Homan Potterton
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Homan Potterton (b.1946) is an art historian and writer who was Director of the National Gallery of Ireland, 1980-88. He was previously (1974-80) an Assistant Keeper (curator) at the National Gallery, London. He was Editor of Irish Arts Review, 1993-2002. He has written several art books and catalogues[1]and his memoir of growing up in Ireland in the 1950s is Rathcormick: a Childhood Recalled (2001). He is an Honorary Member of the Royal Hibernian Academy.
Notes
- ^ Andrew O'Connor, Sculptor (1974); Irish Church Monuments, 1570-1880 (1975); A Guide to the National Gallery (1976); The National Gallery, London (1976); Reynolds & Gainsborough: Themes & Painters in the National Gallery (1976); Pageant and Panorama: the Elegant World of Canaletto (1978); (jointly) Irish Art and Architecture (1978);Venetian Seventeenth Century Painting (1979); Dutch 17th and 18th Century Paintings in the National Gallery of Ireland: a Complete Catalogue (1986).
References
Who's Who (A & C Black, London); Peter Somerville Large, 1854-2004: the Story of the National Gallery of Ireland (2004), pp.398-421; Vera Ryan, Movers and Shapers: Irish Visual Art, 1940-2006 (2006), pp.173-201.