Rupert Maas
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Rupert Maas is an English painting specialist and gallery owner.
, London
, dealing in Pre-Raphaelite paintings. He was educated at Sherborne School
in Dorset
(a, School House) 1974 –1978, and took a ‘Desmond’ in Art History at Essex University 1980–83. He sailed the Atlantic in the summer of 1983 and joined the Maas Gallery later that year. Following the death of his father in 1997 he owns and runs the Gallery, which deals in Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite, Romantic and Modern British paintings, watercolours, drawings, reproductive engravings and sculpture, and the work of two or three living artists. Under Rupert’s father, the Gallery gained the reputation of having spearheaded the revival of interest in Victorian Art. Rupert has maintained this tradition and has arranged a number of important exhibitions at his Gallery, including "Pre-Raphaelites and Romantics", "Masters of British Illustration", ""John Ruskin
and his Circle", "Burne-Jones", "Victorian Fairy Paintings", frequent exhibitions of Victorian engravings and annual exhibitions of Victorian Paintings.
Since 1995 he has appeared on the BBC
’s Antiques Roadshow
and on Castle in the Country, as a picture specialist, and appears regularly on other programmes. He hit the headlines in late 2008 when he was seen and heard on an antiques roadshow programme to imply that women from Shropshire
has fat ankles. He served on the executive committee of The Society of London Art Dealers 1998–99. He co-owns and runs The Watercolours and Drawings Fair. He has regularly written articles for the arts press and lectures on art. He also promotes Ballantine’s whisky in the Far East.
Written valuations for insurance, probate, family division, Capital Gains Tax, Private Treaty and sale by auction are an important part of the business of the Maas Gallery. For 48 years the gallery has acted for private clients, solicitors, executors and trustees. Rupert Maas is frequently called upon to provide independent valuations for museums, both domestic and international, considering purchases of paintings, and he has previously valued individual pictures and entire collections (for example the John Wharlton Bunney
1828-1882 archive) for Acceptance in Lieu
. In 2006 Maas was duped into paying £20,000 for a faked art work claimed to be by fairyland painter John Anster Fitzgerald
(1823-1906).
He is married with three daughters and lives in Camberwell
in south London
. His hobbies are sailing and reading.
Biography
He was born in 1960, the same year that his father Jeremy started the Maas Gallery in MayfairMayfair
Mayfair is an area of central London, within the City of Westminster.-History:Mayfair is named after the annual fortnight-long May Fair that took place on the site that is Shepherd Market today...
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, dealing in Pre-Raphaelite paintings. He was educated at Sherborne School
Sherborne School
Sherborne School is a British independent school for boys, located in the town of Sherborne in north-west Dorset, England. It is one of the original member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference....
in Dorset
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
(a, School House) 1974 –1978, and took a ‘Desmond’ in Art History at Essex University 1980–83. He sailed the Atlantic in the summer of 1983 and joined the Maas Gallery later that year. Following the death of his father in 1997 he owns and runs the Gallery, which deals in Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite, Romantic and Modern British paintings, watercolours, drawings, reproductive engravings and sculpture, and the work of two or three living artists. Under Rupert’s father, the Gallery gained the reputation of having spearheaded the revival of interest in Victorian Art. Rupert has maintained this tradition and has arranged a number of important exhibitions at his Gallery, including "Pre-Raphaelites and Romantics", "Masters of British Illustration", ""John Ruskin
John Ruskin
John Ruskin was the leading English art critic of the Victorian era, also an art patron, draughtsman, watercolourist, a prominent social thinker and philanthropist. He wrote on subjects ranging from geology to architecture, myth to ornithology, literature to education, and botany to political...
and his Circle", "Burne-Jones", "Victorian Fairy Paintings", frequent exhibitions of Victorian engravings and annual exhibitions of Victorian Paintings.
Since 1995 he has appeared on the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
’s Antiques Roadshow
Antiques Roadshow
Antiques Roadshow is a British television show in which antiques appraisers travel to various regions of the United Kingdom to appraise antiques brought in by local people. It has been running since 1979...
and on Castle in the Country, as a picture specialist, and appears regularly on other programmes. He hit the headlines in late 2008 when he was seen and heard on an antiques roadshow programme to imply that women from Shropshire
Shropshire
Shropshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. It borders Wales to the west...
has fat ankles. He served on the executive committee of The Society of London Art Dealers 1998–99. He co-owns and runs The Watercolours and Drawings Fair. He has regularly written articles for the arts press and lectures on art. He also promotes Ballantine’s whisky in the Far East.
Written valuations for insurance, probate, family division, Capital Gains Tax, Private Treaty and sale by auction are an important part of the business of the Maas Gallery. For 48 years the gallery has acted for private clients, solicitors, executors and trustees. Rupert Maas is frequently called upon to provide independent valuations for museums, both domestic and international, considering purchases of paintings, and he has previously valued individual pictures and entire collections (for example the John Wharlton Bunney
John Wharlton Bunney
John Wharlton Bunney was an English topographical and landscape artist of the nineteenth century.His father was a merchant captain whom Bunney, as a boy, accompanied on several voyages around the world. Bunney demonstrated a strong talent for drawing and draftsmanship from an early age...
1828-1882 archive) for Acceptance in Lieu
Acceptance in Lieu
Acceptance in Lieu is a provision in British tax law under which Inheritance Tax debts can be written off in exchange for the acquisition of objects of national importance...
. In 2006 Maas was duped into paying £20,000 for a faked art work claimed to be by fairyland painter John Anster Fitzgerald
John Anster Fitzgerald
John Anster Christian Fitzgerald was a Victorian era fairy painter and portrait artist. He was nicknamed "Fairy Fitzgerald" for his main genre...
(1823-1906).
He is married with three daughters and lives in Camberwell
Camberwell
Camberwell is a district of south London, England, and forms part of the London Borough of Southwark. It is a built-up inner city district located southeast of Charing Cross. To the west it has a boundary with the London Borough of Lambeth.-Toponymy:...
in south London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. His hobbies are sailing and reading.