About Art History News
Art History News does pretty much what it says on the tin. It went live in February 2011 and is written by Bendor Grosvenor, a historian and art dealer. The aim is to provide the first comprehensive source for all art history related news stories, from exhibition announcements and book publications through to new research and recently discovered paintings.
AHN welcomes contributions and opinions. So, if you have a news story, or simply want to agree or disagree with what AHN or someone else has said, then please get in touch.
About Bendor Grosvenor
Bendor is an art dealer, and works for Philip Mould Ltd in London, a gallery specialising in Old Masters and British pictures. He studied English history at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and UEA. His PhD was on foreign policy in Benjamin Disraeli’s second government. He did the research for and appeared in the television series 'Fake or Fortune?', which was broadcast on BBC1 this summer, and in other countries.
Bendor has been interested in history of art since an early age, and found his first ‘sleeper’, or mis-catalogued picture (a portrait by Sir William Fettes Douglas), whilst studying at university. He has made a number of historical and art historical discoveries, on subjects as varied as the relationship between Queen Victoria and John Brown, to the identity of the Flemish sixteenth century court painter, Steven van Herwijck. He has identified several important lost paintings, including pictures by Sir Anthony Van Dyck, Thomas Gainsborough and Sir Thomas Lawrence, and recently re-identified the Scottish National Portrait Gallery’s iconic portrait of Bonnie Prince Charlie by La Tour as being the Prince’s younger brother, Prince Henry.
Bendor is a member of the Lord Chancellor’s Advisory Council on National Records and Archives, and the Lord Chancellor’s Forum on Historical Manuscripts and Academic Research. He used to work in politics, advising the Conservative Party on arts and heritage, and was a member of the Arts Taskforce set up by David Cameron under the chairmanship of Sir John Tusa. He has written a silly Christmas book, Crap MPs, and has also written articles for a number of publications, including The Guardian and The Art Newspaper.
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