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Philip Conisbee

Header: Philip Conisbee
Also known as: Philip Conisbee; primary name: Conisbee, Philip
Details: individual; curator; British; American (USA); Male
Life dates: 1946-2008
Biography: London born and Courtauld-trained art historian who was a specialist, above all, of French art. He worked in a number of museums in the U.S.A., latterly as senior curator of European paintings at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC where he was responsible for exhibitions such as 'The Age of Watteau, Chardin and Fragonard: Masterpieces of French Genre Painting' (1999) and 'Cézanne in Provence' (2006).
Bibliography: Obituary in 'The Guardian' by Elizabeth Cropper 13 March 2008