Adrian Sassoon

Adrian Sassoon (born February 1961) is an English art dealer, art collector and writer.[1] He was schooled at Eton College, where he was taught ceramics by Gordon Baldwin; he went on to study further at Christie’s School of Design.[2][3] He worked as an assistant curator at the J. Paul Getty Museum in the department of decorative arts.[4] He is the owner and founder of a gallery that shows contemporary art,[5][6][7][8] as well as 18th Century French porcelain.[3]

Sassoon is a member of the Sassoon family, and was born in London, the son of Hugh Meyer Sassoon (first cousin of Siegfried Sassoon) and Marion (née Schiff); he is the great-great grandson of Sassoon David Sassoon.

Articles & Essays

Books
  • Vincennes and Sèvres porcelain – catalogue of the collections written for the J. Paul Getty Museum in 1991.[11]
  • Decorative arts: a handbook of the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum.[12]
  • Kate Malone Inspired by Waddesdon published with foreword by Adrian Sassoon 2016.[13]
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References
  1. Moore, Susan (June 2019). "A Potted History". Apollo Magazine: 66–71.
  2. Debrett’s People of Today, 2015, pp.1273-4.
  3. Etherington-Smith, Meredith “Adrian Sassoon’s Classic Country Retreat in Devon, England” architecturaldigest.com, Published 3 November 2015, date retrieved 21 November 2019.
  4. Brady, Anna “Hustlers with a habit: what five Tefaf exhibitors collect and why” Theartnewspaper.com, published 8 March 2019, date retrieved 21 November 2019
  5. “What to see at London’s Collect Art Fair” architecturaldigest.com, published 30 April 2015, date retrieved 21 November 2019.
  6. Spence, Rachel (21 September 2018) “Quick silver: the art of Hiroshi Suzuki”. Financial Times. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  7. Crichton-Miller, Emma (23 September 2016) “Japanese historic art with contemporary sensibility”. Financial Times. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  8. Pogrebin, Robin (23 December 2013). "Jewelry Show at Met Raises Questions". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  9. Sassoon, Adrian Vincennes and Sèvres Porcelain from a European Private Collection, International Ceramics Fair & Seminar, 2001.
  10. Sassoon, Adrian, ‘Observing JAR’, Jewels by JAR, Yale University Press, 30 November 2013, ISBN 030019868X.
  11. Sassoon, Adrian, Vincennes and Sèvres Porcelain: Catalogue of the Collections, J. Paul Getty Museum, 1992, ISBN 0892361735.
  12. Decorative arts: a handbook of the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Museum, 1986, ISBN 0892360739.
  13. Dame Savil, Rosalind; Shirley, Pippa (1 May 2016). Sassoon, Adrian (ed.). Kate Malone: Inspired by Waddesdon. Adrian Sassoon. ISBN 099545700X.
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