Richard Humphreys (writer) explained

Richard Humphreys (born 1953)[1] was the Curator of Programme Research at Tate Britain and Deputy Chairman of the London Consortium, of which he was a founding member. He is the author of a number of books, including Wyndham Lewis (London: Tate Publishing, 2004), and is editor of the Tate’s British Artists series.

Life

Humphreys studied English at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (1972–5), and later authored a history of the college (Sidney Sussex College: A History, 2009).[2] He also studied Art History at the Courtauld Institute (1975–8).

He worked at the Tate Britain from 1981 to 2008 as a curator, and acted as Head of Education and Interpretation from 1991 to 2001.[3]

In 1985, Humphreys was the lead curator of the Ezra Pound centenary exhibition Pound's Artists: Ezra Pound and the Visual Arts in London, Paris and Italy shown at Kettle's Yard and the Tate Gallery, and edited the accompanying volume of essays.[4]

References

  1. American Book Publishing Record, Vol. 39 (1998), p. 196.
  2. Web site: New Sidney Sussex History - Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University . 2013-11-05 . 2013-11-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131105125234/http://www.sid.cam.ac.uk/life/news/newsitem.html?nid=79 . dead .
  3. Web site: Archived copy . 2013-11-05 . 2013-11-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131105124420/http://www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/fileadmin/template/images/0.0.1_documents/doc_2009-10/Richard_Humphreys_title_and_CV.pdf . dead .
  4. Richard Humphreys (editor), Pound's Artists: Ezra Pound and the Visual Arts in London, Paris and Italy, London (Tate Gallery), June 1985,