page_title: Ernest Gambart
section_title: Original works
hierarchical_section_title: Ernest Gambart / Life and career / Original works
caption_attribution_description: English: Tachiani et Nedjebé, chevaux arabes, modèle en cire rouge dit aussi l'Accolade, datant de 1851
context_page_description: Jean Joseph Ernest Theodore Gambart was a Belgian-born English art publisher and dealer who dominated the London art world in the middle of the nineteenth century.
context_section_description: Gambart expanded into original works by 1849. By now established with an address in London's Pall Mall, his first exhibition was the bronzes of Pierre-Jules Mène, sculptor of animals. In time, his exhibitions, often featuring French artists, became known as the French Gallery and artists coveted an appearance on the gallery walls. Later moving to King Street, St. James, Gambart would alternate British artists with those of Continental European ones. He was among the first to sell art in this way. Prior to his galleries, most fine art was sold by the artist directly to the buyer, who was often a patron. His friendship with artists and buyers, including pen-maker and well-known patron Joseph Gillott, as well as with critics, would become a model for how modern art business would be run. He was among the top three dealers in London at a time when art was in high demand. His competitors were Agnew and Colnaghi.
caption: Arab Horses by Pierre-Jules Mêne (1851).
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