art historian
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who was director of the
Dulwich Picture Gallery
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in
Dulwich
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,
England
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. In August 2016 Dulwich Picture Gallery announced that he would be leaving to become chief executive of the
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
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in
Ontario
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in April 2017. He is married to Eric Pearson, his partner since 1987, and lives in Toronto, Canada.
history of art
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from the
University of Edinburgh
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. He started a doctorate in art history at the
University of Warwick
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, but then spent seven years developing a designer knitwear business in
Cumbria
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with former partner Brian Ashley. Subsequently, he completed a postgraduate diploma in art gallery and museum studies at
Manchester University
, mottoeng = Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity
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. This was followed by curatorial appointments at the
Royal Academy of Arts
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,
London
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, and with
English Heritage
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(London Region).
In 1998, Dejardin was appointed as
curator
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at Dulwich Picture Gallery and was responsible for the gallery's permanent collection of paintings, furniture and works on paper, and for delivering the gallery's exhibition programme. He succeeded
Desmond Shawe-Taylor
Desmond Philip Shawe-Taylor (born 30 September 1955) was Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures from 2005 to 2020. He succeeded Christopher Lloyd (art historian), Christopher Lloyd on Lloyd's retirement.
In 2020 he appeared in the television series ''
Landscape Artist of the Year Canada
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CBC Arts
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, November 5, 2020.
Selected bibliography
* ''Rembrandt to Gainsborough: Masterpieces from Dulwich Picture Gallery''. With Desmond Shawe-Taylor and Giles Waterfield. Merrell Holberton Publishers, 1999.
* ''Henry Moore: At the Dulwich Picture Gallery''. With Ann Garrould and Anita Feldman Bennet. Scala Publishers, 2004. .
* ''The Dutch Italianates: 17th-Century Masterpieces from Dulwich Picture Gallery, London''. Philip Wilson Publishers, 2008. .
* ''Dulwich Picture Gallery, London: Director's Choice''. Scala Publishers, 2009. .
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