Le Réservoir.

What Le Réservoir. does

Le Réservoir is a French art gallery and online marketplace founded in 2018 in Sète, Occitanie, operating under a hybrid "artplace" model that pairs a physical gallery with the e-commerce platform lereservoir-art.com. The catalog spans five categories—paintings, limited-edition prints, sculptures, photographs, and drawings—with prices ranging from €65 to over €17,000. The platform curates works from both emerging and internationally recognized artists, including Robert Combas, Hervé Di Rosa, Claude Viallat, Philippe Pasqua, Shepard Fairey, and Pablo Picasso, and extends its offering through a partnership with Atelier DPJ for wood-engraved limited editions tied to Sète-based artists.

The business serves two principal customer segments: individual art collectors transacting through the online store, and corporate clients in the Occitanie region, particularly hotels and restaurants, who access acquisition advisory and leasing services under the "Art en entreprise" program. Revenue mechanics combine transactional art sales (with the company apparently taking inventory positions and reselling), corporate leasing subscriptions, and limited-edition print sales. Operational infrastructure includes secure online payment, international shipping, a 14-day return policy, and authenticity guarantees, all of which support cross-border commerce beyond the local Sète catchment.

Le Réservoir is a privately held, bootstrapped company with 21 employees and no disclosed external funding rounds. Its market focus is primarily France, with broader European reach enabled by international shipping rather than dedicated geographic expansion. The company's strategic posture is that of a small, vertically integrated regional gallery leveraging digital channels to extend reach and a B2B leasing line to add a recurring-revenue layer on top of transactional art sales.

Name

Le Réservoir.

Website

https://lereservoir-art.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Le Réservoir is a French hybrid art gallery and online marketplace founded in 2018 in Sète, selling curated paintings, prints, sculptures, photographs, and drawings to individual collectors and corporate clients across Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Art Gallery & Marketplace

NAICS

Art Dealers (45992)

SIC

Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)

akta.pro primary industry

Art Galleries & Exhibition Spaces (Commercial & Nonprofit) (THAJADAH)

Keywords

• Online art gallery
• Contemporary art marketplace
• Corporate art leasing
• Limited edition prints
• Original paintings sales

Headquarters

HQ city

Sète

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Art Sales: Direct sales of artworks including paintings, sculptures, prints, photographs, and drawings through the online platform and physical gallery
2. Business Art Services: Corporate art services including art acquisition and artwork leasing (leasing d'oeuvres) for businesses in hospitality and corporate sectors
3. Print/Editions Sales: Sale of limited edition prints and artist editions including serigraphs and offset prints

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Le Réservoir operates a hybrid art gallery and online marketplace ("artplace") that sells contemporary artworks including paintings, limited edition prints, sculptures, photographs, and drawings. The platform connects artists directly with individual collectors and corporate buyers, offering curated selections of both internationally renowned and emerging artists. It also provides business-to-business services such as corporate art consulting, art acquisition, and artwork leasing for offices, hotels, and high-end restaurants.

