Kenneth Clark - Life, Art and Civilisation

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Drawing on previously unseen archives, Stourton reveals an insight into this influential, private and highly intellectual man. 'Richly detailed, colourful and astute and it moves at a cracking pace... a resplendent biography' "Sunday Times"

Product details

• Authors: James Stourton, Stourton James
• Publisher: William Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 21.09.2017
• EAN: 9780007493449
• ISBN: 978-0-00-749344-9
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre > Biographies, autobiographies; PERFORMING ARTS / Television / General, ART / European, ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), 21st Century, History of art / art & design styles, Biography: arts & entertainment, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, History of Art, Biography: arts and entertainment