James Bolivar Manson
James Bolivar Manson (26 June 1879 in
London – 3 July 1945 in London) was an artist and worked at the
Tate gallery for 25 years, including serving as its director from 1930 to 1938. In the Tate's own evaluation he was the "least successful" of their directors. His time there was frustrated by his stymied ambition as a painter and he declined into
alcoholism, culminating in a drunken outburst at an official dinner in Paris. Although his art policies were more advanced than previously at the Tate and embraced
Impressionism, he stopped short of accepting newer artistic movements like
Surrealism and German
Expressionism, thus earning the scorn of critics such as
Douglas Cooper. He retired on the grounds of ill health and resumed his career as a flower painter until his death.
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