Christopher Nicholas Roald Logsdail OBE (born June 1945) is a British art dealer, the owner of the Lisson Gallery, a contemporary art gallery on Bell Street,

Lisson Grove Lisson Grove is a street and district in Marylebone, City of Westminster, London. The neighbourhood contains a few important cultural landmarks, including Lisson Gallery, Alfies Antique Market, Red Bus Recording Studios, the former Christ Churc ...

, London, founded by Logsdail in 1967, and was joined shortly after by Fiona McLean.

Early life and education

Logsdail was born in 1945, the son of John Logsdail and Else Kirsten Dahl, sister of the author

Roald Dahl Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British novelist, short-story writer, poet, screenwriter, and wartime fighter ace of Norwegian descent. His books have sold more than 250 million copies worldwide. Dahl has be ...

. It was his uncle who introduced him to art. Logsdail was educated at

Bryanston School Bryanston School is a public school (English independent day and boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) located next to the village of Bryanston, and near the town of Blandford Forum, in Dorset in South West England. It was founded in 1928. ...

and the

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Recognition

Logsdail was interviewed by

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for ''Seven Days in the Art World''. In 2014, ''

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'' named him in their "Movers and makers: the most powerful people in the art world". In 2002, Logsdail purchased Utulivu, an 18th-century residence in

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, which he renovated in the traditional style of Gujarati craftsmen. By 2006, he acquired the town’s derelict palm-oil factory and turned it into an artists’ retreat. Logsdail was appointed

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(OBE) in the

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for services to the arts.

Personal life

Logsdail has three sons and a daughter from two marriages.Tony Perrottet (24 November 2015)
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''. His son Alex is also an art dealer.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Logsdail, Nicholas Living people Art dealers from London 1945 births Place of birth missing (living people) People educated at Bryanston School Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art Officers of the Order of the British Empire Dahl family British people of Norwegian descent