Visionaire London

What Visionaire London does

Visionaire London is an independent boutique art gallery founded in London in 2014 by Bettina Newbery, who serves as both founder and director. The gallery sells original, hand-painted contemporary artwork directly to consumers through its e-commerce website (visionaire.london), supplemented by direct email and phone enquiries. The product range spans oil paintings, paintings on silk using specialist dyes, hand-printed copper etchings and monoprints, and mixed media fashion illustrations combining fine oil with liquid charcoal, with prices ranging from approximately £95 for sketches to £8,600 for larger oil works. Art series have been released on a near-annual cadence from 2010 through 2023, tracking Newbery's described 'Journey into Abstraction' from figurative fashion-inspired portraiture toward purer abstract forms.

The business operates a pure direct-to-consumer (DTC) model with no intermediaries, no wholesale channel, and no gallery representation. Distribution is global in intent — free insured UK delivery is included with every purchase and international shipping is available on enquiry, with GBP and USD currency options supported on the site. Marketing relies on a single organic Instagram channel (@visionaire_art) and direct email communication. The company has no disclosed funding, no external investors, no parent company, and a headcount of 1–5, making it essentially a founder-operated creator business. Press coverage includes features on KOONESS (2022, twice in 2023) and Aesthetica Magazine (2020), plus a 2019 group exhibition at Galleria Farini Concept in Bologna, Italy. Revenue is generated entirely through one-time sales of unique originals or limited editions; no subscriptions, licensing, or recurring revenue streams exist.

Name

Visionaire London

Legal name

Visionaire London

Website

https://visionaire.london

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Visionaire London is an independent, founder-operated boutique art gallery in London selling original hand-painted fashion-inspired artworks — including oils, silk paintings, copper etchings, and monoprints — directly to art collectors and interior designers via its e-commerce website, with prices ranging from £95 to £8,600.

Ownership category

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Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel

Revenue model

1. Original Artwork Sales: Direct sales of original hand-painted artworks including oil paintings, copper etchings, monoprints, and silk paintings. Each piece is sold as a one-off original or limited edition, with prices ranging from approximately £150 to £8,600+. Sales conducted through the company's e-commerce website with free insured UK delivery included.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

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Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Visionaire London is an independent boutique art gallery that creates and sells original, hand-painted contemporary artwork by founder Bettina Newbery. Offerings include original oil paintings, handprinted copper etchings and monoprints, portraits on silk, and mixed media fashion illustrations, sold as unique one-off pieces or limited editions through the gallery's e-commerce website with free insured UK delivery and international shipping on enquiry.

Product overview

Visionaire London is an independent boutique art gallery offering original colorful, intricate, and fashion-inspired artwork created by founder Bettina Newbery. The gallery presents a diverse portfolio of art series spanning from 2010 to present, including copper etchings and monoprints (2017), paintings on silk (2015), oil portraits (2014-present), abstract blooms (2020-2021), mixed media fashion illustrations (2022+), and vibrant color studies (2023). The collection ranges from modern figuration to purest abstract, unified by themes of fashion, color, and contemporary portraiture. Artworks are available for purchase online with free insured UK delivery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Copper Etchings | Monoprints Limited edition copper etching and monoprint portraits created in 2017, handprinted on Sekishu handmade Japanese Paper, framed in aluminum and ready to hang; priced from £690 to £1,490.
• Paintings on Silk Silk portrait paintings created in 2015 using specialist silk dyes on Habotai, Chiffon, Satin, and Crepe de Chine silk fabrics, steamed for color fixation; priced from £1,950 to £5,550.
• Oil + Silk Sketches

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• 1stDibs: Luxury online marketplace including a significant original art category alongside furniture and décor. Comparable in serving affluent buyers seeking unique original pieces, though at much broader scale and assortment.
• Artsy: Global online art marketplace aggregating galleries, auctions, and original works. Operates at much greater scale, but shares the e-commerce-led original-art distribution model that Visionaire London uses.
• Saatchi Art: Large online art gallery owned by Saatchi Gallery, selling original art from a global roster of artists. Operates a much larger scale and brand, but shares Visionaire London's DTC e-commerce model for original work.

Direct peers

• Artfinder: Online art marketplace connecting independent artists with buyers of original work. Comparable to Visionaire London in selling one-off original pieces direct to consumer without traditional gallery intermediation.
• Rise Art: UK-based online art gallery curating and selling original contemporary works from independent artists. Strong geographic and model overlap with Visionaire London's London-based boutique DTC approach.
• Singulart: Paris-based online art marketplace selling original works from independent artists globally. Closely matches Visionaire London's model of selling unique original art direct to consumers via an e-commerce storefront.
• Degree Art: London-based online art gallery representing emerging and independent artists with original work sold DTC. Closely comparable UK-focused boutique gallery model with a similar artist-driven catalogue.
• New Blood Art: UK online platform selling original work from independent and emerging artists. Operates a similar small-gallery / artist-roster DTC model and serves a comparable UK-based collector audience.

Others

• Kooness: Online art platform and editorial publisher that has featured Visionaire London multiple times. Functions as a discovery and PR channel for boutique galleries, making it an ecosystem peer rather than a direct sales competitor.

Regional players

• The Artling: Asia-based online art platform selling original contemporary works, with an editorially curated selection. Comparable DTC original-art marketplace model, with regional concentration in Asia rather than Europe.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/visionaire_art

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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