Frances Spalding

Frances Spalding CBE is a British art historian and writer.

She 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.

She 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. [ [http://www.studio-international.co.uk/painting/piper.asp Studio International] ]

She has also written a study of poet Stevie Smith.

She was awarded a CBE in the Birthday Honours 2005 for services to literature.

She is a trustee of the Charleston Trust. [UK charity|1107313|The Charleston Trust]

Notable publications

* "Magnificent Dreams: Burne-Jones and the Late Victorians" (1978)
* "Whistler" (1979)
* "Roger Fry: Art and Life" (1980)
* "Vanessa Bell" (1983)
* "British Art since 1900" (1986)
* "Stevie Smith: A Critical Biography" (1988)
* "20th Century Painters and Sculptors: Dictionary of British Art" (1990)
* "Dance Till the Stars Come Down: A Biography of John Minton" (1991)
* "Viginia Woolf: Paper Darts: the Illustrated Letters" (ed) (1991)
* "Duncan Grant: A Biography" (1997)
* "The Tate: A History" (1998)
* "Ravilious in Public: A Guide to Works by the Artist in Public Collections" (2002)
* "John Piper in the 1930s: Abstraction on the Beach" (2003)
* "Gwen Raverat: Friends, Family and Affections" (2004)
* "The Bloomsbury Group" [National Portrait Gallery Insights] (2005)

References

External links

* [http://francesspalding.net/ Official website]
* [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sacs/staff/profile/frances.spalding Profile at Newcastle University]
* [http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/frances_spalding New Statesman book reviews]