Yahoo Finance Former Tate director Sir Alan Bowness dies aged 93
Sir Alan’s family said he died peacefully at home
(Gautier DeBlonde)Former Tate director and art critic Sir Alan Bowness has died at the age of 93.
In a statement, Sir Alan’s family said he died peacefully at his home on Monday.
"It is with great sadness that the family report the death of Sir Alan Bowness earlier today peacefully at home in London," the statement said.
Born in Finchley, north London, Sir Alan attended University College School in Hampstead.
Leaving school at the end of the war, he worked with the Friends’ Ambulance Unit and the Friends’ Service Council in England, Germany and Lebanon from 1946 to 1950.
In the early part of his career, Sir Alan worked as an art critic, writing for publications including The Observer and The Spectator.
He later served as the director of the galleries from 1980 to 1988.
After moving into curation and becoming the Tate director, Sir Alan oversaw the opening of Tate Liverpool in 1988 and acquisitions including David Hockney’s A Bigger Splash and Francis Bacon’s Triptych-August 1972.
He was knighted in the year he left the group of galleries and went on to become director of The Henry Moore Foundation, an organisation that aimed to encourage public appreciation of the arts.
He also set up the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds, which was named after the famous artist.
Sir Alan was an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Art, the Courtauld Institute of Art and Downing College, Cambridge.
Additional reporting by PA Media
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