Norbert Lynton, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetNorbert Lynton
British art historian
Date of Birth: 22-Sep-1927
Date of Death: 30-Oct-2007
Profession: art historian
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Norbert Lynton
- Norbert Lynton (22 September 1927 – 30 October 2007, Brighton, England ) was Professor of the History of Art at the University of Sussex.
- From 1998 - 2006 he was Chairman of the Charleston Trust. He has published on architecture and on modern artists including Paul Klee, Ben Nicholson, William Scott.
- With Erika Langmuir, he coauthored the 'Yale Dictionary of Modern Art'.
- Among his significant works are 'The Story of Modern Art' published by Phaidon Press Ltd and the introduction for the book that accompanied the major international exhibition 'Painting the Century: 101 Portrait Masterpieces 1900–2000' held at the National Portrait Gallery in London to celebrate the millennium. Lynton finished a book about the Russian painter and architect Vladimir Tatlin shortly before his death.
- A further publication on the work of Bernard Cohen appeared posthumously in 2009.
- He left four sons, Jeremy, Oliver, Thomas and Peter.
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