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Stair Sainty ~ 17th to early-20th century European Paintings. www.stairsainty.com +44 207493 4542 Guy Stair Sainty

Stair Sainty Gallery are specialists in French, Italian and Spanish 17th to early 20th century painting and also handle exceptional examples of sculpture. Stair Sainty was founded in 1982 by Guy Stair Sainty, an author and expert on 18th and 19th century French painting, and has been a specialist gallery at the heart of the art market for thirty years. Its exhibition space is an 18th century townh

ouse in Mayfair at 38 Dover Street, London. The gallery is a member of the Syndicat National des Antiquaires, has exhibited at the Biennale des Antiquaires, Paris and exhibits annually at The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF), Maastricht; Masterpiece Fair, London; and Frieze Masters, London.

21/07/2025

Last week we had the pleasure of viewing the Dernier Sacre exhibition at the Galerie des Gobelins, Paris.

Starting with the death of Louis XIII in 1824, the exhibition documents the preparations and enacting of the coronation of Charles X in 1825, the last coronation of a French King.

Using objects from France’s vast state collections, including some pieces that have not been seen since the coronation day itself, the decorative and informative show was a feast for the eyes. The richness and detail of the fabrics, metalwork and furniture illustrated the vividness of the day and captured the essence of the message Charles X was trying to convey, the stability of the Bourbons restoration and that they were here to stay…a message that in the end only lasted 5 years. Charles X was deposed in the July Revolution of 1830 in favour of his cousin, Louis-Philippe, Duc de Orléans, an event which itself produced an iconic artwork in Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People.

Our connection to this exhibition is more than just historical interest, Stair Sainty Gallery has the privilege of presenting the first version of the coronation portrait of Charles X by Baron François Gérard. Started in advance of the coronation and finished in the same month, May, it was exhibited at a special exhibition at the Louvre before being gifted by the King to the Prince de Talleyrand. Housed in an enormous bespoke frame, it remained in the Talleyrand family for many generations. The irony being that despite the Prince de Talleyrand being instrumental in the Bourbon restoration, he was also a pivotal player in the overthrow of Charles X.

For more information on the painting, visit our website.

18/03/2025

We are well and truly under the female gaze here Maastricht.

Come and visit us on stand 344 to see this diverse selection of paintings depicting among others; Queens, femmes fatales and mythological icons.

15/03/2025

Maastricht 2025 is open and we look forward to welcoming you to stand 344 until next Thursday the 20th March.

We are exhibiting paintings by artists including and

09/01/2025

This painting by Louis Weldon Hawkins is certainly appropriate for the weather we are having in the UK at the moment.

This snow scene was probably painted in Brittany, the area of France Hawkins most enjoyed and would eventually retire to. The rural buildings with their warm-coloured stone walls stand in stark contrast the blanket of freshly fallen snow in
the lower half of the painting. The buildings share similarities in architecture with those featured in the background of Hawkins’ most famous painting, The Orphans
(Museé d’Orsay) which was painted a few years earlier.

Stay safe in this weather and for more information about the painting, contact the gallery with a DM.

17/10/2024

This autumn Stair Sainty is delighted to showcase a selection of French 19th century paintings, ranging from the 1820s to the 1890s.

Here we have two contrasting depictions of young women; the n**e Une Bacchante by Henri Gervex squeezing grapes on the vine, and a well dressed wife leaving the confessional in Le Confession, robe vert by James Tissot.

Two landscapes depicting the French countryside, painted around 10 years apart, Moisson à Mercin (detail) by Maurice Denis and Paysage a Niege by Louis Welden Hawkins, show not only different times of year but also how markedly styles were changing towards the end of the century.

Following the long overdue revival in the status of paintings by female artists, we have three French female painters depicting intimate domestic scenes, both historical and contemporary. Reflection by Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot, Breakfast by Marie Bracquemond and Valentine de Milan with Odette de Champsdivers by Anna Rimbault-Borrel.

For more information, contact the gallery or send us a DM.

