Hello

Emily

I achieved a first-class honours degree in English Language and Literature at Oxford University and

went on to gain a Masters in the History of Art at The Courtauld Institute, specialising in the painting that emerged in Paris, London and New York in the period 1880-1940. 

I joined the auction house Christie’s in 2022 and now work as a Cataloguer within the Impressionist and Modern Art Department in London. Among other duties, I sometimes draft lot essays on individual artworks for sale and it is this aspect of my role that has inspired this blog.

Here I can venture beyond the commercial considerations of my day job and will present readers with what I hope they will find to be informative, entertaining and thought-provoking insights – any cross-pollination between my work and my writing will be incidental!

I hope you enjoy our posts and we welcome any feedback.

Alan

I recently retired as a company director and now have the time and freedom to indulge in the pleasure I derive from writing and art appreciation. It is a joy to collaborate with Emily; we will share in everything from choice of subject to editing and to the swapping of ideas and of course the writing. We will range across works and artists that mean something to us, some of which will be familiar but others less so, but which all merit, we think, a closer look.