His famous friends often captured Richardson in portraits, which shared wall space with works by Andy Warhol, Paul Klee, and Joan Miró. John Patrick Richardson was born on 6 February 1924 in London, the elder son of Sir Wodehouse Richardson, Quarter-Master General in the Boer War, and founder of the Army & Navy Stores. Courtesy of Sotheby’s. It was through his long term boyfriend Doug Cooper (an early Cubist art collector and historian whose estate forms part of the Leonard Lauder’s $1 billion 2013 gift to the Metropolitan Museum), that Richardson met and befriended Pablo Picasso, age 21. Photo: Courtesy of Sotheby's, Lucian Freud, Kai, 1991–92. He was working on the fourth volume when he died, and it is expected to be published by Alfred A. Knopf in the fall of 2021, said Shelley Wanger, an executor of Richardson’s estate and a senior editor at Pantheon Books and Knopf. François Halard/Courtesy Rizzoli . Sotheby’s estimated that “Self-Portrait: Reflection” would sell for $70,000 to $100,000. Your help is welcome. Courtesy of Sotheby’s. John Richardson never did dull.’. Photo: Courtesy of Sotheby's. +1 845-443-6332 email us here Phoebe Hoban, the author of “Lucian Freud: Eyes Wide Open,” said in an email that Richardson and Freud first encountered each other at the Slade School of Fine Art at University College, London, in 1942. The self-described son of a maid and a general, his father, Sir Wodehouse Richardson, served as quartermaster general in the Boer Wars in South Africa in the 1890s. Lucien Freud, Portrait of John Richardson, n.d. Limited-Edition Prints by Leading Artists, When John Richardson died last year at the age of 95, he left a lot of art behind. Sir John Richardson, KBE, FBA, was a British art historian, renown biographer of Pablo Picasso, aesthete, raconteur, wit and cultural figure. SHARE: And how his new book delves into his stylish life at home. Photo by The New York Times. His mother, Patty Crocker, worked as a photo retoucher for the Army& Navy stores which his father helped to found. However, the colorful character was an institution in his own right, having decorated remarkable homes and apartments in London, New York, and Uzès, France. The late Sir John Richardson mixed with the great artists and collectors of the 20th-century. Leben und Werk. It was both cozy and grand. Please see our (Wodehouse was knighted by King Edward VII, son of Queen Victoria, while John himself was knighted in 2012 by Edward’s great-granddaughter Elizabeth II.) “The loft was just a big open space when he moved in,” said Doller. I loved the way he had everything. In 1950, Cooper purchased a 6,000-square-foot, 13th-century château in southeastern France between Avignon and Nîmes, and the following year, he and Richardson were living in it together. We do not allow opaque clients, and our editors try to be careful about weeding out false and misleading content. Died: 12 March 2019 (aged 95) New York City, New York, U.S. … One of the Picasso prints is “Picador et Taureau,” a 1959 linoleum cut of a bullfight. Sir. You can opt out at any time or find out more by reading our cookie policy. März 2019 in New York City) war ein britischer Kunsthistoriker, Kunstkritiker, Kurator und Picasso-Biograf. He formed it into something like an English country house at the upmost level of chic.”, “There was nothing in the loft that didn’t have a reason for being there,” said Doller, “and there were layers and layers of things. How Art Critic, Collector, and Historian John Richardson Defined an Era of Good Taste. Sotheby’s presale estimate is $25,000 to $35,000. +1 845-443-6332 Sir John Richardson, KBE (* 6. And he had an oil portrait of himself, painted by Freud. © 1995-2020 IPD Group, Inc. dba EIN Presswire Pablo Picasso, Arabesque, n.d. Arriving in New York in 1960, he threw himself into the city’s mix with aplomb. Courtesy of American Friends of the National Portrait Gallery, London. Photo courtesy of Stair. There were 833 press releases posted in the last 24 hours and 191,815 in the last 365 days. Sir John Richardson’s Flatiron living room centers around a painting by Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer, which will be included in the upcoming Sotheby's auction John Richardson: A Scholar Collects. Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer’s “Paysage Montagneux.”. Photo by The New York Times. Wodehouse—a quartermaster general in the British Army who went on to help found the Army and Navy Store, a London-based department store chain—was 70 when John was born. