Francis Haskell | |
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Born | Francis James Herbert Haskell 7 April 1928 |
Died | 18 January 2000 | (aged 71)
Nationality | English |
Citizenship | United Kingdom |
Relatives | Arnold Haskell (father) |
Awards | Serena Medal, British Academy (1985) |
Academic background | |
Education | Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle Eton College |
Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Art history |
Institutions | King's College, Cambridge Trinity College, Oxford |
Francis James Herbert Haskell, FBA (7 April 1928 – 18 January 2000) was an English art historian, whose writings placed emphasis on the social history of art. He wrote one of the first and most influential[1] patronage studies, Patrons and Painters.