Frances Spalding

Frances Spalding
Born 16 July 1950
Alma mater University of Nottingham
Occupation art historian, art critic, biographer
Employer The Burlington Magazine, Newcastle University
Awards Commander of the Order of the British Empire[*]

Frances Spalding CBE, FRSL (née Crabtree, born 16 July 1950[1]) is a British art historian and writer and the Editor of The Burlington Magazine.

Life

Frances Crabtree studied at Nottingham University and gained her PhD for a study of Roger Fry. She taught art history at Sheffield City Polytechnic before becoming a freelance writer and curator. She returned to academic work to take up the post of Professor of Art History at Newcastle University. In 1974, Frances Crabtree married Julian Spalding.

Spalding specializes in 20th-century British art, biography and cultural history and her work includes 15 major books, essays, criticism and reviews. She curated the 2003 exhibition John Piper in the 1930s: Abstraction on the Beach at Dulwich Picture Gallery in south London.[2] She has also written a study of poet Stevie Smith and a biography of John and Myfanwy Piper. When reviewing John Piper, Myfanwy Piper: Lives in Art, The Independent said of Spalding "At her scintillating best, she is both a brilliant encapsulator and shrewd summer-up; above all, an enthusiast and advocate whose wisdom makes you eager for her subject." [3]

Spalding was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1984.[4] She was appointed as Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in the Birthday Honours 2005 for services to literature. She is a trustee of the Charleston Trust.[5]

Spalding became the Editor of The Burlington Magazine in September 2015.

Bibliography

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Reviews

References

  1. "Spalding, Prof. Frances". Who's Who 2013. A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing. 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2013. Oxford University Press, December 2012; online edition, November 2012.
  2. "John Piper in the 1930s – Abstraction on the Beach". Studio International]. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  3. 1 2 Roderic Dunnett (20 November 2009). "John Piper, Myfanwy Piper: lives in art, By Frances Spalding". The Independent. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  4. "Royal Society of Literature: All Fellows". Royal Society of Literature. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
  5. Charity Commission. The Charleston Trust, registered charity no. 1107313.
  6. "Vanessa Bell by Frances Spalding". Goodreads. Retrieved 12 January 2016.

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