Meet Britain’s Greatest Collector Of Old Masters | Private View

[@judygiesbrecht8297]

It is refreshing that rather than hiding the pictures in sealed vaults, the family are enjoying part of the collection and they have chosen to have more than half available for the public to view.

[@benediktmorak4409]

let's just hope no tomato soup throwers or any other idiots will come near to them.

[@TheWesternunionman]

Can you imagine the insurance premiums on that home?

[@sitcomsTV]

@@benediktmorak4409 The purpose of the thrower was understandable.
It did no damage to the painting that was under a glass protection.
I went there recently. No damage. The protesters KNEW it. I think they were brilliant really. It was easy for me, at the start, to judge them WRONG. Then I heard a student talking about what is their goal.
How else will you make your voice heard? No one listens anymore. Specially what teens have to say. They only listen to celebrities and gangsters. Students with a real concern for the planet? Were never well received.
But they are 100% right.

[@jmash7751]

And I can imagine he must have one heck of a security system on his home, too!

[@suzmaca650]

Thank you Mr. Lewis for sharing your art collection with the public

[@steph7139]

I doubt he sees your comment

[@lindaolsen7828]

I am so jealous! Not actually. But I've often thought if I had the money I would buy paintings to gift them to museums so more people would be able to see them. I'm grateful that this man has put many of his paintings on long-term loan and shared others with this program. It's sad that some people feel the need to make snarkey remarks about David Lewis and/or his collection. He has fostered scholarship and art conservation to preserve the work for the futute.

[@lindaolsen7828]

future!

[@supremereader7614]

That is a beautiful comment. Making great art accessible to the public really is the dream, isn't it?

[@jasonking6892]

Expat 🇬🇧🇺🇲not a lot of money but I love art ..I buy paintings prints for around $100 I have a good eye..I now live in Colombia 🇨🇴 I find small Antique shops and flea markets I have 20 paintings in my apartment..love them all..
Great show ..thx 👍

[@alannabaker8293]

What a charming Gentleman... What an amazing legacy he has created..

[@manpangasinantayo3814]

Thank you so much for privilege to see the greatest works of great artists with the kindness and compassion of Sir David Lewis.

[@es1653]

These paintings are fantabulous!!!
A million thanks to David Lewis for showing the world these masterpieces. Perhaps it would be possible to see additional masterpieces from David Lewis' Collection? If these masterpieces weren't on TH-cam I probably would never have been able to see them at all. I am interested in buying The Schorr Collection books with these plates to study how they were painted so I can improve my painting. Thank you again.

[@SaraCalcagno]

Thank you so much for collecting marvellous Art and sharing these outstanding paintings with the public. Sometimes human beings have mind and heart in the right place. Thank you.

[@grokeffer6226]

This is an amazing collection. Every painting has a fascinating story behind it.

[@greyborzoi]

This man is the epitome of class. We need many more videos like this!

[@kerder8660]

huge thanks to Lewis family for sharing & taking care of this amazing collection ..

[@anderslarsen4912]

What a great collection. Thanks to David Lewis

[@bertrandgossart680]

A wonderful collection structured by a brilliant collector. The Carolus Durand is stunning. Thanks

[@BenjiMordino]

What a magnificent collection, and what a magnificent man that had the foresight and appreciation of these works to buy them for what was, in hindsight, no doubt a pittance. Those days are gone, none of us, rich or poor, will ever again be able to amass such a collection for a relatively bargain price.

[@bzxshor67mpts]

Wonderfull to see Art collectors of great Art that is built on a wonderful foundation of Art training.

[@leonormartinez6378]

What an amazing collection. Thank you for sharing this. Very inspirational.

[@borge2014]

Wonderful presentation by Perspective of this marvelous private collection, very generous of Mr. Lewis to allow us to view it.. I'd love to see the Getty family private collection or Rothchilds private collection.

[@henrylivingstone2971]

Most of the Getty private collection you can see at the Getty center in Los Angeles

[@robertstevenson7122]

Lewis should have spoken up years ago, This is a fabulous presentation.

[@johnsmith1474]

Bravo!
Seeing as this is about that these are enjoyed not just held for investment, and Lewis seems so thoroughly knowledgeable about the works as objects, I would have enjoyed the interviewer having asked about presentation; the framing ideas, the lighting, whether & when such things are ever radically changed, what makes presentation right or wrong or otherwise.

[@KissesFromCanada]

I would have liked to know more about where he made the purchases, and for how much, simply because 450 of anything ‘old world’ is quite remarkable.

