Richard Green (curator) explained

Richard Green is an art curator and art critic.^[1]

Biography

Green was Keeper of fine art at the Laing Art Gallery from 1971 to 1977. One of his early acquisitions for Newcastle was Laus veneris by Edward Burne-Jones. In 1977 he became the curator of York Art Gallery, a post he held until 2003 when he left to become an independent art historian.^[2] As curator at York Art Gallery, Green was present during the armed robbery of January 1999 in which staff were tied up and threatened, and over £700,000 of paintings were stolen.

Green is an honorary visiting fellow in the Department of Art History at the University of York. He was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 2014.^[3]

Select publications

• 1990 (with Murray H and Riddick S). York through the Eyes of the Artist. York City Art Gallery.
• 2011. 'Etty and the Masters' in S. Burnage, M. Hallett and L. Turner, eds, William Etty: Art and Controversy. London.
• 2012. 'Paul Sandby's young Pupil identified', Burlington Magazine 144.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Richard Green, Honorary Visiting Fellow . University of York . 7 October 2019.
2. News: Art gallery curator off to pastures new . 20 January 2003 . York Press . 7 October 2019.
3. Web site: Mr Richard Green . Society of Antiquaries of London . 27 June 2022.