Desmond Shawe-Taylor

For the music critic Desmond Shawe-Taylor, see Desmond Shawe-Taylor (music critic).

Desmond Philip Shawe-Taylor LVO (born 30 September 1955) became Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures in 2005. He succeeded Christopher Lloyd on Lloyd's retirement.^[1]

Shawe-Taylor is the son of Brian Newton Shawe-Taylor and Jocelyn Cecilia Shawe-Taylor. He was educated at Shrewsbury School, University College, Oxford, and the Courtauld Institute of Art in London.^[2]

Shawe-Taylor was a lecturer in the History of Art Department of Nottingham University from 1979 to 1996,^[2] and director of Dulwich Picture Gallery from 1996 to 2005, when he was succeeded by Ian Dejardin.^[1] He has published several books: Genial Company: the theme of genius in eighteenth-century British portraiture, 1987; The Georgians: eighteenth-century portraiture and society, 1990; Dramatic Art: theatrical paintings from the Garrick Club, 1997; Rembrandt to Gainsborough: masterpieces from Dulwich Picture Gallery, 1999; Shakespeare in Art, 2003; Bruegel to Rubens: masters of Flemish painting, 2007; and The Conversation Piece: scenes of fashionable life, 2009.^[2]

In 1987, Shawe-Taylor married Rosemary Gillian North. .^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Appointment of new Surveyor of The Queen's Pictures", The Royal Collection, 17 December 2004, accessed 22 May 2008
2. ^ ^{a b c d} "Shawe-Taylor, Desmond Philip", Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2009; online edition, November 2009, accessed 1 June 2010 (requires subscription)

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Preceded by Giles Waterfield	Director of Dulwich Picture Gallery 1996–2005	Succeeded by Ian Dejardin
Preceded by Christopher Lloyd	Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures 2005–present	Succeeded by current incumbent

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