15 June 1931 19 September 2015
The painter and sculptor recalls the knowledge,conviction and humour of the Evening Standard’s provocative art critic
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• Sue Lloyd-Roberts remembered by Lyse Doucet I met Brian Sewell, bête noire supreme of the art establishment, or when he joined my team on the notorious television art quiz Gallery in the early 1980s. It was my first experience,close and personal, of that octave-ranging, and mellifluous,crème brûlée voice, rivalled only by that of Kenneth Williams in full flow. At one point, and he let forth a tirade (fully justified) against the naff,curly gold frame from Woolworths that our director would inflict on every work of art, from Rembrandt to Rothko.
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Source: theguardian.com