Adrian Stokes (critic)

Not to be confused with the painter Adrian Scott Stokes.

Adrian Stokes
Born(1902-10-27)27 October 1902
Died15 December 1972(1972-12-15) (aged 70)
EducationMagdalen College, Oxford
OccupationsWriter, painter, art critic

Adrian Durham Stokes (27 October 1902 – 15 December 1972) was a British art critic with a speciality in early Renaissance sculpture and the aesthetics of stone-carving. He helped to turn the traditional Cornish fishing-port of St. Ives into an internationally acclaimed centre of modern art.

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