[@johnsmith1474]

Try to fight off the crass interest in cash value and realize it's what drives people to buy tabloids.

[@anina.toskani8636]

It is amazing that the portrait of Christ of Mr. Lewis office shows the same face traits as he himself. There is such an amazing similarity. I was just stunned by that. So there is more than a collectors' passion between these paintings and their creation and their collector.

[@mcleanroom7997]

Lovely man. So unpretentious! Thank you!

[@toddmurphy523]

Excellent program...

[@Canuck13]

What a beautiful man. A true gem. Very unselfish

[@nickrodis6862]

Thank you. I am Nick Rodis. I am the greatest, happiest and richest living artist in the Philippines.

[@susana301301]

The pictures are in good hands.

[@bonzoboots]

Puts my million dollar vinyl collection into perspective

[@wandapease-gi8yo]

Mr. Lewis has the most interesting face. A Master might be happy to depict him.

[@nosajkeram]

Dude definitely doesn't look 84

[@Jude74]

He’s had some work. I bet he is exceptionally descriptive of what he wants done.

[@johnscanlon8833]

what a colection. Great video

[@stephanebelizaire3627]

BRAVO !

[@callahanstudio]

Great works by great artists hardly ever come on the market anymore. It makes collecting extremely difficult. What makes this collection interesting - what makes all great collections by one person interesting - is Lewis' criterion of acquiring works with which he appears to have a genuine emotional connection. That is what helps it to be more than a predictable aggregation of lesser works by great artists and good works by lesser artists. It also helps that it is mostly unified around the genre of portraiture. Lewis seems like a very nice man with a lot of respect for the spiritual power of art whose subject is people. That is commendable. The thing I find annoying in this video is the sychophancy of the interviewer who, like some gushing docent, makes it too much about her own reactions to everything. She sounds as if she is working for an auction house.

[@johnsmith1474]

Of course they come to market all the time.

[@callahanstudio]

@@johnsmith1474 I am talking about the best of the best, which would not include works such as Leonardo's "Salvator Mundi" in my estimation.

[@TheWesternunionman]

The Medici family began their business as pawn brokers, way before being bankers. Did you hear the one about the generous pawn broker? No? Neither have I…boom! Love this doco Thanks

[@lawriefoster5587]

Thank you for sharing!! But let us keep in mind we do not own anything
on this Earth. There are no pockets in a shroud.

[@johnsmith1474]

Ownership of things is transferable after death to those with one's genes, if one wishes.

[@alannabaker8293]

My tattoos from Artist. Are coming with me ..

[@wandapease-gi8yo]

A sad part of museums is that like private collectors the art frequently ends up in the vaults under the building. Only to be seen once in a generation, if then. Many never to be cared for with removal of old varnish and cleaning from years of existence.

[@superjfbm]

..wow... a chartered surveyor!

[@marthabakry7353]

Rosalie Stier Calvert was a Belgian aristocrat and her mother was a descendant of Rubens. Her family owned about 80 old masters in the late eighteenth century and they brought all of them to America with them when they fled the reign of terror in their country. All of the family eventually returned to Belgium except for Rosalie, who had a family by then. After her mother’s death she sent the paintings back to Belgium, but before she did, she put all of them on display at her home in Maryland and invited the public to come see them. People came from far and wide to see the paintings in what was probably the first public art exhibition in America. I wonder how many of these are now in Mr. Lewis’s collection?

[@LiveInSydney]

David I commend you on your generosity and openness. I buy and sell Australian art as a business and love to retain some favorites
Bernie in Sydney

[@w.urlitzer1869]

nice

[@bethbartlett5692]

"Boats float on lakes,"
"Ships on oceans,"
"Pictures are in drawn on paper,"
*"a Painting on canvas."*
🔹 a rule I learned
(I admit, it feels strange to hear a Painting, particularly one by an Old World Artist, ... "a picture")
Just a cultural habit of speech, I suppose.

[@bethbartlett5692]

@ 18:47 "King Philip IV, Spain"
Was he a "Hapsburg?"

[@alannabaker8293]

Sure did look like it

[@Caperhere]

Imagine if the art stolen by the Nazis was all returned to the owners, or survivors of the owners. And all of the art bought secretly on the black market was available for the public to view. So much historical beauty is seen only by the eyes of one person, or one family.

