Edmund A. W. Peel was a private dealer, based in Madrid, from 1968 to 1978, who specialised in Spanish Impressionist, Modern, and Contemporary Art. he was appointed chairman of Sotheby’s Spain, Director of the board of Sotheby’s Europe, and Director of Sotheby’s London responsible for European Business Development. In 1998 he founded Edmund Peel Fine Art Consulting Ltd. with José de Paz. They currently have offices in London and Madrid. In 1989 he curated the exhibition The Painter—Joaquin Sorolla (New York, St. Louis, San Diego, and Valencia, 1989). In 1992 he organised a summer course on Artistic Heritage for the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in El Escorial.