MacDougall's is a rapidly expanding firm, with competitive pay and a generous bonus scheme. MacDougall Auctions is the only fine art auction house to specialise exclusively in Russian art. Sales take place twice a year during London's Russian week, in June and November/December. It was the first international auction house with a representative in Moscow and is still the only one with a representative in Kiev.
In 2010, MacDougall's Russian art sales generated more than 25 million GBP. Highlights included an early masterpiece by Ivan Shishkin, sold for more than 1.8 million GBP. MacDougall's continues to make exciting sales in 2011, such as Boris Kustodiev's Portrait of Irina Kustodieva, sold for more than 1.8 million GBP.
Since its inaugural auction in 2004, MacDougall's has become one the three main international auction houses holding specialised Russian art sales. We regularly handle masterpieces by the most significant and sought-after Russian artists, including Boris Kustodiev, Ivan Shishkin, Nicholas Roerich, Ilya Repin and Ivan Aivazovsky, among many others.
Working with leading Russian art experts, MacDougall's offers its clients the best advice possible. We hold regular exhibitions in Moscow and Kiev, nurturing close relationships with collectors of Russian art. Current opportunities include:
Russian Art Expert
Expert in 19th and 20th Century or Contemporary Russian Art. Fluent Russian, good English. French an advantage. Knowledge of current market prices.
Russian Speaking Auction Administrator
Requires knowledge of auction accounting or art shipping procedures, plus fluent Russian and English and strong Excel and other computer skills.
Bilingual Interns
Paid temporary and permanent positions available for university students and graduates with fluent Russian and English and with an interest in art. UK working rights and Excel and Word skills required.
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For all positions please send e-mail with CV to: personnel@macdougallauction.com
Please list 'Russian Art and Culture' as the jobsite when applying for these roles.
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Tuesday, 13 December 2011
Monday, 5 December 2011
MacDougall's results for Russian Art Week
MacDougall Auctions maintains its leader position in Russian art selling paintings, icons and works of art for over 12m GBP. The painting Merchant’s Wife , by Boris Kustodiev, sold for over 1.8m GBP, making it one of the three most expensive lots of London's Russian Week. A new world record was set for the avant-garde artist Aleksandr Volkov whose painting Listening to the Bedana was sold for 909,000 GBP. Among other top lots sold were works by Ivan Aivazovsky for 782,000 GBP, Michail Nesterov for 597,000 GBP and Aleksei Savrasov for 498,000 GBP. A stage design by Leon Bakst sold for 850,000 GBP, the most expensive work on paper of the week, and over 20 times its estimate. The Russian Icons auction raised a further 834,000 GBP; MacDougall’s is the only auction house in the world who holds a regular specialised icons sale.
William MacDougall commented: “We are very pleased with the results which prove that the Russian art market continues to be very strong”.
William MacDougall commented: “We are very pleased with the results which prove that the Russian art market continues to be very strong”.
Part I: Important Russian Art 8,872,505
Part II: Russian Classic and Contemporary Art 2,315,638
Russian Icons and Works of Art 834,255
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TOTAL 12,022,398
Top Lots Lot 10 Nesterov, 597,000 GBP
Lot 12 Volkov, 909,000 GBP
Lot 14 Kustodiev, 1,840,000 GBP
Lot 27 Aivasovsky, 782,000 GBP
Lot 33 Savrasov, 498,000 GBP
Lot 401 Bakst, 850,000 GBP
Lot 513 Icon, 224,700 GBP
Monday, 28 November 2011
MacDougall’s offers over £16m in Russian Art on Dec 1st
On 1 December 2011, MacDougall’s will present Russian paintings, icons and works of art with a total pre‐sale estimate of over £16m. The sale is led by Boris Kustodiev’s Merchant's Wife dating from 1923. Kupchikhas, as merchants’ wives are known in Russian, are among the artist’s most recognisable images. The present example, which is estimated at £1,200,000–1,800,000, was shown at the historic Russian Art Exhibition in New York’s Grand Central Palace in 1924.
Aleksandr Volkov, Listening to the Bedana. Estimate: 300,000-500,000 GBP.
Another highlight of the sale is Listening to the Bedana, a rare work by Alexander Volkov. In his works, Volkov combined the local colour and images of his native Uzbekistan with international styles such as Cubism and Futurism. Painted in the 1920s, the work belongs to a new stage in this artist’s career in which he experimented with figurative representation. In Listening to the Bedana (the same Uzbek word signifies both the quail and the cage which holds him), the artist deals with two of his favourite subjects, those of teadrinking and music‐making. Appearing at auction for the first time, the painting is estimated at £300,000–500,000.
