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R. H. Wilenski

Reginald Howard Wilenski (7 March 1887 – 19 April 1975) was an English painter, art historian and critic known for his books ''The Modern Movement in Art'' (1927), ''The Meaning of Modern Sculpture'' (1932), and his psychological study of John Ruskin (1933).

He abandoned his studies at Oxford to study painting in Munich and Paris but was unsuccessful in his career as an artist and subsequently worked in the War Office intelligence department during the First World War before reviewing art for the ''Evening Standard''. Later, he lectured in art, first at the University of Bristol and then at the University of Manchester.

He was a press censor and worked for the BBC European service during the Second World War. He was made a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur in 1967. Provided by Wikipedia