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John Berger, art critic and author, dies aged 90

Written By Unknown on Monday, January 2, 2017 | 3:32 PM

Booker prize-winning author of titles including Ways of Seeing, G and A Painter of our Time had been living in Paris

John Berger, the Booker prize-winning novelist and visionary writer who helped transform the way a generation looked at and perceived art, has died aged 90.

Berger had a profound effect on how visual art was appreciated with his book Ways of Seeing and the 1972 BBC television series based on it.

Listener, grinder of lenses, poet, painter, seer. My Guide. Philosopher. Friend. John Berger left us this morning. Now you are everywhere.

Rest in power John Berger (1926-2017) https://t.co/HSIVBy0D8J

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