The Sarto Gallery
Sarto Gallery has two galleries in Paris's 7th arrondissement, near the Musée d'Orsay.
The first space is dedicated to modern artists, mainly French and Italian, from the 1920s to the 2020s. Special attention is given to the work of Jacques Cartier (1907-2001), an animal artist from the Art Deco period who was the subject of an important catalogue raisonné by the gallery's founder and director, Axel Rondouin. The other part of the selection focuses on post-war abstract painting, with artists such as Pino Manos (1930-2020, catalogue raisonné of works on paper currently in progress), Olivier Debré, Gérard Schneider, Jean Fautrier, Antoni Tàpies, André Lanskoy, Raymond Hains, Bernard Buffet, Georges Mathieu, and others.
The second space is dedicated to promoting contemporary creation through monographic exhibitions by Julien Airault (catalogue raisonné published by Editions Sarto), François Benoit Lison (catalogue raisonné published by Editions Sarto), Pannaphan Yodmanee, Phanchat Yodmanee, Renaud Bihi, and furniture by Jean-Luc Le Mounier.
The founder of the gallery
Axel Rondouin holds a degree in art history from La Sorbonne and a degree in private law from Assas. He holds a Master's degree in wealth management and trained in wealth management at a private bank. With five years of experience in the field, notably as a clerk to an auctioneer at Drouot, he founded a company specialising in art wealth management consulting in 2010.
Building on his success in France and Italy, he moved to Hong Kong in 2016 to offer his expertise in the market for deceased artists (ancient and modern art) to Asian clients. There, he developed a large international clientele and a global network of galleries, dealers, institutions and collectors.
On his return, he opened two galleries in Paris, the Sarto galleries, specialising in modern and contemporary artists. In 2020, he published the catalogue raisonné of the Art Deco animal artist Jacques Cartier (1907-2001) with Éditions Sarto, in agreement with his beneficiary, listing more than 1,450 works.
He also lectures on the subject of art market law at the University of Rennes in France.