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Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Art critic John Richardson dies aged 95

The eminent British art historian died in his Manhattan home, with the fourth volume of his definitive Picasso biography as yet unpublished

Sir John Richardson, the eminent British art historian and critic whose multivolume series on Pablo Picasso drew upon his personal and aesthetic affinity for the Spanish artist, and was widely praised as a work of art in its own right, has died aged 95.

Nicholas Latimer, a vice president at publishers Alfred A Knopf, said Richardson died on Tuesday morning in his Manhattan home.

Related: John Richardson: a life in art

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