Professor Christopher Brown CBE
Christopher Brown (1984)
Born	Christopher Paul Hadley Brown (1948-04-15) 15 April 1948 (age 77) Tangier International Zone (now Tangier, Morocco)
Occupation	Museum director
Employer	University of Oxford

Christopher Paul Hadley Brown, CBE (born 15 April 1948) is a British art historian and academic. He was director of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England from 1998 to 2014. ^{[1] [2]} He is recognised as an authority on Sir Anthony van Dyck. ^[1]

Contents

• Early life
• Career
• Honours
• Bibliography
• Translations
• References

Early life

Brown was born on 15 April 1948, in Tangier, Morocco. ^{[3] [4]} His father flew Spitfires during World War II and joined civil aviation in the post war period, flying for Gibraltar Airways and British European Airways. ^[4] He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, an all-boys public school in Hertfordshire. ^[3] He then matriculated into St Catherine's College, Oxford to study history. ^{[3] [5]} In 1966, he graduated from the University of Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Modern History. ^[6] This was later promoted to Master of Arts (MA Oxon) as per tradition. ^[3] He remained at St Catherine's to complete a Diploma in Art History. ^{[3] [6]} He then undertook post-graduate research at the Courtauld Institute of Art and completed his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree. ^[5]

Career

From 1971 to 1998, he worked at the National Gallery, London; first as Curator of 17th-century Dutch and Flemish paintings, eventually as Chief Curator. ^[2] He was appointed director of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford in 1998 and it was largely due to him that the museum, especially the front part, was rebuilt.^{[ citation needed ]}

Brown sits on the Prix Pictet advisory board.^{[ citation needed ]}

Honours

In the 2011 New Year Honours, Brown was appointed commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) 'for services to museums'. ^[7]

He is an honorary fellow of his alma mater St Catherine's College, Oxford. ^[8]

Bibliography

Brown's works include: ^[3]

• —— (1972). Dutch Townscape Painting (Themes and painters in the National Gallery). National Gallery. ISBN   090179144X.
• —— (1975). Bruegel. Phaidon. ISBN   0714816639.
• —— (1976). Dutch Painting. Phaidon. ISBN   0714816914.
• —— (1977). Burgundy. Batsford. ISBN   0713408898. (co-author with Anthony Turner)
• —— (1978). Dutch Townscape Painting (Themes and painters in the National Gallery) (2 ed.). National Gallery.
• —— (1980). Rembrandt – The Complete Paintings (2 vols). Granada. ISBN   0586051341.
• —— (1981). Carel Fabritius – Complete Edition with a Catalogue Raisonne. Cornell University Press. ISBN   978-0801413940.
• —— (1982). Van Dyck. Phaidon Press Ltd. ISBN   978-0714822112.
• —— (1984). Scenes of Everyday Life – Seventeenth-Century Dutch Genre Painting. Ashmolean Museum. ISBN   1854441264.
• —— (1987). Flemish Paintings (The National Gallery schools of painting). National Gallery Company Ltd. ISBN   978-0947645410.
• —— (1991). Anthony Van Dyck: Drawings. Thames & Hudson Ltd. ISBN   978-0500092248.
• —— (1991). Rembrandt : the master & his workshop. New Haven. ISBN   0300051506.
• —— (1996). Rubens's Landscapes. National Gallery Publications. ISBN   185709154X.
• —— (1999). Van Dyck 1599-1641 (with Hans Vlieghe). Rizzoli International Publications. ISBN   978-0847821969.
• —— (2000). Utrecht Painters of the Dutch Golden Age. National Gallery Publications. ISBN   978-1857092141.

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