Born in England, Brian Sewell (1931-2015) was considered to be one of Britain’s most prominent and outspoken art critics. He was educated at the Courtauld Institute of Art and subsequently became an art critic for the London Evening Standard; he received numerous awards for his work in journalism. Sewell also presented several television documentaries, including an arts travelogue called The Naked Pilgrim in 2003. He talked candidly about the prejudice he endured because of his sexuality.

Title: Notable alumni of The Courtauld

Listeners: Christopher Sykes

Tags: The Courtauld Institute of Art, Princeton University, Michael Hirst, John Shearman, Michelangelo, Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, John Kinder Gowran Shearman, Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, Raphael, Tiziano Vecelli, Tiziano Vecellio, Titian, Juliet Wilson-Bareau, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Wendy Baron, Walter Richard Sickert

Duration: 1 minute, 13 seconds

Date story recorded: April 2013

Date story went live: 04 July 2013