Arthur Jeffress was an art dealer and collector from a Virginian family who bequeathed his "subversive little collection" (Derek Hill) to Tate and Southampton City Art Gallery on his suicide in 1961. That suicide, a result of his expulsion from Venice, has been the subject of speculation in many memoirs. Gill Hedley's biography of Jeffress has benefited from access to many hundreds of unpublished letters written between Jeffress and Robert Melville, who ran Jeffress' own gallery from 1955-1961. The letters were written largely while Jeffress was in Venice and reveal a vivid picture of the London gallery world as well as frank details of artists, collectors and the definitive story of his suicide. Previously unpublished research reveals new information about the lives of Jeffress' lover John Deakin, his business partner Erica Brausen, the French photographer André Ostier and Henry Clifford, and the way in which all of them influenced Jeffress' first steps as a collector from the 1930s onwards.

Arthur Jeffress: A Life in Art

Hedley, Gill

Arts & Photography

Bloomsbury Visual Arts

This engaging biography sets Flitcroft within his social context, providing insights into those for whom he worked as well as his fellow architects and into the Georgian construction industry. It reveals the battles Flitcroft waged to maintain his positions at Westminster Abbey and St. Paul' s. His furniture designs are assessed, along with the designs he undertook for several churches, including St-Giles-in-the Fields, and his notable London buildings. Finally, his last great project - the extensive collaboration with Henry Hoare II on the landscape and buildings at Stourhead - is re-examined.

The Ingenious Mr Flitcroft: Palladian Architect 1697-1769

Saumarez Smith, Charles

Architecture

Lund Humphries

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