Andrew Michael Graham-Dixon (born 26 December 1960) is a British art historian, and broadcaster. Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Art history is the Academic study of objects of Art in their Historical development and stylistic contexts i A presenter, or host (sometimes hostess, in feminine form is a Person or Organization responsible for running an event

After attending Westminster School, Graham-Dixon read English at Oxford University, graduating in 1981, before pursuing doctoral studies at The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London. The Royal College of St Peter in Westminster, almost always known as Westminster School, is one of Britain 's leading boys' Independent schools with The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the The Courtauld Institute of Art is a self-governing college of the University of London specialising in the study of the History of art. He currently resides in London with his wife and three children.

Graham-Dixon began work as a reviewer for the weekly Sunday Correspondent, before being promoted to chief art critic of The Independent newspaper until 1998, and as of 2005 is the chief art critic of The Sunday Telegraph. The Sunday Correspondent was a shortlived British weekly national Broadsheet Newspaper. The Independent is a British compact Newspaper published by Tony O'Reilly 's Independent News & Media. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Sunday Telegraph is a British Broadsheet newspaper, founded in 1961 Since 2004, he has also been a contributor to the BBC Two's The Culture Show on a variety of topics. The Culture Show is a weekly BBC Two magazine programme broadcast on Tuesday nights focussing on the latest developments in the worlds of film music art fashion

In 1994, Graham-Dixon won the first prize in the Reportage section in the Montreal World Film Festival for a documentary film about Théodore Géricault's painting The Raft of the Medusa. The Montreal World Film Festival (WFF — Festival des Films du Monde - Montréal (FFM — is one of Canada 's oldest international Film festivals and the Théodore Géricault ( September 26, 1791 &ndash January 26, 1824) was an important French painter and lithographer known for The Raft of the Medusa (Le Radeau de la Méduse is a work by the French painter Théodore Géricault, and one of the icons of French Romanticism. He has since gone on to present several BBC documentary series on art, including A History Of British Art (1996), Renaissance (1999), Caravaggio (2002)^[1] The Secret of Drawing (2005) ^[2], The Battle for British Art (2007) ^[3], The Art of Eternity (2007) ^[4], and The Art of Spain (2008). Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, usually just known as Caravaggio, (28 September 1571 – 18 July 1610 was an Italian Artist active in Rome The Art of Eternity is a series of 3 1-hour documentaries on Christian art presented by Andrew Graham-Dixon. The Art of Spain is a BBC Four documentary series on Spanish art presented by Andrew Graham-Dixon. ^[5]

He has also presented programmes on subjects other than art, such as I, Samurai (2006)^[6] and The Real Casino Royale for the BBC and 100% English (2006) for Channel 4. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began

Bibliography

• Howard Hodgkin (1994) Thames & Hudson ISBN 0-50027769-9 (pbk). Sir Gordon Howard Eliot Hodgkin CH, CBE (born August 6, 1932) is a British painter and Printmaker. Revised edition 2001 ISBN 0-50009298-2
• John Virtue: new paintings (1995) Arnolfini ISBN 0-90773841-9 ISBN-13: 978-0907738411
• Paper Museum: writings about painting, mostly (1996) HarperCollins ISBN 0-00255557-3 A collection of newspaper articles. John Virtue (born Accrington, Lancashire in 1947) is an English artist who specialises in Monochrome landscapes.
• A History Of British Art (1996) BBC ISBN 0-56337044-0
• Renaissance (1999) BBC ISBN 0-56338396-8
• In the Picture: The Year Through Art (2002) Allen Lane ISBN 0-71399675-7 ISBN-13: 978-0713996753 - a collection of articles in the Sunday Telegraph.
• The Sistine chapel (forthcoming - March 2008)^[7]
• Caravaggio (forthcoming - Summer 2008) ^[8]

References

1. ^ Review in the Daily Telegraph of the Caravaggio BBC TV series
2. ^ The Secret of Drawing: BBC FOUR webpage. Four episodes, broadcast on October 2005
3. ^ The Battle for British art: BBC FOUR webpage
4. ^ The Art of Eternity: BBC FOUR webpage. Three episodes, broadcast December 2007
5. ^ The Art of Spain: BBC Press Office.
6. ^ BBC TV website on I, Samurai
7. ^ Literary Agent's CV for A G-D -Date of publication from Amazon. Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, usually just known as Caravaggio, (28 September 1571 – 18 July 1610 was an Italian Artist active in Rome co. uk
8. ^ Literary Agent's CV for A G-D

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