| Richard Edward Ion Calvocoressi | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1951-05-05) 5 May 1951 (age 73) Westerham, Kent, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Eton College |
| Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford Courtauld Institute of Art |
| Occupation | Museum curator |
| Years active | 1979–present |
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Richard Edward Ion Calvocoressi CBE (b. 5 May 1951) is a British museum and gallery curator and art historian.
Career
Calvocoressi was born in Westerham, Kent, one of three sons of Major Ion Calvocoressi, MBE, MC (1919-2007) and Katherine, née Kennedy (b. 1927). He was educated at Eton College, Brooke House, Market Harborough, and graduated from Magdalen College, Oxford and the Courtauld Institute of Art. He served as an assistant keeper of modern art at the Tate Gallery from 1979 until 1987, and was director of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh from 1987 until 2007. He then served as director of the Henry Moore Foundation, and in 2015 became a senior curator at the Gagosian Gallery.
Calvocoressi was appointed to the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art on 13 November 2012, serving until 12 November 2016. He was subsequently reappointed for another four-year term.
Personal life
He married Francesca Temple Roberts in 1976. They have three children.
He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2008 for "services to the Arts, particularly in Scotland".
Selected publications
- Marine Painting. Oxford: Phaidon. 1978. ISBN 978-0-71481-774-3.
- Magritte. Oxford: Phaidon. 1979. ISBN 978-0-71481-965-5.
- A. R. Penck: Brown's Hotel and other works. London: Tate Gallery. 1984.
- Lucian Freud: Early Works. Edinburgh: Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. 1997. ISBN 978-0-90359-866-8.
- Lee Miller: Portraits from a Life. London: Thames & Hudson. 2002. ISBN 978-0-50028-522-0.
- Lucian Freud on Paper. London: Jonathan Cape 2008.
- Francis Bacon: Late Paintings. New York: Rizzoli International. 2016. ISBN 978-0-84784-775-4.
- Georg Baselitz. London: Thames & Hudson. 2021
References
- ^ Long, Christopher A. (2 February 2012). "Family Group Sheet: Richard Edward Ion Calvocoressi". Ralli family of Chios (Pitsis branch). Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- ^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (1999). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage (106th ed.). Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd. Retrieved 29 September 2017 – via thepeerage.com.
- "Calvocoressi, Richard". Library of Congress. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- "Richard Calvocoressi". The Art Business Conference. 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- "Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Object of Cultural Interest appointments" (PDF). Department for Culture, Media and Sport. November 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- "No. 58729". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 2008. p. 4.
External links
- Richard Calvocoressi at IMDb
- "Richard Edward Ion Calvocoressi by Lucy Anne Dickens (June 2001)". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 29 September 2017.