[@acsspvvpdg]

J'ai dans cette collection (200+) de se qui m'apparait être pour certaine 1 H Matisse, 1 Rubens, 2 KANDINSKY, Clee, Klimt, Hokusai, Ivan Aïvazovsky et d'autre toutes aussi intéressante comme 2 ESHER, 1 SARGENT bien évidament, d'autre que j'ai oublier.
I have in this collection (200+) what seems to me to be for certain 1 H Matisse, 1 Rubens, 2 KANDINSKY, Klee, Klimt, Hokusai, Ivan Aïvazovsky and other all as interesting as 2 ESHER, 1 SARGENT of course, others that I forgot.

[@KidGMeta]

I wonder how he feels about NFTs?

[@phranerphamily]

I tried finding the books for sale on Amazon and was not successful does anyone know where I would find them?

[@TheTerryE]

I'm willing to bet that the Devonshire collection at Chatsworth is far greater although Lewis' collection is very nice.

[@zeekwolfe6251]

This art collection reminds me of the Armand Hammer collection now in Los Angeles and curated by UCLA. The collection has some minor highlights, but visitors viewing art in LA are more inclined to visit the Getty, LACMA, the Huntington, and the Broad and Bowers museums. Hammer was the founder of Occidental Petroleum and bought art stolen by the Bolsheviks after the Russian October revolution. The collection is an underwhelming experience.

[@carlabraenne3469]

Lol Jin just warming up the army for Tae who does cheat.... lol

[@mistaman4638]

Sweet, We know 50 Homeless families that no one cares about...
But hey 20 billion for weapons anytime!! An il spend another 7mil for some old picture.. 🤔.. I'm a wonderful person 😂

[@johnsmith1474]

He probably donates more money a week to charity than you will in your entire dope smoking life.

[@mistaman4638]

@@johnsmith1474 In that case Child molestation is ok ?? What a concept.. Get a Clue.

[@willx9352]

And what are you doing about the homeless families?

[@mistaman4638]

@@willx9352 Honestly You're the Half the Reson , People who dont have a clue what's happening.. I'm not Claiming "Richest man alive", After Borrowing money from my Mom ?.. That's America..😂 You Dont have money for School books , But bombs you have anytime.. Of Course you're Even taught America was all alone an met the Indians first & had Thanksgiving.. Wonderful story.. Expect Spain & French been there for over 50yrs , American's believe anything , They even teach Lies & propaganda.. 😂..

[@willx9352]

@@mistaman4638 Your comments are irrelevant. I am not American. The question is how are you helping the fifty homeless families you know.

[@phyllisarrington7436]

👍

[@maximhollandnederlandthene7640]

The problem of collectors and Artists are mostly money. 🤔😅🤗
What Art would you collect when money isnt the problem? Haha 😄

[@papagen00]

did he make his fortune or was it handed to him?

[@7ofthem]

Irrelevant

[@KissesFromCanada]

I believe the narrator said he was born of humble beginnings? No art on walls. Worked as a surveyor and grew wealth in real estate?

[@johnsmith1474]

Simple minds always run right to some cheap point of irrelevant criticism.

[@evagoor]

@@johnsmith1474 In The Netherlands we had an art collector who made most of his money by lending too much money against too high interest rates to people with not enough financial knowledge to understand that. That bank went bankrupt and the collection is now in the hands of a man that is accused of selling the compounds for chemical weapons to Iraq. Call me a simple mind but I find this relevant. And so do those rich people who use art to launder their name. Like the Sackler family

[@henrylivingstone2971]

Already trying to find a negative angle in an otherwise positive story?

[@TheWesternunionman]

FYI Henry VIII remained a Roman Catholic for the rest of his life

[@socratesthecabdriver]

El Greco was Spanish! 😂😂😂

[@henrylivingstone2971]

No…..el Greco wasn’t Spanish he was Greek hence the name “el Greco” which translates to “the Greek”. He was born in Crete and was a Greek man.
However he is credited with starting the Spanish Renaissance

[@daytonagreg8765]

When you look at a bland, juvenile painting and someone says “the lines almost dance around the canvas” it’s hard to take anyone seriously.

[@catherinemalian9558]

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[@ArtHistoryProfessor]

Carolus Duran was the famous instructor of the celebrated American expatriate society portraitist, John Singer Sargent.

[@pchabanowich]

Art, really, is a private thing, isn't it? One either collects it or does it.😬

[@oddievandijk4252]

A different type of hoarder.

[@kerder8660]

how about the framings..hehehe arty by itself..

