Rafael Valls - Gallery Details

“Rafael Valls Limited is a St. James's art dealing business mainly dealing in Old Master Paintings. Owned and run by Rafael Valls and his wife, Caroline, it has traded for the past thirty years and the two galleries (one in Duke Street and the other 20 yards away in Ryder Street) carry a wide and varied stock.

The Ryder Street Gallery, as well as exhibiting a number of eighteenth and nineteenth century paintings, also holds four to five contemporary exhibitions a year and these include: Henry Koehler, Alec Cobbe, Siân Hopkinson, Miranda Legard, Caroline Lees, Anthony Bream, David Bachmann and Christopher Miers. Caroline Valls acts as agent for artists and advises on commissions for individual living artists and their clients.

Rafael Valls Limited exhibits regularly at major Art Fairs throughout Europe including The European Fine Art Fair in Maastricht, Grosvenor House Fine Art and Antiques Fair and The British Antique Dealers Association Fair. The business also purchases works of art for their own stock directly from private clients, as well as providing valuations, advice on conservation and for buyers and sellers at auction.”