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Peter Tomory was born on 3 January, 1922 in Hong Kong, is a British art historian, museum curator and academic. Discover Peter Tomory's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 86 years old?

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Age 86 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 3 January 1922
Birthday 3 January
Birthplace Hong Kong
Date of death 2008
Died Place Rhayader, Powys, Wales
Nationality Hong Kong

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1922

Peter Alexander Tomory (3 January 1922 – 25 March 2008) was a British art historian, museum curator and director.

Tomory was born in Hong Kong and educated in India and the UK.

1940

In 1940 he joined the Royal Navy and served for five and a half years, including patrols on the Murmansk run.

After the War he undertook postgraduate study at University of Edinburgh.

1950

In 1950 he was appointed Assistant Curator of York Art Gallery under Hans Hess.

1951

In 1951 he curated the gallery's contribution to the 1951 Festival of Britain, titled "Masterpieces from Yorkshire Houses".

1956

He was appointed director of the Auckland City Art Gallery, where he worked from 1956–65; an archive of his research, lecture notes and diaries from his time there is retained by the museum.

Tomory worked with Colin McCahon in the gallery to promote the institutional focus of the gallery towards historical and contemporary New Zealand art.

He also founded a research journal in the gallery, the Gallery Quarterly.

1964

He left the art gallery in 1964 to take up a post in the newly formed Art History department of the University of Auckland.

He left that post to teach at Columbia University and Hunter College.

He also worked as the Senior Curator of Baroque Art at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art.

1972

In 1972 he was appointed Professor of the History of Art at La Trobe University where he worked for fifteen years.

1974

He was appointed a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 1974 and served on its council from 1984 to 1986.

He was also a founding member of the Art Association of Australia.

1987

In 1987 he retired and returned to the UK.

2004

The Auckland Art Gallery acquired 124 prints from Tomory's private collection in 2004.

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