Bendor Grosvenor
Bendor Grosvenor
Thursday 25 October 2018
Bendor Grosvenor
Bendor Grosvenor
Thursday 25 October 2018
Dr. Bendor Grosvenor is an art historian specialising in Old Masters and British pictures, especially portraits. He has discovered a number of important paintings by prominent artists. He is also a writer, broadcaster, and a former government adviser on archives and public records.
He appeared in the first five series of the BBC1 series 'Fake or Fortune?’ the BBC's highest rated fine art programme.
Recently he has presented Britain's Lost Masterpieces.
At the Manchester Art Gallery, Dr Bendor Grosvenor discovered a painting of a country gentleman from the 1770s which he believes has been misattributed to Nathaniel Dance. He feels sure it is in fact by the German painter Johann Zoffany, a favourite portraitist of the royal family under King George III. While the painting is restored, Bendor investigates the life of Zoffany - a chancer and adventurer who squandered his royal patronage through a series of predictable errors of judgement.
He also writes regularly for The Financial Times and The Art Newspaper, and has written articles for The Guardian, the British Art Journal, History Today and Country Life. He studied English history at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and UEA. His PhD was on foreign policy in Benjamin Disraeli’s second government.
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Cost per person: £13.00
Booking has now closed for this event.
Venue: Grand Hall, the Whitworth Time: from 6.00pm
Dr. Bendor Grosvenor is an art historian specialising in Old Masters and British pictures, especially portraits. He has discovered a number of important paintings by prominent artists. He is also a writer, broadcaster, and a former government adviser on archives and public records.
He appeared in the first five series of the BBC1 series 'Fake or Fortune?’ the BBC's highest rated fine art programme.
Recently he has presented Britain's Lost Masterpieces.
At the Manchester Art Gallery, Dr Bendor Grosvenor discovered a painting of a country gentleman from the 1770s which he believes has been misattributed to Nathaniel Dance. He feels sure it is in fact by the German painter Johann Zoffany, a favourite portraitist of the royal family under King George III. While the painting is restored, Bendor investigates the life of Zoffany - a chancer and adventurer who squandered his royal patronage through a series of predictable errors of judgement.
He also writes regularly for The Financial Times and The Art Newspaper, and has written articles for The Guardian, the British Art Journal, History Today and Country Life. He studied English history at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and UEA. His PhD was on foreign policy in Benjamin Disraeli’s second government.
Further Details:
Cost per person: £13.00
Booking has now closed for this event.
Venue: Grand Hall, the Whitworth Time: from 6.00pm
EVENT DATE
OCTOBER 25, 2018
COST
£13.00 per person
POSTAL BOOKINGS
Booking Closed
NUMBER OF PLACES
Max. places: 100
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