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Duchess of Cork Street - The Autobiography of an Art Dealer (Paperback)
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Duchess of Cork Street is the autobiography of a remarkable woman
who, educated in the culturally unsophisticated milieu of South
Africa, managed by charm, determination and good judgment to
establish herself as a doyenne of the London art world between
about 1950 and the late 1970s. Although Lillian Browse had
originally had ambitions to become a ballet-dancer, she joined the
staff of the well known Leger Gallery in the early 1930s, and in
1945 she set up a new art gallery called Roland, Browse and
Delbanco in Cork Street in the west end of London together with two
fellow art dealers, thus coming to know through her varied
experiences many of the most distinguished people of her time as
clients and friends. She had worked with Sir Kenneth Clark on
planning exhibitions in the National Gallery during the war. Her
gallery soon acquired a reputation for quality and integrity and,
with her distinctive and influential taste, she pioneered the study
of important French and English painters and sculptors, among them
Degas, Rodin, Sickert, William Nicholson and Augustus John, and she
also gave consistent support to an expanding group of living
artists. She was active in the world of art-dealing for over fifty
years. During that period the character of the profession changed
out of all recognition. Although the spotlight has now moved from
London to New York for a variety of reasons, she is by no means
despairing of the future. The number of galleries is growing fast,
especially away from central London. Above all, there is a much
wider interest in art and appreciation of living artists in Britain
than ever before. She played a significant role in helping to bring
that about. Lillian Browse, who was awarded the CBE in 1998,
remains a popular and revered personality in the art world. Her
book has been eagerly awaited.
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