Ray Waterhouse has been working in the international art trade for over 40 years after being awarded a First-Class degree in Art History and History at London University in 1973. He went on to establish Waterhouse & Dodd gallery in London in 1987 with Jonathan Dodd. He now lives and works in New York, where he runs Fine Art Brokers, assisting all levels of collectors as well as continuing to act as a private adviser to a select few important collectors.
His specialist knowledge is in Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, Modern and Post-War art but, given his enormous art-market experience, he is knowledgeable in most areas of the market. He has developed close ties with museum curators, artists, private collectors and dealers across the globe. Ray has helped form a number of important private collections of European and American art – one of which is worth well over $200 million – yet he still enjoys working with new collectors and helping them form a collecting strategy. He has been entrusted with buying individual paintings – up to the value of $22 million – without his clients even viewing the works, and has also helped many clients sell art discreetly and at very favorable prices.
Ray lectures widely on the subject of collecting art and how to establish value. His previous talks have been organized in both public and private forums in New York, Los Angeles, Palm Beach, Hong Kong, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Basel, Miami, London and elsewhere around the world.