01/07/2024

With the London summer art season in full swing, we look forward to welcoming you to our gallery at 4 Cromwell Place, London, SW7 2JE.

Come and see our wide range of European fine art including works by James Tissot, Henri Gervex, Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot, Giuseppe De Nittis and this charming picture by Marie Bracqemond.

We are open by appointment, so contact us for more information.

30/05/2024

Just a few more days to go until the June edition of Cromwell Place LATES.

Come and visit our gallery next Tuesday evening, 4th June, from 6pm to 8pm. We are located on the third floor of no. 4 Cromwell Place.

We are pleased to be exhibiting, for the first time together, a group of paintings by the early 19th century French female artist, Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot.

If you would like to attend, please contact us for more information.

27/05/2024

‘There’s a broken body on the wire’… A memorial to the American soldiers who lost their lives in the 1st World War. Memorial Day 2024.

For soldiers of all the belligerent powers in the 1st World War there were few more feared deaths than being trapped on the coils of barbed wire laid between the trenches. The war inspired 1000s of poems and many included references to the wire.

“Watching we hear the mad gusts tugging on the wire
like twitching agonies of men among its branches
Northward, incessantly, the flickering gunner rumbles,
Far off, like a dull rumour or another war,
What are we doing here?” (Wilfred Owen)

“Well, as to that, the nastiest job I’ve had
Was last year on this very front
Taking the discs at night from men
Who’d hung for six months on the wire
Just over there.
The worst of all was
They fell to pieces at a touch,
Thank God we couldn’t see their faces.” (Richard Aldington)

Michael M. Kupetz (1890-1964), the son of a Ukrainian immigrant, was born in Minneapolis and later moved with his family to Oklahoma. As a young man he trained as a professional artist in Eastern Europe, specialising in painting Orthodox Church interiors and icons. In June 1917 he was drafted into the US army and served on the western front, remaining in the army until the end of the war. After the war he returned to working in Orthodox churches in the Eastern United States; this powerful work is his only known non-religious painting.

06/03/2023

One of the artworks we are exhibiting this year Maastricht is this fascinating painting by Roberto Montenegro. Titled ‘The Day of the Dead (Prodigal Son) it is full of imagery and symbolism.

The Day of the Dead is commemorated in Mexico at the beginning of November, to coincide with All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ day (November 1st and 2nd) in the Catholic ecclesiastical calendar. While there is a political argument that asserts this commemoration has roots in pre-Christian Mexican culture, this is not supported by
modern scholarship, which allies it with related celebrations in Catholic communities in southern Europe. It was not until the presidency of Lázaro Cárdenas del Río (1934-
1940), whose anti-clerical government attempted to sever the connection with the church, that the celebrations were more directly associated with the new indigenismo
movement that separated Mexican culture from the traditions brought by colonisation. There is little evidence, however, that the present form of the celebration dates back much further than the end of the nineteenth century or, as some historians argue, to the 1920s.

Montenegro, who was fascinated with indigenous culture, presents this day as a Mexican cultural commemoration, although he never embraced the radical anti-clerical secularism of some of his artistic contemporaries. The day is manifested by special food – including skulls made of sugar and decorated with candy and pan de mu**ta (bread in the shape of bones) both of which are present here, surrounded by various fruits laid out in the foreground of the painting. The skull bears the name “Pancho”, clearly intended to remind the viewer of the brutal former revolutionary general renowned
also for his multiple bigamous marriages and banditry, who had been assassinated in 1923.

Come and learn more about this painting by visiting us on stand 344 from Thursday 9th March. DM for more information.

02/03/2023

The countdown to TEFAF Maastricht 2023 is well and truly on...we are looking forward to welcoming you to our stand, 344, from the 9th to the 19th of March.

This year we are bringing a wide group of European and International art including paintings by Swiss, French, German, Belgian, Swedish and Mexican artists.

Keep an eye on our feed as we share more about our participation in Maastricht 2023.

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Tuesday	10am - 6pm
Wednesday	10am - 6pm
Thursday	10am - 6pm
Friday	10am - 6pm

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http://www.stairsainty.com/

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