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A colourful and fast-moving account of how postwar London became the global centre of the art market â a story of Impressionist masterpieces, contemporary art, loaded buyers, dodgy dealers and huge financial transactions.

Produktbeschreibung
A colourful and fast-moving account of how postwar London became the global centre of the art market â a story of Impressionist masterpieces, contemporary art, loaded buyers, dodgy dealers and huge financial transactions.
Autorenporträt
James Stourton is a British art historian, a former Chairman of Sotheby's UK and the author of Great Houses of London, British Embassies, and the authorized biography of Kenneth Clark. Stourton frequently lectures to Cambridge University History of Art Faculty, Sotheby's Institute of Education and The Art Fund, and is a senior fellow of the Institute of Historical Research. He also sits on the Heritage Memorial Fund, a government panel which meets to decide what constitutes heritage and should be saved for the nation.
Rezensionen
James Stourton is an excellent art historian and brilliant storyteller; a heady combination that makes Rogues & Scholars the must-read art book of the year.