Opening Weekend 29 April - 1 May 2022
Ottocento Fine Art is opening a gallery in Petworth this spring, bringing its carefully curated collection of fine art paintings, prints and works on paper to the thriving art scene in Petworth. The opening weekend will offer the opportunity for art lovers, collectors, dealers and interior designers to be among the first to view the new gallery space and the collection of works currently available.
Husband and wife team Max and Louise Andrews have been running Ottocento Fine Art for ten years and share over forty years experience in the fine art world. They have been exhibiting regularly at the main art fairs in London, including BADA and LAPADA, as well as closer to home at the Petworth Art and Antiques Fair. Bringing their business to a physical location in Petworth enables them to have a more consistent and active presence there.
“We are opening Ottocento in Petworth as the town is increasingly a very important destination for art and antiques and we believe that the art we will be offering will provide some much needed joy in these times. Our pictures originate from all periods and styles, curated to be affordable, beautiful and with historical depth and substance. Many of the works are by major names”, explains Max.
The gallery occupies a Georgian fronted building on Golden Square, which in days gone by has housed a butchers, a grocery store and more recently a ladies outfitters. The basement and ground floor will house the gallery, the top two floors will house a 2 bedroom flat for visitors to Petworth to rent. Much of the interior is much earlier than the Georgian frontage, with many of the beams exposed from the original earlier construction
The bustling market town of Petworth has always been a significant hub for art and antiques. Ottocento Fine Art will bring an altogether different offering of works for sale to compliment those of existing galleries such as Newlands House, Rountree Tryon Gallery and Kevis House Gallery. Ottocento's range of fine art comprises of paintings, prints and works on paper throughout the contemporary, early 20th century, 19th century and old master genres. They will be holding bi-monthly exhibitions dedicated to different periods and themes.
Among their 20th Century art section you’re likely to find anything from postmodernism, abstraction, pop art to expressionism, with works from British artists such as Walter Sickert, Elizabeth Frink, Duncan Grant, William Scott, Sir Terry Frost, Stanley Spencer and Robert Colquhoun to works from the continent painted by Jean Dufy, Erte, Jean Cocteau, Tsuguharu Foujita, Carl Hofer and Marie Laurencin. Their 19th Century collection highlights the sweeping transformation of art from the Academic artists at the beginning of the century, through to the Impressionists and the art of the Belle Epoque, including works by William Powell Frith, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Jacques-Louis David, Giovanni Boldini, Enrique Serra, Paul Chabas and George Frederick Watts. The Old Masters collection contains dedicated works of art by artists such as Philips Wouwerman, Claude Joseph Vernet and Jean Baptiste Greuze, as well as a number of stunning early tapestries.
For more information, images or to request an interview with Max Andrews of Ottocento, please contact Louise or call on 07920 016014