Charles Saumarez Smith
British art and architectural historian; ran the NPG, the National Gallery and the RA.
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- Sir Charles Saumarez Smith is a British cultural historian of art, design and architecture.
- He was director of the National Portrait Gallery from 1994 to 2002 and of the National Gallery from 2002 to 2007, and secretary and chief executive of the Royal Academy of Arts from 2007 to 2018.
- In 2019 he became the Royal Academy's first Professor of Architectural History.
Key facts
- Born
- 28 May 1954, Redlynch, Wiltshire1
- Education
- History and history of art, King's College, Cambridge; PhD, Warburg Institute (1986)1
- Books
- The Building of Castle Howard (1990); The National Gallery: A Short History (2009); The Company of Artists (2012); East London (2017); The Art Museum in Modern Times (2021)1
- Honours
- CBE (2008); knighted (2018)1
Roles
Before
Leads until Jul 2007
National Gallery (director) source on National Gallery
Leads until 2002
National Portrait Gallery (director) source on National Portrait Gallery
Leads until 2018
Royal Academy of Arts (secretary and chief executive) source on Royal Academy of Arts
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