Piano Nobile

Modern and Contemporary British and International Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture

Piano Nobile was established by Dr Robert Travers in 1985. The gallery has been based in Holland Park for over twenty years and is today run by Robert and his son Matthew Travers. In 2019, Piano Nobile opened a further space on Portland Road to support the gallery’s growing exhibition programme.

The gallery plays an active role in the market for twentieth-century British and international art. With curated exhibitions, a refined aesthetic and rigorous scholarship, we seek to source and present exceptional works of art. We work with public and private collections and institutions, tailoring to the specific needs of each accordingly. The gallery acts as both a principal and an agent, and we offer a range of services to private buyers and sellers including appraisal, acquisition and dispersal.

The name ‘Piano Nobile’ derives from an art business established by Robert’s grandparents in Rome after the First World War. Based in the Via Sistina, the gallery sold a range of work from Italian old masters to contemporary paintings by Giorgio de Chirico. In a tribute to the old family company, piano nobile is an Italian phrase for the principal floor of a palazzo – the place where the best art is shown.

Artists:

A
Craigie Aitchison
Sybil Andrews
Kenneth Armitage
John Armstrong
Frank Auerbach
B
Quentin Bell
Vanessa Bell
Nicola Bensley
Tony Bevan
Adam Birtwistle
David Bomberg
Reg Butler
C
Alexander Calder
Anthony Caro
Lynn Chadwick
Peter Coker
William Coldstream
Jean Cooke
Tony Cragg
William Crozier
D
Edgar Degas
Frank Dobson
E
Jacob Epstein
F
Lucian Freud
Elisabeth Frink
Roger Fry
G
Mark Gertler
Alberto Giacometti
Eric Gill
Harold Gilman
Charles Ginner
Gluck (Hannah Gluckstein)
Spencer Gore
Duncan Grant
H
Barbara Hepworth
Patrick Heron
Ivon Hitchens
David Hockney
Howard Hodgkin
I
Albert Irvin
J
Augustus John
Gwen John
K
R. B. Kitaj
Leon Kossoff
L
Henry Lamb
Fernand Léger
Percy Wyndham Lewis
M
Cyril Mann
Leslie Marr
F E McWilliam
Henry Moore
Cedric Morris
N
Paul Nash
Christopher R.W. Nevinson
Ben Nicholson
William Nicholson
Winifred Nicholson
P
Sir Eduardo Paolozzi
Grayson Perry
Glyn Philpot
Pablo Picasso
William Pye
R
Paula Rego
Lucie Rie
Bridget Riley
William Roberts
S
William Scott
Walter Sickert
Jack Smith
Braida Stanley-Creek
Graham Sutherland OM
T
William Turnbull
U
Euan Uglow
V
Edouard Vuillard
W
Dame Ethel Walker
Christopher Wood
Bryan Wynter