Lawrence Gowing Author

Sir Lawrence Gowing (1918–1991) began his career as a painter of portraits and landscapes, later becoming a distinguished curator, writer, professor of art and museum trustee, including at the Tate and British Museum. He was Keeper of the British Collection and Deputy Director of the Tate Gallery, London from 1965-67, Professor of Fine Art at the University of Leeds from 1967 to 1975 and Slade Professor of Fine Art at University College, London from 1975 until his retirement in 1985. A central figure in both the UK and USA art establishments, his writings include monographs on artists ranging from Vermeer and Turner to Cézanne and Freud.

Sarah Whitfield is an art historian, writer and curator who has published widely on Surrealism, as well as on Henri Matisse, Pierre Bonnard, Lucio Fontana and other twentieth-century artists. She co-authored the catalogue raisonné of René Magritte and sits on the authentication committee of the Francis Bacon Estate.