Ian Lorne Campbell (born 1946) is a Scottish

art historian Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today, ...

and curator. Campbell was Beaumont Senior Research Curator at the

National Gallery The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. The current Director ...

, London from 1996 to 2012, and from 1974 to 1996 lectured on the

Northern Renaissance The Northern Renaissance was the Renaissance that occurred in Europe north of the Alps. From the last years of the 15th century, its Renaissance spread around Europe. Called the Northern Renaissance because it occurred north of the Italian Renais ...

at the

Courtauld Institute of Art The Courtauld Institute of Art (), commonly referred to as The Courtauld, is a self-governing college of the University of London specialising in the study of the history of art and conservation. It is among the most prestigious specialist coll ...

, University of London. He has curated major exhibitions at the National Gallery and other museums, including ones on

Rogier van der Weyden Rogier van der Weyden () or Roger de la Pasture (1399 or 140018 June 1464) was an early Netherlandish painter whose surviving works consist mainly of religious triptychs, altarpieces, and commissioned single and diptych portraits. He was highly ...

Leuven Leuven (, ) or Louvain (, , ; german: link=no, Löwen ) is the capital and largest city of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located about east of Brussels. The municipality itself comprises the historic c ...

in 2009 and the

Prado The Prado Museum ( ; ), officially known as Museo Nacional del Prado, is the main Spanish national art museum, located in central Madrid. It is widely considered to house one of the world's finest collections of European art, dating from the ...

in 2015.

Biography

Campbell was born in

Stirling Stirling (; sco, Stirlin; gd, Sruighlea ) is a city in central Scotland, northeast of Glasgow and north-west of Edinburgh. The market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting the royal citadel, the medieval old town with its me ...

in 1946. He received his undergraduate degree from the

University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh ( sco, University o Edinburgh, gd, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Granted a royal charter by King James VI in 1 ...

and Ph.D from

University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degr ...

in 1973. Between 1970 and 1971 he taught at the

University of Manchester The University of Manchester is a public university, public research university in Manchester, England. The main campus is south of Manchester city centre, Manchester City Centre on Wilmslow Road, Oxford Road. The university owns and operates majo ...

and later at the

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

. In 2016,

KU Leuven KU Leuven (or Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) is a Catholic research university in the city of Leuven, Belgium. It conducts teaching, research, and services in computer science, engineering, natural sciences, theology, humanities, medicine, ...

awarded him an honorary doctorate of the Faculty of Arts. He is the author of a number of books on fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth-century art, and a leading expert on

Early Netherlandish painting Early Netherlandish painting, traditionally known as the Flemish Primitives, refers to the work of artists active in the Burgundian and Habsburg Netherlands during the 15th- and 16th-century Northern Renaissance period. It flourished especia ...

, and his contributions to research and knowledge on the period are on a par with the works of

Max Jakob Friedländer Max Jakob Friedländer (5 July 1867 in Berlin – 11 October 1958 in Amsterdam) was a German museum curator and art historian. He was a specialist in Early Netherlandish painting and the Northern Renaissance, who volunteered at the Kupferstichkab ...

and

Erwin Panofsky Erwin Panofsky (March 30, 1892 in Hannover – March 14, 1968 in Princeton, New Jersey) was a German-Jewish art historian, whose academic career was pursued mostly in the U.S. after the rise of the Nazi regime. Panofsky's work represents a high ...

. His 1998 catalogue ''The Fifteenth Century Netherlandish Schools'' has been described as "standard-setting". He has published articles with the journals ''

The Burlington Magazine ''The Burlington Magazine'' is a monthly publication that covers the fine and decorative arts of all periods. Established in 1903, it is the longest running art journal in the English language. It has been published by a charitable organisation si ...

'' and '' The Connoisseur'', amongst others. He lives in London and in 2014 published his book, ''The Sixteenth Century Netherlandish Paintings with French Paintings before 1600'', a catalogue analysing 85 works in the collection of the National Gallery, London. On 20 October 2016 Campbell was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Arts by the University of Leuven in recognition of his work on fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Netherlandish art.

Publications

* ''The Sixteenth Century Netherlandish Paintings, with French Paintings Before 1600''. London: National Gallery, 2014. * ''Renaissance Faces: Van Eyck to Titian'', (with Miguel Falomir, Jennifer Fletcher, Luke Syson). London: National Gallery, 2011. * ''Rogier van der Weyden: 1400–1464. Master of Passions'', (with

Jan Van der Stock Jan Van der Stock (born Antwerp, 1959) is a Belgian art historian and exhibition curator. He is a full professor at the University of Leuven, where he lectures on Medieval and Renaissance Arts, Graphic Arts, Iconography, Iconology, and Curatorship. ...

), Leuven: Davidsfonds, 2009. . * ''Van Der Weyden''. London: Chaucer Press, 2004. * ''Art in the Making: Underdrawings in Renaissance Paintings'' (with Rachel Billinge). London: National Gallery, 2002. * ''The Fifteenth Century Netherlandish Schools''. London: National Gallery, 1998. * ''Renaissance Portraits: European Portrait-Painting in the 14th, 15th and 16th Centuries'', Yale University Press, 1990. * ''Early Flemish Pictures in the Collection of the Queen (The Pictures in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen)''. Cambridge University Press, 1985. * ''Van der Weyden''. London: Oresko, 1979. * ''Hugo van der Goes and the Trinity Panels in Edinburgh'' (with Colin Thompson). Edinburgh: National Gallery of Scotland, 1974.

References

External links

La exposición Rogier van der Weyden
- Campbell's introduction to the 2015

exhibition at the Museo Nacional del Prado {{DEFAULTSORT:Campbell, Lorne Scottish art historians 1946 births Living people People associated with the National Gallery, London Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Alumni of the University of London Academics of the Victoria University of Manchester Historians at the University of Cambridge Academics of the Courtauld Institute of Art Scholars of Netherlandish art People from Stirling