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Richard Humphreys (born 1953)[1] was the Curator of Programme Research at Tate Britain and Deputy Chairman of the London Consortium, of which he was a founding member. He is the author of a number of books, including Wyndham Lewis (London: Tate Publishing, 2004), and is editor of the Tate’s British Artists series.

Life

Humphreys studied English at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (1972–5), and later authored a history of the college (Sidney Sussex College: A History, 2009).[2] He also studied Art History at the Courtauld Institute (1975–8).

He worked at the Tate Britain from 1981 to 2008 as a curator, and acted as Head of Education and Interpretation from 1991 to 2001.[3]

In 1985, Humphreys was the lead curator of the Ezra Pound centenary exhibition Pound's Artists: Ezra Pound and the Visual Arts in London, Paris and Italy shown at Kettle's Yard and the Tate Gallery, and edited the accompanying volume of essays.[4]

References

  1. ^ American Book Publishing Record, Vol. 39 (1998), p. 196.
  2. ^ "New Sidney Sussex History - Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University". Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ Richard Humphreys (editor), Pound's Artists: Ezra Pound and the Visual Arts in London, Paris and Italy, London (Tate Gallery), June 1985, ISBN 0-946590-29-X
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