Alan Clutton-Brock

Alan Francis Clutton-Brock (8 October 1904 – 18 December 1976) was an English art critic and essayist.

Clutton-Brock was born in Weybridge, Surrey, the son of Arthur Clutton-Brock. He was educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge.[1]

He was art critic of The Times, 1945–55, a trustee of the National Gallery, and Slade Professor of Fine Art, at Cambridge, 1955–58.[1] He wrote books of art criticism, a biography of William Blake, and a detective story, Murder at Liberty Hall. During the Second World War he served in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.[2]

Clutton-Brock was twice married. His first wife, Shelagh, née Archer, with whom he had a daughter (Juliet Clutton-Brock) and a son, died in a road accident in 1936. In the same year he married Barbara Foy Mitchell, with whom he had a daughter.[2] He died at his home, Chastleton House, Oxfordshire, aged 72.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Clutton-Brock, Prof. Alan Francis", Who Was Who, Oxford University Press, retrieved 26 June 2016 (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b "Mr Alan Clutton-Brock", The Times, 21 December 1976, p. 14
  3. ^ Farr, Dennis. "Brock, Alan Francis Clutton- (1904–1976)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, retrieved 26 June 2016 (subscription or UK public library membership required)