Less waspish, more reflective The return of Sir Roy Strong’s diaries
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Roy Strong Latest 2025. 524 Roy Strong Photos & High Res Pictures Getty Images Stephen Bayley Roy Strong's towering egotism is really rather engaging At 85, the former museum director still has many scores to settle, but the boasting and name-dropping now seem funny and. Art historian, museum curator and author, Sir Roy Strong, 88, was the flamboyant and outspoken director of both the Victoria and Albert Museum and the National Portrait Gallery.
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Roy Colin Strong was born at Winchmore Hill, London Borough of Enfield (then in Middlesex), the third son of hat manufacturer's commercial traveller George Edward Clement Strong, and Mabel Ada Strong (née Smart) Stephen Bayley Roy Strong's towering egotism is really rather engaging At 85, the former museum director still has many scores to settle, but the boasting and name-dropping now seem funny and.
NPG x134403; Sir Roy Strong An Elizabethan Reverie Portrait
The Laskett gardens, created by Sir Roy Strong and Julia Trevelyan Oman, is a living masterpiece, with every flower and sculpture reflecting their love and creativity The Laskett gardens, created by Sir Roy Strong and Julia Trevelyan Oman, is a living masterpiece, with every flower and sculpture reflecting their love and creativity In 2021, Sir Roy generously gifted The Laskett to the Perennial charity, supporting horticultural workers with proceeds from visits, purchases, and donations.
The latest instalment of memoirs from Sir Roy Strong are suitably. Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz: The Telegraph published a rather fun article a few days ago featuring an interview with the former V&A and NPG director, not to mention Elizabethan art scholar, Sir Roy Strong In his own words, "a young man from nowhere, who went somewhere!" - exploding a post-war world of pri.
My life through a lens Sir Roy Strong, 84, shares the stories behind. I think a new edition of his book on Coronation comes next and a book on seventeenth-century portraiture - but I find it… Art historian, museum curator and author, Sir Roy Strong, 88, was the flamboyant and outspoken director of both the Victoria and Albert Museum and the National Portrait Gallery.