James Stourton

Kenneth Clark (eBook, ePUB)

Life, Art and Civilisation

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

SUNDAY TIMES ART BOOK OF THE YEAR

The astonishing life of Kenneth Clark - the greatest British art historian of his time. As writer and presenter of the 13-part TV series Civilisation he was responsible for the greatest syntheses of art, music, literature and thought ever made - 'a contribution to civilisation itself'.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. September 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780007493432
• Artikelnr.: 44856982

Autorenporträt

James Stourton graduated from Cambridge Art History Faculty in 1979 and joined Sotheby's Old Master paintings department. Over the next thirty years he organised many famous sales and became Chairman of Sotheby's UK in 2007.

Alongside his Sotheby's career James developed an academic interest in Patronage and Collecting, publishing many articles for Apollo, Country Life, the Independent, the Spectator and The Times as well as lecturing to The Art Fund, Cambridge Art History Faculty and Sotheby's Institute. He has published five books including 'Great Collectors of Our Time: Art Collecting since 1945'; 'The British as Art Collectors' (with Charles Sebag-Montefiore) and 'Great Houses of London'.

Today he sits on the Panel of the Heritage Memorial Fund and also the Acceptance in Lieu Panel.