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Ronald Pickvance

Ronald Pickvance (15 August 1930 – 21 March 2017) was an English art historian and expert in the work of Vincent van Gogh.[1][2] He was Richmond Professor of Fine Art at the University of Glasgow from 1977 to 1984.[3] Pickvance wrote the forward to Van Gogh: The Lost Arles Sketchbook (edited by Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov) which contained reproductions of sketches said to be by the artist, but the authenticity of which has been disputed.[4] Pickvance was suffering from cataracts at the time [5]

Selected publications

  • The drawings of Gauguin. Paul Hamlyn, London, 1970. ISBN 0600025551
  • Van Gogh in Arles. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1984.
  • Van Gogh in Saint Remy and Auvers Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1986.
  • Gauguin and the School of Pont-Aven. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1994. ISBN 9780731029211
  • Degas sculptor. Waanders, Zwolle, 1991.
  • Paul Gauguin. Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, 1998.

References

  1. ^ "Ronald Pickvance | Register | The Times & The Sunday Times". Thetimes.co.uk. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  2. ^ Siegal, Nina (15 November 2016). "Sketchbook Attributed to van Gogh Pits Scholars Against a Museum". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  3. ^ "University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of Ronald Pickvance". Universitystory.gla.ac.uk. 22 August 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  4. ^ Barbara Casassus (5 December 2016). "Controversy in France over Vincent van Gogh book". The Bookseller. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  5. ^ url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ronald-pickvance-9k7qxjdtr

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