The Gallery Ary Jan is specialised in French and European painting from the end of the 19th and the beginning of 20th centuries, particularly the Orientalist school and the Belle Epoque. By a very rigorous choice of paintings, the gallery has known how to stand out as one of the best European galleries of this period.
Between the two centuries, some new artistic movements were growing, especially impressionism, so that the academic painting of this time has been completely overlooked. The gallery has distinguished itself by defending these forgotten artists and wants them to be discovered by as people as possible. It has been present at the last three Salon du Collectionneur, at the 2012 Biennale des Antiquaires and has exhibited paintings at the Brafa Fair since 2010. Through a very rigorous choice of the paintings exhibited, the gallery Ary Jan has convinced the press and public of the great quality of academic painting from the end of the 19 th century.Steadfastly facing the future, the gallery is looking to make new contacts at art fairs, especially this year at Masterpiece Fair in London at the end of June, and at Fine Art Asia in Hong Kong in October. Completely self-taught and with a deep passion for this artistic period, Mathias Ary Jan developped his business between 1999 and 2006 in his first gallery, located in the Louvre des Antiquaires. In June 2006, the gallery moved to the rue de Penthièvre, where it has become the only French gallery completely dedicated to the Belle Epoque and Orientalist painting.
Parallel to his role as an art dealer, Mathias Ary Jan has developped his expertise. Since the creation of the Félix Ziem Association in 2009, he has been, together with fellow art dealer David Pluskwa, the expert on the eponymous artist. He has organised several exhibitions of Ziem’s work. He was actively involved in the exhibition organized in 2011 for the 100th anniversary of Ziem’s death, in the Palais des Arts in Marseille. This year, the Félix Ziem Association is happy to welcome the art historian and researcher Gérard Fabre, who has already written several books about the painter and his works.
