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Charles Ricketts, subtle and fantastic decorator
Charles Ricketts, subtle and fantastic decorator
- GenresArt
100 pages, Paperback
First published March 26, 1979
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About the author
Stephen Calloway
46 books14 followersStephen Calloway is a curator of paintings at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
He is an expert on 19th century art, and has made a particular study of the decadent and dandy culture of the fin de siecle.
He staged the V&A's exhibition on the 1890s, 'High Art and Low Life' in 1993, and curated the 'Aubrey Beardsley Centenary Show' in Tokyo and London in 1998.
He writes on the history of taste and lectures widely in England and America.
He also worked, in his role as a consultant on period sytle and manners, with Nicole Kidman and John Malkovich on Jane Campion's film of Henry James' novel 'The Portrait of a Lady'.
He is an expert on 19th century art, and has made a particular study of the decadent and dandy culture of the fin de siecle.
He staged the V&A's exhibition on the 1890s, 'High Art and Low Life' in 1993, and curated the 'Aubrey Beardsley Centenary Show' in Tokyo and London in 1998.
He writes on the history of taste and lectures widely in England and America.
He also worked, in his role as a consultant on period sytle and manners, with Nicole Kidman and John Malkovich on Jane Campion's film of Henry James' novel 'The Portrait of a Lady'.
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