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. “If ever there was a witness to the art history of the 20th century, it’s John,” says Doller of the many works up for sale, several of which include similar handwritten dedications to Richardson. The $175,000 bust installed in Sir John Richardson’s apartment. Sir John Richardson, KBE, FBA, was a British art historian and biographer of Pablo Picasso. Password. portrait of French chanson réaliste singer Damia, The Collection OF Art Historian Sir John Richardson at Auction Brought by Stair, Jo Olsen Additionally, Stair’s online auction of more than 500 lots of decorative items runs September 16 and 17, while antiquities will be sold in an online auction in December at Sotheby’s London headquarters. It’s really nice,” says Doller of the work, which was displayed at Sotheby’s in London last summer before heading to its new home. By Deborah Needleman on March 08, 2019. The summation of his long life of collecting was magnificently chronicled in the book John Richardson: At Home, published by Rizzoli just days after his death in March 2019. What if a person could recapture and put on exhibit all the houses he’d ever lived in? Richardson curated two acclaimed Picasso and Braque shows in the 1960s which led to long stints at Christie’s and the Gagosian Gallery. Your first newsletter will arrive shortly. John Richardson: A Scholar Collects “So diverse are the things that have come my way that I had to make a virtue of necessity and mix them all together—” said Sir John Richardson, renowned Picasso scholar, curator and bon vivant, referring to the eclectic collection that filled his lower Fifth Avenue loft. Born: John Patrick Richardson 6 February 1924. Sir John Richardson at the Gagosian Gallery in 2014. Visit us on social media: Another Freud etching to be sold is a portrait of David Dawson (presale estimate, $25,000 to $35,000). If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the provider above. Photo: Courtesy of Sotheby's, Pablo Picasso, Les Deux Femmes Nues, 1945. As his close friend, Daily Mail (and ex-Tatler editor) Geordie Greig says of Richardson, ‘No one combined such an explosive cocktail of life and art, altering how we viewed art and making us all feel we lived comparatively in the slow lane. Inside Picasso Biographer John Richardson’s Obsessive Art Collection. It was in curating this show that he had the idea to begin writing a biography on the Spanish master, but it would be nearly 30 years before the first volume would be published. It was also around this time that Richardson befriended Warhol, and the New York art world followed. Pavel Tchelitchew, Dancers, n.d. Richardson had the confidence to combine a multitude of styles and different periods with aristocratic insouciance. The art historian John Richardson collected art by his pals Pablo Picasso, Lucian Freud and Andy Warhol. He collected friends — Picasso, Georges Braque, Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud and Andy Warhol, to name only a few. +44 20 8036 3949. They all meant something to John.” And so it is that the late Richardson, a most unusual collector and character, lives on in the form of a collection as wide-ranging and thoughtful as the man himself. “There are two inscribed works by Braque, the Warhol print of Mick Jagger, The friendships Richardson forged with artists were not mere patron-and-artist relationships, but the real deal. Twitter Courtesy of Sotheby’s. She recalled the bohemian glamour of dinners at the loft, ‘The apartment was eccentric but stuffed with treasures. Lucian Freud’s portrait of John Richardson will be displayed at Sotheby’s but is destined for the National Portrait Gallery, a gift of the scholar’s estate. All rights reserved. Chandler Tregaskes, Exclusive: Explosive new book will reveal what really happened at the Sandringham Summit, Grande Dame of the New York art scene Jayne Wrightsman's collection is up for sale. KBE, FBA. Stair Galleries The sale series, A Scholar, an Artist, and a Rock Star: From the Collection of John Richardson begins with a special single-lot auction of Andy Warhol’s 1975 portrait of Mick Jagger (inscribed by Warhol “To John R”). Stair Galleries You have to be English to be able to put it all together that way, and it looks beyond chic,” says Benjamin Doller, Sotheby’s chairman, America, who knew Richardson.“Every single little object resonated to him in one way or another.”, Andy Warhol, Mick Jagger, 1975. Born in London in 1924, Richardson attended Stowe School, an experience which he did not enjoy, but it allowed him to discover his lifelong love for Robert Adam’s classical architecture and 18th century landscape artist Capability Brown. ‘When he was younger, between his intellect and his stature this guy had the world at his fingertips. Mobile game Honor of Kings hits 100mn daily active users... Survey finds falling support for EU framework deal... UK: Lockdown to shave 6-7% off November GDP... Imtiaz Ali posts throwback pictures from Antarctica visit... Kashmera Shah to feature in Mahesh Manjrekar's Marathi film... TSX Stocks Recovers by Noon From Last Week's Slump... 'Connectivity issue': SC junks plea against Rahul's election from Wayanad... USD/CAD - Canadian Dollar Dips Then Soars... News by