Joseph Duveen

Joseph Duveen
24th June 7.30pm RH8 0DG
Join The Art Society Limsfield at Limpsfield Church Hall RH8 0DG 7.30pm, Guests £10 Cash on the door Come early to enjoy refreshments Joseph Duveen: Charismatic crook or the world’s greatest art dealer? by Mark Meridith “Europe has a great deal of art, and America has a great deal of money,” remarked Joseph Duveen. One man who was perfectly positioned to combine charm with creative salesmanship, convincing tight-fisted titans of Wall Street (Frick, Morgan, Mellon etc.) that art was  more important than money – art – and, “when you pay high for the priceless, you’re getting it cheap”. Without Duveen, there is no Frick; and, without Duveen both the Metropolitan Museum in New York and The National Gallery of Art in DC would struggle, or even fail, to be considered world-class today.