[@teamridgeback]

Big Deal

[@acsspvvpdg]

Bien entendue ma collection et, la mise en place pour la vente grâce à l'équipes Sotheby's ne se ferras pas sans condition, se qui impliqueras de me contacter et confirmé un intéret particulier à un mésène en oeuvre critiqué.
Of course my collection and, the setting up for sale thanks to the Sotheby's team will not be unconditional, Who will involve contacting me and confirmed a particular interest in a criticised patron.

[@acsspvvpdg]

Sotheby's représentant(e) Vous trouver des œuvres inédit, d'artiste reconnue, de valeurs inestimable au Québec Canada.
Sotheby's Representative You will find unpublished works, by recognized artists, of inestimable value in Quebec, Canada.
Je suis collectionneur d'œuvre critiqué et sans signature (dédicace) depuis plus de 30 ans.
J'ai maintenant 60 ans, aucune succession pour profité de mes recherches et, à la recherche de consultant(e)s pour présenté mes œuvres et les faire connaître au grand public.

[@kerder8660]

out of focus ..hehehe mirrored human life ..never perfect ..hehehe still looking for ...it

[@pamelahomeyer748]

If he owns that many Old Masters he's a fool

[@johnsmith1474]

Well you certainly deserve to be ignored.

[@kerder8660]

turner's devil's bridge..hehehe humans on its way..crossing from earthy life to other side.. spiritual heaven & continuity of the journey ...hehehe just saying

[@olofneppelberg2896]

Great collection. But the film itself is just one big romanticized cheeseball. Cut the background music and the buttery presenter. Just facts please.

[@raycochrane3971]

Nice to see the pictures but the fawning flogger at the feet of the buyer "interview" dialogue is cringe worthy.

[@williamslinn5245]

Get rid of the music, please!

[@smilingcat7001]

They talking about this like this is some bloody empty beer bottles collecting. How much many he needed for all these paintings? This is only money investing not art collecting

[@iplanes1]

I find it very difficult to watch these sorts of videos. It may be great art but the whole thing is obfuscated by the constant reference to money. David Lewis has managed by his career in property to amass a lot of money. This he has then used to buy old master paintings knowing that they are a rock solid investment. He then allows the public to see these paintings as they increase in saleable value. I am guessing his collection would fetch around a billion pounds at auction. The queen comes to open the new museum while a mile from there people do not have the money to eat properly and keep warm.The Walker "known as the national gallery of the north" because of course everything is secondary to london.
He talks about standing in front of an old master and being imbued with the ultimate triumph of good over evil. However, the making of those old paintings were payed for with money that big land owners and the catholic church squeezed out of the peasant classes. Good over evil - I think not.
I could go on but the whole thing about these sorts of videos where the monetary value of the painting, which is only a function of what people will pay, is being worshipped rather than the intrinsic artistic merit of the work. I could be cruel and ask how much tax can be avoided by putting money into paintings?
It is very similar to the gold and jewel encrusted places like the vatican where people can come and see what happens to the money the church brings into itself.

[@Kittym276]

I don’t care for his taste

[@bubbaclark4355]

Perhaps you have none lol

[@kevinchambers1101]

Yet the museums he lends to clearly believes he has excellent taste and that's what really counts.

[@catofthecastle1681]

Buh bye!

[@johnsmith1474]

@@kevinchambers1101 - ? What does what museums have to say have to do with anything?

[@johnsmith1474]

Well you will be happy to know; it's not about you.

[@monkeygraborange]

How utterly insulting. Apparently quantity once again triumphs quality. Minor works by major artists do not an important collection make, but bully on you for adding to the denigration of taste, talent and culture.

[@TheTerryE]

You must be fun at parties. Go away.

[@kevinchambers1101]

There is no doubt that every major museum world wide would be happy to own anyone of his paintings proven by the fact that many of his paintings are on loan to several major museums.

[@monkeygraborange]

Lending minor works is a courtesy museums extend to each other. Lending major works is an entirely different arrangement, which you couldn’t possibly be aware of. Please be silent when the professionals are speaking.

[@TheTerryE]

@@monkeygraborange I'd say stay in your lane but it's obvious your lane is pure shite.

[@monkeygraborange]

@@TheTerryE Why on earth would you possibly think anyone would be interested in what you have to say?
How wonderfully droll.

[@janetmackinnon3411]

What arrogance.

[@TheTerryE]

Another humourless female.

[@lindaolsen7828]

Did you actually listen to the whole program?

[@TheTerryE]

@@lindaolsen7828 I've seen it several times.

[@johnsmith1474]

He's the least arrogant of his type I have every listened to. You are probably intimidated by great intelligence and language skills, and mistake being knowledgeable for arrogance.

[@vmcurry1]

He has a great eye.