Richard Green (curator)

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Richard Green FSA FRSA is an art curator and art critic. [1]

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Green was Keeper of fine art at the Laing Art Gallery from 1971 to 1977. [1] One of his early acquisitions for Newcastle was Laus veneris by Edward Burne-Jones. In 1977 he became the curator of York Art Gallery, a post he held until 2003 when he left to become an independent art historian. [2] As curator at York Art Gallery, Green was present during the armed robbery of January 1999 in which staff were tied up and threatened, and over £700,000 of paintings were stolen. [2]

Green is an honorary visiting fellow in the Department of Art History at the University of York. [1] He was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 2014. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Richard Green, Honorary Visiting Fellow". University of York. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Art gallery curator off to pastures new". York Press. 20 January 2003. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  3. "Mr Richard Green". Society of Antiquaries of London. Retrieved 27 June 2022.