John Piper Seaton Delaval,” by John Piper 1941Oil on canvas laid on wood; Presented by Sir Kenneth Clark (later Lord Clark of Saltwood) through the Contemporary Art Society 1946, via Tate “Looking for ...
The review, quite reasonably, compared the show with the 1969 series, Civilisation, hosted by Kenneth Clark. Somewhat less reasonably, the reviewer described Clark as “a Tory politician”, conflating ...