Philip Mold

Philip Mold (2011)

Philip Jonathan Clifford Mold OBE (born March 1960 ) is a British art historian and art dealer.

Life

Mold studied art history at the University of East Anglia . Mold conducted research on British portraiture and made a name for himself when he managed to reassign works by Thomas Gainsborough . He determined portrait paintings from the Tudor era .

The National Portrait Gallery in London and the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter were among the customers in his art dealership in the London borough of Mayfair . Mold works as an art expert for various organizations, including the British Parliament from 2008 to 2010. Mold is a regular contributor to the UK quality press. He appears on television as an art mediator and is a. a. Co-author of the BBC show Fake or Fortune? .

Mold became an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2005 and an honorary doctorate from the University of East Anglia in 2013 . He was co-opted into the Linnean Society of London as a Fellow in 2012 .

Fonts (selection)

• Sleepers: In Search of Lost Old Masters . Fourth Estate, 1995 ISBN 978-1857022186
• Sleuth: The Amazing Quest for Lost Art Treasures . Harper Collins, 2009 ISBN 978-0007319152

Web links

• Literature by and about Philip Mold in the WorldCat bibliographic database
• Philip Mold in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Philip Mold , website
• Gordon Rayner: Mayfair art dealer Mark Weiss in disgrace after admitting poison pen campaign against rival Philip Mold , in: The Daily Telegraph , May 6, 2011