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Frances Spalding CBE, FRSL (née Crabtree, born 16 July 1950〔 Oxford University Press, December 2012; online edition, November 2012.〕) is a British art historian and writer. ==Life== Frances Crabtree studied at Nottingham University and gained her PhD for a study of Roger Fry. She taught art history at Sheffield City Polytechnic before becoming a freelance writer and curator. She returned to academic work to take up the post of Professor of Art History at Newcastle University. In 1974, Frances Crabtree married Julian Spalding. Spalding specializes in 20th-century British art, biography and cultural history and her work includes 15 major books, essays, criticism and reviews. She curated the 2003 exhibition ''John Piper in the 1930s: Abstraction on the Beach'' at Dulwich Picture Gallery in south London. She has also written a study of poet Stevie Smith and a biography of John and Myfanwy Piper. When reviewing ''John Piper, Myfanwy Piper: Lives in Art'', ''The Independent'' said of Spalding "At her scintillating best, she is both a brilliant encapsulator and shrewd summer-up; above all, an enthusiast and advocate whose wisdom makes you eager for her subject." Spalding was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1984 〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Royal Society of Literature: All Fellows )〕 She was awarded an Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the Birthday Honours 2005 for services to literature. She is a trustee of the Charleston Trust. From September 2015 Spalding is the Editor of The Burlington Magazine. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frances Spalding」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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