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词条 Homan Potterton
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Homan Potterton (born 9 May 1946)[1] is an art historian and writer who was director of the National Gallery of Ireland, 1980-88.[1] At 33, he was the youngest ever director of the gallery.[2] He was previously (1974–80) an assistant keeper, curator, at the National Gallery, London.[1] He was editor of Irish Arts Review, 1993-2002.[3] He has written several art books and catalogues[4] His memoir of growing up in Ireland in the 1950s is Rathcormick: a Childhood Recalled (2001). A second, Who Do I Think I Am? A Memoir (2017) brings the story up to his retirement at the age of 42. The title derives from a poem, The National Gallery Restaurant by Paul Durcan the last line of which is 'Who does Homan Potterton think he is-Homan Potterton?'[1]

In his time in the National Gallery of Ireland he oversaw the production of the first ever catalogues of the Gallery's collections. He was also responsible for persuading Sir Alfred and Lady Beit to leave seventeen paintings, the cream of the Beit Collection, to the Gallery.[5]

He is an honorary member of the Royal Hibernian Academy.[6]

References and sources

Notes
1. ^ Who Do I Think I Am? A Memoir (2017)
2. ^ [https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/the-art-of-looking-backwards-36371448.html The art of looking backwards, Irish Independent]
3. ^ [https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/the-art-of-looking-backwards-36371448.html The art of looking backwards, Irish Independent]
4. ^Andrew O'Connor, Sculptor (1974); Irish Church Monuments, 1570-1880 (1975); A Guide to the National Gallery (1976); The National Gallery, London (1976); Reynolds & Gainsborough: Themes & Painters in the National Gallery (1976); Pageant and Panorama: the Elegant World of Canaletto (1978); (jointly) Irish Art and Architecture (1978);Venetian Seventeenth Century Painting (1979); Dutch 17th and 18th Century Paintings in the National Gallery of Ireland: a Complete Catalogue (1986).
5. ^ [https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/the-art-of-looking-backwards-36371448.html The art of looking backwards, Irish Independent]
6. ^ Royal Hibernian Academy: Members
Sources

Who's Who (A & C Black, London); Peter Somerville Large, 1854-2004: the Story of the National Gallery of Ireland (2004), pp. 398–421; Vera Ryan, Movers and Shapers: Irish Visual Art, 1940-2006 (2006), pp. 173–201.

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