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ADRIAN STOKES 1902 - 1972: Biography with Bibliography

Adrian Stokes (critic)

British art critic (1902–1972)

Not to be confused with the painter Adrian Scott Stokes.

Adrian Stokes

Born(1902-10-27)27 October 1902
Died15 December 1972(1972-12-15) (aged 70)
NationalityBritish
EducationMagdalen College, Oxford
Occupation(s)Writer, painter and art critic

Adrian Durham Stokes (27 October 1902 – 15 December 1972) was a British art critic with a speciality in early Renaissance sculpture and the aesthetics of stone-carving.

He helped to turn the traditional Cornish fishing-port of St. Ives into an internationally acclaimed centre of modern art.

Early life

Born on 27 October 1902 into a wealthy stockbroker family living in London, Adrian Stokes was the youngest of his parents' three children.[1] After public school, Rugby, he studied philosophy at Magdalen College, Oxford, graduating, B.A.

1923, with second-class results in his examinations (excelling in philosophy but refusing to submi ART, PSYCHOANALYSIS, AND ADRIAN STOKES FADUH