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John Rothenstein was born on 11 July, 1901, is a British arts administrator and art historian. Discover John Rothenstein'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 90 years old?

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1901

Sir John Knewstub Maurice Rothenstein (11 July 1901 – 27 February 1992) was a British arts administrator and art historian.

John Rothenstein was born in London in 1901, the son of Sir William Rothenstein.

The family was connected to the Bloomsbury Set.

John Rothenstein attended Bedales School, studied at Worcester College, Oxford, and became friends with T. E. Lawrence.

He shared rooms with novelist William Gerhardie.

1932

After serving as Director of Leeds City Art Gallery, he was appointed Director of Sheffield City Art Galleries (1932–38) where he oversaw the establishment and opening of the Graves Art Gallery.

1938

From 1938–64 Rothenstein was Director of the Tate Gallery in London.

His father had been a trustee of the Tate up until a few years before and there were hints of nepotism in the appointment, especially as his father had telephoned the Chairman of the trustees in advance of Rothenstein's job interview.

Rothenstein's directorship — the longest to date — was one of the most successful.

The Tate's annual purchase fund could not compete with those of US institutions, so few works of modern foreign art were added to the collection.

However, he wrote, "Picasso is a Proteus, the prodigiously gifted master of all styles and media".

1941

According to Richard Cork, one of Rothenstein's errors was failing to purchase Henri Matisse's The Red Studio when it was offered to the Tate Gallery for a few hundred pounds in 1941.

1948

Rothenstein was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1948 King's Birthday Honours, and knighted in the 1952 New Year Honours.

1954

Art historian Douglas Cooper began an open campaign to have Rothenstein dismissed by the trustees, which led to an incident in which Rothenstein punched Cooper in the face in 1954, knocking his glasses off.

Rothenstein documented the lives of all the major (and many still overlooked) British artists in his Modern English Painters, which has earned him the title of 'The Vasari of British Art' (like Vasari's pioneering Lives, it was revised and reprinted during the author's lifetime).

1960

The Tate began hosting temporary exhibitions during this period, organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain, including the major 1960 retrospective of Picasso.

1963

Rothenstein acquired such contemporary works as R.B. Kitaj's Isaac Babel Riding with Budyonny from the artist's first major show at Marlborough Fine Art in 1963.

1964

In 1964 he retired from the Tate to Oxfordshire where he wrote three volumes of autobiography.

An annual lecture named in his honour now takes place at Tate Britain.

1965

On 19 February 1965 he was installed as the Rector of the University of St Andrews and received an honorary Doctor of Laws.