Letters: Sir Alan Bowness obituary
JudithBronkhurstandSusanLintott
Sir Alan Bowness in 2015. Photograph: Tate
Sir Alan Bowness in 2015. Photograph: Tate
Mon 5 Apr 2021 12.38 EDT
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As director of the Tate Gallery, Alan Bowness always included a gallery devoted to the Pre-Raphaelites in the permanent display, and the enormously popular exhibition devoted to them in 1984 attracted more than 200,000 visitors. The catalogue presented the fruits of first-hand research (I wrote on Holman Hunt), and many more exhibitions and books followed in Britain and internationally.
Judith Bronkhurst
Alan Bowness viewed his involvement with the opening of the Heong Gallery at Downing C0llege, Cambridge, in 2016 as a “wonderful last act”. Meeting the architect – Adam Caruso – was an important step in obtaining his commitment to the project.