Paul Overy

{{Short description|British art historian and critic}}

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Paul Vivian Overy (14 February 1940 – 7 August 2008) was a British art historian and critic who was an authority on De Stijl.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/paul-overy-writer-on-art-and-architecture-927050.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/paul-overy-writer-on-art-and-architecture-927050.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Paul Overy: Writer on art and architecture|website=The Independent|accessdate=2018-09-28}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/paul-overy-versatile-historian-and-art-critic-of-the-times-xh6lbfrv8lb|title=Paul Overy: versatile historian and art critic of The Times|website=The Times|access-date=2018-09-28}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/sep/03/art.history|title=Obituary: Paul Overy | Books|website=The Guardian|date=2 September 2008 |accessdate=2018-09-28 |last1=Benton |first1=Tim }}{{cite book|title=International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004|author=Europa Publications|date=2003|publisher=Taylor & Francis Group|isbn=9781857431797|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=phhhHT64kIMC&pg=PA426|page=426|accessdate=2018-09-28}}

Selected publications

  • Edouard Manet, 1967
  • De Stijl, 1969 - Studio Vista
  • De Stijl, 1991 - Thames & Hudson
  • Kandinsky: The Language of the Eye, 1969
  • The Rietveld Schröder House, 1988 (co-author)
  • The Complete Furniture of Gerrit Rietveld, 1993 (co-author)
  • Light, Air and Openness, Modern Architecture Between the Wars, 2008.

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Category:1940 births

Category:2008 deaths

Category:People from Dorchester, Dorset

Category:English art critics

Category:English art historians

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