James Butterwick

We are a private, by-invitation-only gallery situated in London with a stock of pictures by early-20th century Ukrainian artists – we also provide a full authentication service of any work of the Soviet Avant-Garde. In addition, we sell items by Western Masters. James Butterwick began collecting and selling Ukrainian and Russian Art in 1985 and has established himself as one of the world’s leading dealers and experts in the field.

From 1994, he lived in Moscow, becoming the only foreign member of the Russian Society of Private Collectors, forming collections, contributing to museum exhibitions and reading lectures on the history of Russian Art. In 2008 James became the only foreign member of International Confederation of Antique and Art Dealers of Russia and the CIS. In 2013, he visited Kyiv, the first of over fifty visits to Ukraine before the start of the war.

In 2015 James became to first dealer in Ukrainian and Russian Art to be invited to exhibit at TEFAF, Maastricht Art Fair, showing a collection of works by Soviet Avant Garde painters, including the Ukrainian, Oleksandr Bohomazov (1880-1930), seven of whose works he sold to the Kröller Müller Museum in the Netherlands. He delivers regular lectures about the artist.