The specialist's choice – Lisa Gartz lists favourites among sculptures and old masters

What should you think about if you want to start collecting older paintings or sculptures?
Train your eye by visiting museum exhibitions, looking at the public art around us all and attending auction house viewings. Feel free to ask about availability, quality or themes. We are more than happy to help you and give you a personal tour. You should always buy with your heart, so think about what motives and materials "speak to you".

If you are going to start collecting, you will see a large mixed selection of art in all price ranges in the auction, but what we have in common is that we have chosen the best.

What makes older paintings and sculpture interesting to you?
The wingspan of history has always captivated me and art tells so much about the time it was created in. Older painting is not only creating rooms; they also contain all the world's fascinating stories and life stories that often surpass the poem. The symbols are important; if you learn its keys, a whole world opens up with ancient stories, biblical stories, exciting political events and much much more. Sculptures are also often based on a fascinating interplay between the composition itself and the material and where play between light and shadows produce interesting shapes, which also changes character if you move the artwork in the room.