Lecture by Derek Johns at Corfu Reading Society
St. Michael & St. George
02 Aug 2018
/ 06:59
CORFU. The Corfu Heritage Foundation is organising a series of events under the auspices of the British Embassy, Athens, the Hellenic Republic’s Ministries of Culture and Tourism, and the Municipality of Corfu.
The events are being organized to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the foundation of the Order of St Michael and St George in Corfu and in Malta.
The events include a series of lectures, the first of which will be given by Derek Johns entitled “Romanticism – A Brief Introduction”. The lecture will take place at Corfu Reading Society on Friday 3rd August at 19:30.
Derek Johns (b. 1946) became a Director of Sotheby´s in 1968 and was subsequently appointed Head of the Old Master Paintings department by 1974. In 1981 he became an independent art dealer in partnership with Philip Harari at 12 Duke Street, St James’s. He established his own gallery, Derek Johns Ltd in 1996 and remained at the same Duke Street address until 2016 when he moved to the current premises in Bury Street. He has expertise in all major European schools of art from the 13th to the 18th centuries. He came across Edward Lear at the age of about 5 with his nonsense rhymes. Later, he fell in love with the island of Corfu, which he made his home and began to collect Lear’s drawings and paintings of the Ionian period alongside all things Corfiot.
The events include a series of lectures, the first of which will be given by Derek Johns entitled “Romanticism – A Brief Introduction”. The lecture will take place at Corfu Reading Society on Friday 3rd August at 19:30.
Derek Johns (b. 1946) became a Director of Sotheby´s in 1968 and was subsequently appointed Head of the Old Master Paintings department by 1974. In 1981 he became an independent art dealer in partnership with Philip Harari at 12 Duke Street, St James’s. He established his own gallery, Derek Johns Ltd in 1996 and remained at the same Duke Street address until 2016 when he moved to the current premises in Bury Street. He has expertise in all major European schools of art from the 13th to the 18th centuries. He came across Edward Lear at the age of about 5 with his nonsense rhymes. Later, he fell in love with the island of Corfu, which he made his home and began to collect Lear’s drawings and paintings of the Ionian period alongside all things Corfiot.
