Norbert Casper Lynton (22 September 1927 – 30 October 2007, Brighton, England ) was Professor of the History of Art at the

University of Sussex The University of Sussex is a public university, public research university, research university located in Falmer, East Sussex, England. It lies mostly within the city boundaries of Brighton and Hove. Its large campus site is surrounded by the ...

. From 1998 - 2006 he was Chairman of the Charleston Trust. He has published on

architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and construction, constructi ...

and on modern artists including

Paul Klee Paul Klee (; 18 December 1879 – 29 June 1940) was a Swiss-born German artist. His highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included expressionism, cubism, and surrealism. Klee was a natural draftsman who experimented wi ...

Ben Nicholson Benjamin Lauder Nicholson, OM (10 April 1894 – 6 February 1982) was an English painter of abstract compositions (sometimes in low relief), landscapes, and still-life. He was one of the leading promoters of abstract art in England. Backg ...

, William Scott. With Erika Langmuir, he coauthored the 'Yale Dictionary of Modern Art'. Among his significant works are 'The Story of Modern Art' published by Phaidon Press Ltd and the introduction for the book that accompanied the major international exhibition ' Painting the Century: 101 Portrait Masterpieces 1900–2000' held at the

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in London to celebrate the millennium. Lynton finished a book about the Russian painter and architect Vladimir Tatlin shortly before his death. A further publication on the work of Bernard Cohen appeared posthumously in 2009.Lynton, N. & McKay, I. (2009) ''Bernard Cohen: Work of Six Decades''. Flowers, London. () He left four sons, Jeremy, Oliver, Thomas and Peter.

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Publications by Norbert Lynton in the National Art LibraryObituary in ''The Times'', 6 November 2007Obituary in ''The Independent'', 7 November 2007Obituary in ''The Telegraph'', 13 November 2007 – includes photo
1927 births 2007 deaths People educated at Douai School British art historians Academics of the University of Sussex Officers of the Order of the British Empire {{UK-art-historian-stub