1. Sir Alan Bowness CBE was a British art historian, art critic, and museum director.
16 Facts About Alan Bowness
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Alan Bowness was the director of the Tate Gallery between 1980 and 1988.
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Alan Bowness was educated at University College School in Hampstead.
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Alan Bowness was active as an art critic in the late 1950s and early 1960s, writing for The Observer, Arts, Art News and Review, The Times Literary Supplement, and The Burlington Magazine.
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Alan Bowness became a Regional Art Officer for the Arts Council in 1956, with responsibilities for the South West of England.
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In 1957, Alan Bowness married Sarah Hepworth-Nicholson, daughter of Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson.
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In 1957, Alan Bowness began teaching at the Courtauld Institute of Art.
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Alan Bowness became a Reader in 1967 and a professor in 1978.
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Between 1960 and 1970, Alan Bowness published complete catalogues of the sculpture of Barbara Hepworth.
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Between 1980 and 1988, Alan Bowness was Director of the Tate Gallery.
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Alan Bowness instigated the creation of Tate Liverpool, which opened in May 1988.
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At a time when the Tate's public grant had been capped, Alan Bowness established patrons' groups to fund the purchase of historic and contemporary work.
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Alan Bowness began the preparations for the Tate St Ives.
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Alan Bowness was appointed a CBE in 1976 and knighted in 1988.
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Alan Bowness was an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Art, the Courtauld Institute of Art, and Downing College, Cambridge.
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Alan Bowness died at his home in London on 1 March 2021, aged 93.