Hourdé + Rolland Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas

H+R is specialized in arts from Africa, Oceania and the Americas.

Biography

Nicolas Rolland is co-founder of the H+R agency, an expert in ancient African and Oceanic art. For many years, he worked as a gallery dealer, before refocusing his activity on brokerage and consulting. He is also an independent researcher and curator, member of the Compagnie Nationale des Experts (CNE) and scientific advisor to the Musée Spiritain des Arts Africains (MUSAA).

He has published several internationally acclaimed reference works: Afrique, à l'ombre des dieux. Collections africaines de la Congrégation du Saint-Esprit, Somogy, 2017 (Prix International du Livre d'Art Tribal 2017); Galerie Pigalle: Afrique, Océanie. 1930. Une exposition mythique, Somogy, 2018 (Prix International du Livre d'Art Tribal 2018, Prix du Festival International du Livre d'Art et du Film, 2018). He is a regular contributor to Tribal Art Magazine.

Charles-Wesley Hourdé is co-founder of the H+R agency, a dealer and expert specializing in the ancient arts of Africa and Oceania, as well as a researcher and independent curator.

A member of the Compagnie Nationale des Expert (CNE), he was formerly Director of the African and Oceanic Art Department at Christie's. As a dealer, he participates in international art fairs and regularly organizes catalogued exhibitions in his gallery.

He has published several reference works, including Eloge du corps. Arts d'Afrique, d'Océanie et d'Amérique du Nord de la collection Josette et Jean-Claude Weill (5 Continents, 2019) and has worked in particular on the work of Japanese cabinetmaker Kichizô Inagaki (1876-1951), known for having pedestaled a great many objects for leading Parisian dealers of the first half of the 20th century, such as Paul Guillaume and Charles Ratton.