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and history of the academic study of art. His interest in the circumstances in which paintings were displayed, which reflected the esteem in which they were held and influenced the way they were perceived runs as a
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of King's. He was additionally librarian of the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Cambridge, from 1962 to 1967. In 1967, he was elected Professor of
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was French, the language shared by his parents, and he was fluent in English, French and Italian. From ages 5 to 8, Francis attended the
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from 1976 to 1997. In 1976 Haskell, who often served on advisory committees for museum loan exhibitions, joined the
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for the next three years. He retired from Oxford in 1995, and was made an honorary fellow of his college.
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The King's Pictures: The Formation and Dispersal of the Collections of Charles I and His Courtiers
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critic and writer and Vera Saitzoff, daughter of a Russian industrialist and sister of writer
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Haskell's research focused beyond artworks to people that surrounded them, including their
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Rediscoveries in Art: Some Aspects of Taste, Fashion, and Collecting in England and France
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The Books That Shaped Art History: From Gombrich and Greenberg to Alpers and Krauss
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committee and became one of its most vocal members, defending the purchase of
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Haskell began his career not in academia but as a junior library clerk in the
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The Ephemeral Museum: Old Master Paintings and the Rise of the Art Exhibition
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His wife, Larissa, née Salmina (1931–2024), had been a curator at the
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Hope, Charles (25 May 2006). "Haskell, Francis James Herbert (1928–2000)".
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through his published work, beginning with an article jointly written with
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society, a debating club largely reserved for the brightest students.
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History and its Images: Art and the Interpretation of the Past
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Taste and the Antique: The Lure of Antique Sculpture 1500–1900
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by the President of France in recognition of his work.
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University of Oxford Department of the History of Art
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Patrons and Painters: Art and Society in Baroque Italy
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from 1953 to 1954. In 1954, however, he was elected a
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Haskell was born on 7 April 1928. He was the son of
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People educated at Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle
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He was elected to the 981:Fellows of the British Academy 756: 739: 668: 616: 547: 481:. Yale University Press, 2013. 475:. Yale University Press, 2000. 469:. Yale University Press, 1993. 397:American Philosophical Society 231:In 1948, after serving in the 1: 848:"Winners of the Serena Medal" 381:Fellow of the British Academy 371:on 18 January 2000, aged 71. 304:National Art Collections Fund 168:Francis James Herbert Haskell 40:Francis James Herbert Haskell 713:UK public library membership 233:Royal Army Educational Corps 7: 391:for Italian studies by the 10: 1032: 536:115 (2002): pages 227–242. 485: 379:In 1971, he was elected a 374: 241:King's College, Cambridge 161: 152:King's College, Cambridge 147: 137: 132: 127:King's College, Cambridge 120: 106: 101: 97: 86: 75: 67: 59: 47: 35: 21: 540: 520:New York Review of Books 298:He was a trustee of the 200:Early life and education 93:, British Academy (1985) 749:in his introduction to 289:Trinity College, Oxford 224:in London, and then at 156:Trinity College, Oxford 1016:People from Kensington 961:English art historians 705:10.1093/ref:odnb/73649 293:British School at Rome 414:Selected bibliography 387:. 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Index

FBA
Arnold Haskell
Serena Medal
Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle
Eton College
Alma mater
King's College, Cambridge
Art history
King's College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Oxford
FBA
art historian
social history
art
patronage
Arnold Haskell
ballet
Boris Zaytsev.
first language
Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle
Eton College
Royal Army Educational Corps
matriculated
King's College, Cambridge
Eric Hobsbawm
Dadie Rylands
Cambridge Apostles
House of Commons
fellow
Art History

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