Dating from 1918, Mikhail Nesterov’s The Nightingale is Singing (est. £600,000–900,000) is one of the earliest versions of his celebrated composition, of which he painted at least four. The original version of 1917 is now lost, while a later version is in the collection of the National Art Museum of Belarus. In this work, the artist addresses one of the most enduring themes in his oeuvre, that of the fate of the Russian woman.
The December sale also features several exceptional 19th century paintings, including the particularly fine Sea Shore. Crimea by Lev Lagorio, estimated at £250,000–300,000, as well as an outstanding work by Russia’s most lyrical landscape painter, Aleksei Savrasov. Pastoral Scene (est. £400,000–600,000) is one of the small group of landscapes that the artist painted towards the end of his life, a period from which very few works survive. The small‐scale format so beloved by Savrasov is similar to that of his most celebrated work, Rooks Have Returned in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.
MacDougall’s is delighted to offer a particularly strong selection of Nonconformist works from an Italian private collection. The owner of these works acquired them directly from the artists while working and living in the Soviet Union in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The selection includes 15 paintings by Boris Sveshnikov, some of which date back as far as the 1950s, as well as works by Dmitry Krasnopevtsev and Eduard Steinberg. MacDougall’s occupies a leading position in the market for Russian Post‐War art, having handled several important Nonconformist collections in the past few years.
MacDougall’s Important Russian Art and Russian Classic and Contemporary Art sales are followed by a specialized Russian Icons and Works of Art auction. It is led by an early 20th century silver and enamel Triptych of St George with St Nicholas the Miracle Worker and Alexei the Metropolitan of Moscow, estimated at £100,000–150,000. The triptych’s striking polychrome cloisonné enamel frame is richly coloured and the design is exceptionally refined. The choice of saints suggests that the triptych was commissioned to be presented to a particularly eminent figure. The saints depicted on the side panels are the namesakes of Emperor Nicholas II and his heir apparent, Tsarevich Alexei Nikolayevich. The depiction of St George and the Dragon on the central panel not only reproduces the emblem of Moscow, but is also laden with triumphal and “victorious” significance.
The sale exhibition will be in London 25‐30 November.
Part I: Important Russian Art
Thursday 1 December 2011, 10:30
Part II: Russian Classic and Contemporary Art
Thursday 1 December 2011, 14:00
Russian Icons and Works of Art
Thursday 1 December, 17:00
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Wednesday, 9 November 2011
Russian art auction: Masterpiece by Kustodiev on sale at MacDougall's 1st December
MacDougall’s has announced that its forthcoming Russian Art Auctions will be headlined by Merchant’s Wife, an exceptional masterpiece by Boris Kustodiev. The painting is estimated at £1,200,000-1,800,000, and will be among the top lots of London’s fall 2011 Russian week.
Merchants’ wives, or Kupchikhas as they are known in Russian, are among the artist’s most recognisable subjects. In these works, Kustodiev was looking for a distinctly Russian style using a wealth of rich and vibrant colours. He found inspiration in the merchant classes of provincial towns, vestiges of tradition at a time when Russia was going through dramatic changes.
Kustodiev’s Kupchikhas are represented in many important public collections of Russian art. The present variation on the artist’s favourite theme is one of very few major works that still remain in private hands.
The painting was shown at the historic Russian Art Exhibition in New York’s Grand Central Palace in 1924, organised by Sergei Vinogradov in order to raise money for his fellow artists stricken by the Revolution and civil war. Although Kustodiev did not travel himself to the United States, he contributed 21 works to the exhibition. Also among this number was Portrait of Irina Kustodieva , the artist’s daughter, sold by MacDougall’s in June 2011 for over £1.8 million.
William MacDougall, Director, commented: "We are proud to present another exceptional auction of masterpeaces of Russian Art on December 1st. We are finding many clients who are looking for alternatives for their savings to uncertain finanacial markets, and so are are optimistic for a successful sale."
William MacDougall, Director, commented: "We are proud to present another exceptional auction of masterpeaces of Russian Art on December 1st. We are finding many clients who are looking for alternatives for their savings to uncertain finanacial markets, and so are are optimistic for a successful sale."
Russian Art Auctions
Thursday 1 December 2011
10.30 Russian Art Part I
14:00 Russian Art Part II
17.00 Icons and Works of Art
Kiev Viewing
Museum of Russian Art 11-14 November
London Viewing
14:00-18:00 Friday 25 Nov
14:00-18:00 Saturday 26 Nov
12:00-18:00 Sunday 27 Nov
10:30-18:00 Monday 28 Nov
10:30-18:00 Tuesday 29 Nov
10:30-17:00 Wednesday 30 Nov
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