Product overview

Le Réservoir is an online art gallery platform launched in 2018 as a hybrid 'artplace' combining traditional gallery curation with marketplace functionality. The platform offers five main product categories: Peintures (original paintings), Éditions (limited edition prints), Sculptures, Photographies (photographs), and Dessins (drawings). It also provides an external wood engraving service through Atelier DPJ. The company operates a physical gallery, 'la Sétoise,' in Sète and offers corporate art services including purchasing programs, leasing options, and installation for businesses. The platform connects international contemporary artists with collectors and art enthusiasts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Le Réservoir Online Artplace (Galerie en Ligne) Online art gallery platform functioning as an 'artplace' that combines gallery curation with marketplace functionality, enabling artists to list and sell works to collectors and art enthusiasts worldwide.
• Peintures (Paintings) Original paintings across categories including Contemporary Art, Street Art, African Contemporary Art, Art Brut, and Abstract, featuring works by artists such as Robert Combas, Claude Viallat, and Hervé Di Rosa.
• Éditions (Limited Edition Prints) Limited edition prints and art reproductions including Street Art, Contemporary Art, Figuration Libre, Figurative, and Abstract works by artists such as Shepard Fairey, Hervé Di Rosa, and Clara Castagné.
• Sculptures Three-dimensional artworks including Contemporary Art, Art Brut, and Animalier categories, featuring sculptors such as Richard Pommier and Philippe Pasqua.
• Photographies (Photographs) Photographic works including Black & White, From Sète la mer, and Abstract categories, featuring photographers such as Gaelle S. Warner.
• Dessins (Drawings) Drawing works including Art Brut, Portrait, Humour, Nature, and Minimaliste categories, featuring artists such as Topolino and André Cervera.
• Art en entreprise (Corporate Art Services) Business art services including art purchasing programs, art leasing options (leasing d'oeuvres), and art installation services for hotels and high-end restaurants in the Occitanie region.
• Galerie la Sétoise (Physical Gallery) Physical gallery location in Sète on the docks, hosting hybrid exhibitions and events showcasing contemporary artists of international renown alongside emerging artists.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Atelier DPJ (Atelier xylo)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Atelier DPJ and Le Réservoir have always been intimately linked. Art editions, particularly wood engraving, allow art to be more accessible. The Atelier collaborates with major Sète artists including Robert Combas, Hervé Di Rosa, and Pierre Tilman for over 12 years, offering a wide catalog of prints all produced in Sète workshops.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Singulart: Singulart is a French-founded online art gallery featuring contemporary works from international artists. It is a direct peer to Le Réservoir in online gallery curation, contemporary artist roster, and European customer base, although it operates purely digitally without a physical flagship.
• Rise Art: Rise Art is a UK-based online art gallery offering curated original works and a corporate art leasing program. It is closely comparable to Le Réservoir in hybrid B2C/B2B model, particularly the art leasing subscription offering for businesses and hospitality.
• Artfinder: Artfinder is an online art marketplace connecting buyers with independent artists across paintings, prints, and originals. Like Le Réservoir, it targets emerging and mid-market collectors with accessible price points and curated discovery, though it focuses on artist-direct rather than gallery-curated listings.
• Artmajeur: Artmajeur is a European online art marketplace allowing artists to sell originals, prints, and sculptures directly. Comparable to Le Réservoir in its hybrid B2C marketplace approach, multi-category offerings (paintings, sculptures, photography), and aim to make art accessible to a broad European audience.
• Artsper: Artsper is a French-headquartered online art marketplace offering curated contemporary works from European galleries and artists. It is the closest direct competitor to Le Réservoir based on geography, customer base (European collectors), online marketplace model, and contemporary art focus.

Broad incumbents

• Saatchi Art: Saatchi Art is a leading global online art gallery selling original works, limited editions, and prints directly from artists. Like Le Réservoir, it offers both emerging and established artists at varying price points, but operates at much larger scale with a primary focus on artist-direct sales.
• Artnet: Artnet is a long-established online art marketplace and auction platform with a global price database. It is comparable to Le Réservoir as a digital channel for art transactions, but operates primarily in the auction and secondary-market segment rather than primary gallery sales.
• Catawiki: Catawiki is a European online auction marketplace with a dedicated art category including contemporary works and editions. Comparable to Le Réservoir in European collector base and online-discovery model, though structured around auction dynamics rather than fixed-price gallery sales.
• Artsy: Artsy is the largest global online art marketplace, connecting collectors with galleries and auctions. It is broadly comparable to Le Réservoir as a digital platform for buying contemporary art, but operates at significantly larger scale and serves galleries rather than functioning as a single hybrid gallery-marketplace.

Regional players

• Galerie Lelong & Co. Galerie Lelong & Co. is a Paris-based contemporary art gallery representing established international artists. Comparable to Le Réservoir's physical gallery arm in curatorial focus on contemporary art and artist representation, though it operates at significantly higher price points and serves a predominantly institutional collector base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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