under the name John Robertson Fine Paintings. For many years he served as Chairman of the Vetting Committee of this fair.
John Robertson owned and ran the Bourne Gallery in Reigate until September 2010, and continues to deal under the name John Robertson Fine Paintings. For many years he served as Chairman of the Vetting Committee of this fair.
Margaret Timmers
Margaret is a Monument Fellow at the Victoria and Albert Museum, where she was formerly Senior Curator of Prints. She devised and edited The Power of the Poster (V&A, 1998) and Impressions of the Twentieth Century: Fine Art Prints from the V&A Collection (V&A, 2001), and is currently writing an updated version of her book A Century of Olympic Posters (V&A, 2008) ready for London 2012.
Margaret is a Monument Fellow at the Victoria and Albert Museum, where she was formerly Senior Curator of Prints. She devised and edited The Power of the Poster (V&A, 1998) and Impressions of the Twentieth Century: Fine Art Prints from the V&A Collection (V&A, 2001), and is currently writing an updated version of her book A Century of Olympic Posters (V&A, 2008) ready for London 2012.
