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Adrian Sassoon (born February 1961) is an English art dealer, art collector and writer.[1] He was schooled at Eton College, where he was taught ceramics by Gordon Baldwin; he went on to study further at Christie’s School of Design.[2][3] He worked as an assistant curator at the J. Paul Getty Museum in the department of decorative arts.[4] He is the owner and founder of a gallery that shows contemporary art,[5][6][7][8] as well as 18th Century French porcelain.[3]

Sassoon is a member of the Sassoon family, and was born in London, the son of Hugh Meyer Sassoon (first cousin of Siegfried Sassoon) and Marion (née Schiff); he is the great-great grandson of Sassoon David Sassoon.

Articles & Essays

Books

  • Vincennes and Sèvres porcelain – catalogue of the collections written for the J. Paul Getty Museum in 1991.[11]
  • Decorative arts: a handbook of the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum.[12]
  • Kate Malone Inspired by Waddesdon published and forward by Adrian Sassoon 2016.[13]

References

  1. ^ Moore, Susan (June 2019). "A Potted History". Apollo Magazine: 66–71.
  2. ^ Debrett’s People of Today, 2015, pp.1273-4.
  3. ^ a b Etherington-Smith, Meredith “Adrian Sassoon’s Classic Country Retreat in Devon, England” architecturaldigest.com, Published 3 November 2015, date retrieved 21 November 2019.
  4. ^ Brady, Anna “Hustlers with a habit: what five Tefaf exhibitors collect and why” Theartnewspaper.com, published 8 March 2019, date retrieved 21 November 2019
  5. ^ “What to see at London’s Collect Art Fair” architecturaldigest.com, published 30 April 2015, date retrieved 21 November 2019.
  6. ^ Spence, Rachel (21 September 2018) “Quick silver: the art of Hiroshi Suzuki”. Financial Times. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  7. ^ Crichton-Miller, Emma (23 September 2016) “Japanese historic art with contemporary sensibility”. Financial Times. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  8. ^ Pogrebin, Robin (23 December 2013). "Jewelry Show at Met Raises Questions". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 November 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ Sassoon, Adrian Vincennes and Sèvres Porcelain from a European Private Collection, International Ceramics Fair & Seminar, 2001.
  10. ^ Sassoon, Adrian, ‘Observing JAR’, Jewels by JAR, Yale University Press, 30 November 2013, ISBN 030019868X.
  11. ^ Sassoon, Adrian, Vincennes and Sèvres Porcelain: Catalogue of the Collections, J. Paul Getty Museum, 1992, ISBN 0892361735.
  12. ^ Decorative arts: a handbook of the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Museum, 1986, ISBN 0892360739.
  13. ^ Dame Savil, Rosalind, Shirley, Pippa, Kate Malone: Inspired by Waddesdon, Adrian Sassoon, 1 May 2016, ISBN 099545700X
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