Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
For over twenty years, Stephen Ongpin has championed the unique intimacy and immediacy of drawings — works that offer what he describes as the feeling of “looking over the shoulder of the artist, as he or she is working out their ideas on paper."
In this film, Christie’s Global Head of Old Masters, Andrew Fletcher, meets Stephen Ongpin to explore a remarkable selection of works consigned from his collection, spanning centuries of artistic imagination.
Among theses are two exquisitely refined studies by François Boucher, preparatory works for a composition now in the Louvre, a luminous watercolour by J.M.W. Turner, and a striking work by Picasso that features a hidden surprise on its reverse.
📆 Lines of Vision: Celebrating 20 Years of Stephen Ongpin Fine Art | Classic Week | London | 2 July
For over twenty years, Stephen Ongpin has championed the unique intimacy and immediacy of drawings — works that offer what he describes as the feeling of “looking over the shoulder of the artist, as he or she is working out their ideas on paper."
In this film, Christie’s Global Head of Old Masters, Andrew Fletcher, meets Stephen Ongpin to explore a remarkable selection of works consigned from his collection, spanning centuries of artistic imagination.
Among theses are two exquisitely refined studies by François Boucher, preparatory works for a composition now in the Louvre, a luminous watercolour by J.M.W. Turner, and a striking work by Picasso that features a hidden surprise on its reverse.
📆 Lines of Vision: Celebrating 20 Years of Stephen Ongpin Fine Art | Classic Week | London | 2 July
