Norbert Casper Lynton (22 September 1927 – 30 October 2007, Brighton, England ) was Professor of the History of Art at the
University of Sussex
, mottoeng = Be Still and Know
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £14.4 million (2020)
, budget = £319.6 million (2019–20)
, chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar
, vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil
, ...
. From 1998 - 2006 he was Chairman of the
Charleston Trust
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* Charleston, South Carolina
* Charleston, West Virginia, the state capital
* Charleston (dance)
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.
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 constructing buildings ...
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,
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
National Portrait Gallery National Portrait Gallery may refer to:
*National Portrait Gallery (Australia), in Canberra
*National Portrait Gallery (Sweden), in Mariefred
*National Portrait Gallery (United States), in Washington, D.C.
*National Portrait Gallery, London, with s ...
in London to celebrate the millennium.
Lynton finished a book about the Russian painter and architect
Vladimir Tatlin
Vladimir Yevgrafovich Tatlin ( – 31 May 1953) was a Russian and Soviet painter, architect and stage-designer. Tatlin achieved fame as the architect who designed The Monument to the Third International, more commonly known as Tatlin's Tower, w ...
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.
Notes and references
External links
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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
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