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Four Questions for Alexis Pentcheff

Published on , by Christophe Dorny

The young Marseille gallery Alexis Pentcheff has succeeded in forging a name beyond this country's borders. Four questions for its owner on the tenth anniversary of the gallery.

Alexis Pentcheff in his gallery in Marseille.  Four Questions for Alexis Pentcheff
Alexis Pentcheff in his gallery in Marseille. 
© Juliette Guidoni
Within and outside France, you are a benchmark gallery for Provençal school painting. How do you see the market? When we opened the gallery, we started out with our Provençal painters: local 19th century artists. That helped us to grow, but we didn’t expect such a drop in this market. Previously, when we had a painting by Jean-Baptiste Olive of Marseille’s port the ultimate iconic subject , we would have a wide…
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