OMNIA ART - Key Persons


Alan Cowie

Alan started his career, after university, working for a dealer in watercolours and drawings in St. James's. In 1978 he joined Robert Holden Ltd where he was a Director. Alan has been involved in many high profile and record-breaking auction sales and his research work has also enabled a large volume of private sales of both art and furniture at exceptional prices.

Charles Fitzroy

Charles studied History of Art at Cambridge and then worked as a Specialist at Christie's Old Master Pictures department from 1978-1984. In 1984 Charles founded Fine Art Travel which specialises in high quality art tours in European cities, providing private tours of museums and unique experiences to private palaces and residences... read more Charles lectures regularly and has written several books on subjects including The Grand Tour, Florence, Istanbul, the Restoration of Charles II and most recently the history of Titian's The Rape of Europa.

Frank Dobson

Height: 17 inches Sold at auction for a world record price for the artist of £2,041,750

Gerry McQuillan

Gerry, formerly of HMRC and more recently a long-serving Senior Advisor at Arts Council England, is a consultant with Omnia Art Ltd and brings a wealth of knowledge relating to taxation, tax incentives and cultural property.

Hannah Armstrong

Hannah graduated from Edinburgh University in 1999 with an MA in History of Art and joined Robert Holden Ltd in 2010. At Omnia Art Ltd, Hannah has worked on several major private sales and offers in lieu of tax as well as loans and conditional exemptions.

Sarah Lowther

Sarah joined Robert Holden Ltd., now Omnia Art Ltd, after graduating in 1998 and has been involved in all aspects of the company. Sarah has managed several single owner auction sales, negotiated many high profile private sales as well as carrying out offers in lieu of tax and purchases at auction.

Timothy Burnett

Tim was the Manuscripts Librarian at the British Library and has been a consultant at Omnia Art for several years.