John Sansom obituary

My friend John Sansom, who has died aged 82, was a prolific art book publisher who made a huge contribution to the post-1970s culture boom, during which modern British art went from being overlooked and somewhat provincial to having high international standing.His Bristol-based Redcliffe Press, set up in 1976, and its second imprint, Sansom & Co, published scores of art books and became a prestigious alternative to firms such as Thames & Hudson. Among John’s many successes was David Buckman’s bestselling Artists in Britain Since 1945 (198), an essential dictionary resource both for academia and the UK art market. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

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